New Hartford,NY 2/24/2024 Nick Brower closed his store AAN Collect as he normally does on a Saturday at 4:00 p.m. but in just a few hours...

Hey let's talk about some cards this month. It's always easy to rail against the card manufacturers and in many cases it's warranted and...

What’s up Hobby Fam! Today we are going to talk about a couple big new releases, and I am ranking another decade of Topps’ designs. Let’s...

“Do you think it’s weird that I have so much Hank Aaron stuff?” She looked one more time at the walls of my bedroom, so completely...

Next year, the National Baseball Hall of Fame will almost certainly induct its first Japanese baseball player when Ichiro enters....

A couple of weeks ago, I was on my typical mall walk at Willow Bend Mall in Plano. I saw a couple people I knew from the mall wheeling a...

Recently, I was thrilled to see the changes made to the “rookie card” identifier inside 2023 Panini Flawless Collegiate Football. For...

There is no shortage of card shows across the US, but a recent addition to the landscape has been making a strong impression on modern...

Would Parkhurst Products Inc. have made trading cards without Bowman Gum, likely not! Now some may say bologna, I say Blony! The glorious...

Six years ago, in January 2018, I wrote a blog post with 5 suggestions to improve the sports card industry.  I felt my ideas would...

While it's a great song from the band INXS, today's topic will be applied to the Hobby itself. I often hear the comment the hobby is too...

Billy Idol: Cardboard Connoisseur? If you grew up in the eighties or just have a love for all things retro, you probably thought most of...

Every article I've ever written has been a direct result of something I experienced in the hobby, a moment that sparked a thought or a...

In my attempts to understand our beloved rookie card, I am often asked, “Which rookie card should I get?” I have empathy and sympathy...

My Short Hobby Blog/Vlog Story of the Month is part II of a three-part series that describes what the wax would say about the collectors...

Collectors love their cards. Sometimes they love their cards so much that the cards themselves aren’t enough. Sometimes they need...