Major League Baseball – Auction Finds

Cutouts of baseball fans carry on tradition of ‘dummy boards’

July 27, 2020

Cutouts of baseball fans carry on tradition of ‘dummy boards’

Posted in Antiques, collectibles, Culture, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and history

Have you ever heard of “silent companions?” I hadn’t heard of them until my friend Rebecca mentioned them in light of the move by the Philadelphia Phillies and other baseball teams to fill their stands…

May 13, 2015

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An MLB All-Star Boot for an over-the-top fan

Posted in collectibles, and Sports

The boot was as big as John Wayne’s image as a symbol of the western cowboy. It stood boldly – all five feet of it in red, white and sky blue colors – in a…

March 15, 2010

sherry

My love for Negro League baseball

Posted in collectibles, Photos, and Sports

A couple years ago, I went to a black memorabilia show in a hotel in North Jersey. I wanted to see what was selling and for what price. That was before I discovered auctions. The…

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