Perhaps buoyed by the success of its T206 and Allen & Ginter lines, Topps is again stepping into brand names of the past.  The company plans to trot out yet another new product line next April with the release of 2011 Topps Gypsy Queen baseball. Read More

Overall, Memory Lane’s season-ending auction realized $1.45 million in winning bids for dozens of high grade and rare pieces of sports and non-sports cards and memorabilia.  The realized prices include a buyer’s premium. Read More

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is planning to show off more of its collection of football memorabilia and historic documents thanks to a $23.6 million expansion announced by the Hall’s Board of Trustees.  The Hall is also taking steps to preserve its collection through a new climate control system. Read More

For about 150 years now, ballplayers, wood carvers and inventors have been coming up with ideas to improve a hitter’s chances in the batter’s box.  One of the more unusual attempts came just over a century ago when an inventor unveiled the “banana bat.”
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Dallas Cowboys running back Tashard Choice accomplished one goal Sunday night: He got Michael Vick’s autograph. Read More

A historic document that details the original rules of basketball, written 119 years ago as a winter sport for boys of a Massachusetts YMCA, was sold for more than $4 million on Dec. 10 to raise money for charity. Read More

At the Annual Meeting held on Friday night during the National, presentations were given by Atlantic City and Baltimore to host the 2014 National. However, there were two drawbacks to the bid from Baltimore. First, the Convention Center could not provide a 2014 date earlier than the middle of August (much later than the National has ever been held) and second, the Convention Center would not sign a contract with the NSCC more than 24 months in advance of those dates. Both of these issues posed large problems for the NSCC and show organizers. Read More

LaRocca’s Brooklyn Dodgers memorabilia collection is generally regarded as the best in existence and includes 1950s jerseys of Sandy Koufax and Johnny Podres, late 19th century Brooklyn baseball items, a ‘59 World Series ring, dozens of game-used bats, autographs, a pair of Ebbets Field seats and other pieces. Read More

In an effort to cover the collectors who purchased 2010 Bowman Chrome Baseball (and ultimately threw out their wrappers) before the wrapper redemption program was unveiled, Topps says each master hobby distributor and each Topps Direct account is being given enough five-card wrapper redemption packs to cover 25% of their original Bowman Chrome order. Read More

WildWestDeals.com is proud to announce that coming in December it will be joining GeekWeek.com’s community of live broadcasts. GeekWeek’s philosophy of "one stop shopping for the entire multiverse of hardcore fandom" is a perfect fit for Don West’s "in your face" style of product pitching. Read More