Sports Collectibles

After the University of Kansas men’s basketball team was the big winner at this week’s NCAA championship, this story highlighted that the popularity of the items offered and sold on eBay actually predicted the winner.
The Collectible Final Four
WSJ.com
By BETH DECARBO
April 4, 2008
“March Madness doesn’t play out solely on the basketball court. Just ask the folks […]

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This story goes against the grain of previously reported trends as far as baseball memorabilia with players involved in the steroid scandal. It looks like it’s the scandal itself that is generating the interest, as Brian McNamee, the star witness in the real life drama, put baseballs, photos and other collectibles from his ex-pal […]

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In a slump - Baltimore Orioles
baltimoresun.com
By Kevin Cowherd | Sun reporter
March 29, 2008
“For collectors of Orioles memorabilia, these are tough times.
…And at Arena Sports Cards and Games in Eldersburg, owner Dave Palasek laments that the famous Topps baseball card company, in its new Baseball Card History series, features 50 current well-known players “and not one […]

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We were recently searching for Vince Lombardi motivational posters on the internet, and realized that other than the one shown below from PosterCheckout.com, there aren’t really a heck of a lot.
A search on eBay seems to turn up a few more items at any given point:

Old 1963 Vince Lombardi Packers Schedule Poster REPRONew York Giants […]

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Sign of the times: Giants are one hot ticket
NJ.com
Saturday, February 09, 2008
BY MATTHEW FUTTERMAN
Star-Ledger Staff
“”It’s amazing how much stuff came together in the past few days, a myriad of things,” said Brandon Steiner, chief executive of Steiner Sports, the company that will sell a majority of the signed collectibles from the Giants’ Super Bowl XLII […]

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Fans buying up Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s new gear
Early wins convinces legions to buy merchandise, support switch to Hendrick
Independent Tribune
By Josh McCann
Sunday, February 17, 2008
“CONCORD - Three white jackets and two T-shirts bearing Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s new No. 88 hang on display at the front of the NASCAR SpeedPark shop at Concord Mills.
Leading up to Earnhardt […]

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Company Announces Way to Put Stars Autographs on Sports Collectibles
Hypedupsports.com announces Upper Deck authenticated customer send-in program featuring Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Lebron James, Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant.
Billings, MT (PRWEB) February 14, 2008 — Hypedupsports.com is offering its customers an opportunity to send memorabilia to Upper Deck for their top athletes to autograph. These […]

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A Different Kind of Super Bowl Collectible
January 24th, 2008
by Hanna Scott/KTAR
“Super Bowl XLII is having an impact on just about everything in the Valley, including the trash. Some Glendale homes will have a souvenir for a long time. “As a part of the Super Bowl celebration for the City of Glendale, we developed […]

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Baseball Collectibles Give Up the Game
Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
Thursday January 17, 2008
“Talk about bad timing. When Mastro Auctions, the country’s largest auction house for rare, vintage sports memorabilia, decided to set the date of its recent auction for December 12-15, no one could have known that the Mitchell Report, listing 89 major league players […]

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Rare NFL football collectors set found in Eugene
KVAL CBS 13
Jan 9, 2008
By Meghan Kalkstein
“Eugene - A Junction City man is $10,000 richer tonight thanks to a rare find at a Eugene store.
Hoping to collect Brady and crew, Chris Worley bought the 2007 Donruss NFL playoffs football set.
Collector Harold Thompson says the double rainbow on this […]

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