Auction Block: Famed Charity
Eric AngevineThere's a saying that goes around the archives and collections desks at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. "You'll be amazed by what we have, and you'll be amazed by...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 18, 2009Auction Block: Collecting Pro Hoops
Eric Angevine...interest, but NBA mania is flying especially high in anticipation of this year's upcoming Naismith Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Legendary coaches Vivian Stringer and Jerry Sloan will be going into the hoops hall...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 14, 2009Auction Block: On This Day
Eric Angevine...A rare bobble issued in 2001 commemorates the New Jersey portion of the passing wiz's hall-of-fame-bound career. J-Kidd's zeroeth birthday was in '73. Not sure why all of the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 24, 2009Auction Block: Deadballin'
Eric AngevineIn the world of baseball collecting, trading cards of the fifties and sixties are the hottest commodity. They are scarce but...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 05, 2009Auction Block: Own the Movies
Eric Angevine...experience with sweat. In the summer of 2007, Sanchez was in Cooperstown, touring the National Baseball Hall of Fame for the first time in his life. As he walked through the exhibits, one brand name...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 15, 2008Auction Block: Going Public
Eric Angevine...over the rest of us. Historical memorabilia that isn't directly donated to a non-profit hall of fame often ends up in private hands, seen only by friends and family of the purchaser. Bronx...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2008Auction Block: A Nice Bust
Eric Angevine...in Chicago, Roberto Clemente in Pittsburgh, Phog Allen in Lawrence. A recent exhibition at the Baseball Hall of Fame focused on artwork inspired by the national pastime. The images included Negro Leagues legend Cool Papa...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 17, 2008AUCTION BLOCK: LEATHERHEADS
Eric Angevine...is a work of fiction, but it is closely modeled on the true-life story of Hall of Fame legend Red Grange, the Illinois halfback who brought star power to the NFL in 1925. A...
Blog Entry | Conversation | October 13, 2008AUCTION BLOCK: PENNANT FEVER
Eric Angevine...Series, so the pennant meant everything. Pennants are a part of the collection at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. Collections registrar Susan MacKay indicated that the Philadelphia A's have the most...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 29, 2008AUCTION BLOCK: GUNGA GALUNGA
Eric Angevine...place. The PGA Historical Center in Port St. Lucie, FL nabs some stuff. The World Golf Hall of Fame just up I-95 in St. Augustine gets other items. If something memorable happens at an...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 23, 2008AUCTION BLOCK: SOLVING SCARCITY
Eric Angevine...baseball card. The value of the Wagner card is partly based on the popularity of the Hall of Fame player, but even more so on the fact that so few examples of the card remain...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 16, 2008AUCTION BLOCK: COOL DOCUMENTS EDITION
Eric Angevine...rule of thumb for visitors to the A. Bartlett Giamatti Research Center at the National Baseball Hall of Fame: the colder the room, the hotter the information it contains. And we don't mean stolen...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 08, 2008AUCTION BLOCK: PRESERVATION SOCIETY
Eric Angevine...about the games that count, or thinking back on championship teams headlined by the sport's Hall of Fame luminaries. We usually picture those old-school pigskin heroes strutting around with Super Bowl rings blazing...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 19, 2008AUCTION BLOCK: TO ERROR IS ... VALUABLE
Eric AngevineMistakes were made. Those mistakes are worth a lot of money to some people. Ever since some pre-gummed stamp paper was run backward through a printing...
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