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Nuns' Honus Wagner Baseball Card Nets $262,000 at Auction

By FanHouse NewswireNov 5th 2010 – 12:22PM

BALTIMORE (AP) -- A rare Honus Wagner baseball card that was bequeathed to an order of Roman Catholic nuns has sold at auction for $262,000. The Baltimore-based School Sisters of Notre Dame put the card up for sale after inheriting it from the brother of a deceased nun. The sale price exceeded the expectations of...

Baseball Card Artist a Real Cut-Up

By David MoyeApr 8th 2010 – 2:19PM
Courtesy of LaVern Brock

Courtesy of LaVern Brock

(April 8) -- Some folks will do anything in the name of art -- even cut up valuable baseball cards. That's the vision of San Diego-based artist LaVern Brock, who is, so far, the only known artist specializing in the medium of cut-up baseball cards. Brock, 43, takes old baseball cards and cuts them up into collage...

Baseball Buff Will Trade Collection for Home

By David MoyeMar 2nd 2010 – 4:08PM
Courtesy of Clyde Bone

Courtesy of Clyde Bone

(March 2) -- Millions of American men gave their wives or girlfriends cards on Valentine's Day, but only one told his beloved that he would trade his baseball cards -- a collection valued at more than $500,000 -- to find a love nest for them to share. As America struggles through the worst real estate market in decades,...

Billy Ripken Finally Comes Clean About That One Baseball Card

By Tom FornelliDec 9th 2008 – 1:20PM

Like a lot of baseball fans, when I was a kid growing up I collected baseball cards. Every time I went to the store with my parents or ran to the local convenience store, I always made sure to get myself at least one pack of cards. By the time I had reached the end of my collecting days I had two giant bins full of cards...

I Like My Future Saints to Be Gem Mint

By Matt WatsonAug 9th 2007 – 3:16PM

Topps, the sports card manufacturer, wanted to try something a little different with their latest product, the 2007 Allen & Ginter Baseball set. Named after the former tobacco company that introduced the concept of baseball cards to the world in 1887, this year's Allen & Ginter set features unique artwork of today's...

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Baseball Card Conventions As Economics Lessons

By The Huffington Post News Editors Apr 23rd 2012 - 08:40AM

Can the dying world of baseball card conventions provide a lesson in economics?

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April Rudin: Lions and Tigers and Pistons? Oh My! The Sports Teams of Detroit

By April Rudin Nov 21st 2011 - 07:09PM

I grew up in Southfield, Michigan in the very late 1960s and early 1970s.

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August Burns Red Offer Limited Edition Baseball Cards - Exclusive Premiere

By Amy Sciarretto Jun 16th 2011 - 12:05PM

The Pennsylvania metalcore behemoth known as August Burns Red is offering packs of exclusive ABR baseball cards for fans who pre-order their new album, 'Leveler,' which is out June 21st.

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Background on baseball cards

A baseball card is a type of trading card relating to baseball, usually printed on some type of paper stock or card stock.

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