So why did the last out baseball from the 1980 World Series not become a more cherished relic? No one seems to know where it is and that could be because of the man who was entrusted with it. Read More

The Phillies, Brewers and Tigers are among the big league teams giving fans a chance to buy game-used items for their collections or do some holiday shopping this weekend. Read More

Police say they have arrested and released two people in the shooting death Tuesday of Kenneth McClure, 57, a St. Louis comic book shop owner. Police said Thursday that officers arrested a man, 32, and a woman, 25, of St. Louis about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, and presented the case to the St. Louis County Prosecutor’s Office. Police arrested the pair, applied for warrants for first-degree murder and released them while prosecutors review the case. Read More

The students obtained the signatures as the result of a class project. Each of Pettit’s 160 seventh- and eighth-graders picked a celebrity and wrote a letter to his or her agent. Read More

The one-time NBA superstar, armed with plenty of raw talent but sometimes unable to fit into a team concept, has apparently partnered with someone to sell game-worn memorabilia and autographs via eBay. Allen Iverson signed jerseyA Newport News, Va. seller with the ID IversonAuthentic3 is currently offering signed game-worn shoes, warmups, autographed photos and other items through an eBay store. Read More

Dreams  Inc., parent company of Pro Sports Memorabilia, FansEdge, Mounted Memories and other licensed sports product businesses based says its e-commerce operations took in $1.5 million of orders on the first Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday, up 78.5% from the same day a year ago. Read More

One of the hobby’s longest running sports card shows is back this weekend. The Philly Show, a fixture in eastern Pennsylvania since 1975, sets up shop at the Valley Forge Convention Center Dec. 3-5. Among the autograph signers is Philadelphia Eagles’ quarterback Michael Vick. Read More

Any 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card will find a buyer if priced reasonably enough. Even those that look like they’ve been run over by a bulldozer and tacked on the barn wall for 50 years sell. Read More

The 2010 Topps Major League Rookie All-Star team was named on Monday, led by the likes of Mike Stanton, Buster Posey and Jason Heyward. Read More

Collect.com Auctions is pushing back the deadline for bidding for its Sports & Americana Auction No. 6 one week to Thursday, December 9 due to mailing delays with the printed auction catalog. Bidding will close at 10 EST on
Dec. 9 with all of the same bidding rules. We apologize for any inconveniences this may have caused. Any questions, call 888-463-3063 or e-mail auctions@collect.com. Read More