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The Exhibit Supply Company arcade machines with cowboys and ballplayers for 1 cent each. (Photos courtesy Rich Wolfin)
News

Unopened arcade machines yield 428 mint arcade cards from 1953

By Bert Lehman
The Wehmeier card on the right, with a missing dot over the “i” in his signature and an asterisk next to his lifetime stats on the back, also has a logo on the front that is slightly cut off on the left side.
Baseball

Variations, Coan, Berger, Burdick boxers and counting cards

By By George Vrechek
Herman Wehmeier can be found two ways: 1) without a dot on the “i” and with an asterisk on the back or 2) with a dotted “i” and without an asterisk on the back.
Baseball

Collectors have another variation to search for in 1955 Topps Baseball

By Bert Lehman
Burdick lived with his parents at 628 S. Main Street, Central Square, N.Y. He sold the home in 1942. (Photo courtesy Central Square Community Historical Society, Heather Stevens, Village Historian)
News

The world of Jefferson R. Burdick; Research sheds more light on some mysteries

By Bert Lehman
Irma and Lionel Carter in 2003. (George Vrechek photo)
News

The world of Jefferson R. Burdick; Research sheds light on some mysteries

By Bert Lehman
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News

The Topps Vault is still open, an interview with Mike Jaspersen

By Bert Lehman
Displays for vending machines reflected prices of a penny (1950s) or a nickel (1960s). (Photos Adam Warshaw)
Lou Gehrig

Exhibit Supply Company ends its reign in 1980s

By Bert Lehman
Gar Miller with Jackie Robinson, when he was vice president of human resources for Chock Full of Nuts in New York, circa 1964. (Kenny Chu photo)
Collector Stories

Gar Miller spent 68 years collecting what came his way

By Bert Lehman
Bob Jaspersen with his son Mike in 1967. Photo courtesy Mike jaspersen
Collector Stories

Sportswriter and hobby publisher Bob Jaspersen remembered by friends and family

By Bert Lehman
Comparing a 1973 in-action player card to a recent Topps card
Baseball

Former Employee Butch Jacobs Explains How Topps Picked the Pictures

By Tom Bartsch
A fabulous 30,000 vintage card collection might include Topps, Bowman, Goudey, Diamond Stars, Play Ball, M&P and other popular sets.
Baseball

Baseball Cards: You Can't Collect Everything, Right?

By Tom Bartsch
Hobbies
Baseball

Hobby Flashback: 1937 Card Collectors Bulletin

By Tom Bartsch
At least six new players will be eligible for selection to the next version of the super-senior fantasy All-Star baseball team of the oldest living major leaguers, including these three.
Ty Cobb

Covering the Hobby's Odds and Ends

By Tom Bartsch

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