Sports Collectibles

Hockey great Bower, now just six inches tall
The Mississauga News - Mississauga.com
By: Chris Clay

“January 9, 2008 08:09 PM - At first, Toronto Maple Leafs’ great Johnny Bower wasn’t too excited about having a sports collectible figure made of him, but his usual gregarious nature won out in the end.
Approached by officials at McFarlane Toys about […]

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Online Certified Authentic Sports Collectibles and Sports Memorabilia Retailer
“Introducing NYSportsGear.com the online retailer of authentic, certified sports memorabilia and collectibles.
Bronx, NY, October 18, 2007 –(PR.com)– NYSportsGear.com was developed by experienced e-commerce entrepreneurs and passionate sports fans with the goal of providing the most extensive and customer friendly online store offering sports jerseys, sports apparel and […]

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Putting the pieces together
Sports - South Carolina Now (SCNow.com)
Thursday, Dec 06, 2007 - 12:23 AM
By Lou Bezjak
“Buz McKim is staying pretty busy these days. There isn’t a week that goes by that someone isn’t calling or e-mailing McKim about a piece of memorabilia for the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
“Every week, someone is coming up or […]

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Steroids Report a Concern Among Baseball Collectors
WRAL.com
Dec. 14, 2007
“The cloud of steroids-abuse allegations surrounding Major League Baseball after Thursday’s long-awaited, much anticipated Mitchell Report is already having a negative impact on dozens of people in the Triangle.
…They said Friday that the steroids controversy is hurting the values of collectibles of the players involved.”
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Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby becomes hockey’s marketing icon for the cyber age
Yahoo! News
Dean Bennett, THE CANADIAN PRESS
Dec. 4, 2007
“EDMONTON - He’s the subject of hundreds of Internet discussion groups that compare him to Jesus Christ, ask for his hand in marriage or seek to know him better in language as subtle as spiked heels and a […]

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Rare Piece of Baseball History Heading to the Auction Block
Yahoo! Finance
Wednesday November 28, 2007
“TUSTIN, Calif., Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ — A one-of-a-kind piece of baseball history could set a new standard for values of the sport’s most historic documents on Dec. 8, when the rookie-year baseball contract of Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson is sold by […]

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Sirit Plug-n-Play Readers Authenticate Sports Memorabilia
Reuters
Thu Nov 29, 2007
“Sirit Inc. (”Sirit”) (TSX: SI),a leading provider of radio frequency identification (”RFID”) technology,announced today that Prova Group, Inc. (”Prova”) has selected Sirit’s Plug-n-Play SDIO reader as the RFID platform for their sports memorabilia authentication application. The portable reader solution will be used exclusively at the Football Spectacular […]

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Memories may be worth more than money
Sunday, November 18, 2007
BY Tim Botos
REPOSITORY STAFF WRITER
“Two or three times a year though, baseball card and memorabilia dealers Mike Wheat and Wayne Varner swing for the fences.
Armed with thousands of dollars in cash, price guides, and decades of first-hand knowledge, the Pittsburgh men conduct sort of an auction […]

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Barry Bonds collectibles a hard sell
Yahoo! News
By DON BABWIN, Associated Press Writer
Fri Nov 16, 2007
“CHICAGO - Ralph DeSantis started taking a baseball signed by Barry Bonds to memorabilia shows a while back, hoping someone would meet his $150 asking price. Two years later, no sale. DeSantis doesn’t figure he’ll do much better this weekend, either, […]

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Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries’ Sports Collectibles division will present a fabulous array of vintage sports memorabilia and trading cards in their upcoming October 26 2007 Signature Auction to be held in Dallas, Texas.
“While this auction is packed with far too many spectacular pieces to list, there are three in particular that should draw the […]

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