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Making the grade: PSA vs. CGC
PSA entered the comic/magazine grading market as not just any newcomer. On the contrary, with its dominant share of the card-grading market and well-oiled grading machinery in full swing, the anticipation that PSA would provide a much-needed boost to the graded-magazine hobby was palpable. This was like Coca-Cola entering the bottled-water market or Honda making snow blowers more than Donruss challenging Topps in the baseball card market. So for graded magazine collectors, g
Mark Potash
Dec 23, 20252 min read
10 more cool things at the National Sports Collectors Convention
This one's painful. It's an original Sun-Times photo from Michael Jordan's NBA debut against the Washington Bullets in 1984 — up for...
Mark Potash
Aug 5, 20253 min read
10 cool things at the National Sports Collectors Convention
New York Daily News newspaper with coverage of the Beas' 14-10 victory over the Giants in the 1963 NFL Championship Game. George Halas's...
Mark Potash
Aug 1, 20253 min read
An ode to Dick Allen — a deserving Hall of Famer
When the White Sox acquired slugger Dick Allen from the Dodgers for left-handed pitcher Tommy John, his reputation as a volatile,...
Mark Potash
Jul 27, 20256 min read
With PSA imminent, is this the best time to submit magazines to CGC?
PSA's much-anticipated entry into the magazine grading business will become reality on July 14, when the card-grading giant begins...
Mark Potash
Jun 17, 20252 min read
A small price to pay for a step back in time — the Chicagoland jukebox show
The Chicagoland Antique Advertising, Slot Machine & Jukebox Show is too long of a name for a collectibles show but not long enough at the...
Mark Potash
Jun 1, 20252 min read
Sell or hold? The CGC dilemma
To-sell-or-not generally isn't a critical decision with vintage collectibles. With a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle or a 1968 Topps wax pack,...
Mark Potash
May 21, 20253 min read
Flea market find: A rare success in the search for Sports Illustrated magazines
Finding vintage newsstand Sports Illustrated magazines has — predictably — become more and more difficult with the popularity of sports...
Mark Potash
May 8, 20252 min read
A 1952 Topps Mantle rookie for $850? A look back at 1983
The baseball card boom was still a few years away in 1983, but that wasn't exactly the stone age of collecting. Fleer and Donruss...
Mark Potash
May 5, 20253 min read
The Kentucky Derby — a touch of glass
The mint julep has been a part of the Kentucky Derby since the very first one in 1875, but the souvenir Kentucky Derby mint julep glass...
Mark Potash
May 2, 20252 min read
If PSA makes the grade, will CGC 9.8s pay the price?
PSA’s scheduled entry into the graded magazine market later this year has created a lot of excitement and anticipation, but also a little...
Mark Potash
Apr 30, 20251 min read
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