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Jack TatumOne of the most captivating sports stories of today is unfolding away from the playing field, about 100 miles north of Dean’s Cards headquarters, on the campus of  The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.  Once the pride of an e…

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Although the sport of boxing is currently going through a lean time, that certainly wasn’t always the case.  In fact, prize fighting was one of the most popular sports in America.  Evidence of this fact are the once popular 1910 Mecca & H…

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In a letter published in the July 9, 2010 issue of Sports Collectors Digest, I found where Topps used a seven year old photo of Tommie Aaron for his 1969 card.  I also stated that this was the oldest photo that I was aware of Topps ever using on a post war regular player card [...]

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 Title: Is the photo on the 1969 Topps Tommie Aaron card the most out-dated that Topps ever used? Below is the a copy of my letter that was published in the July 9, 2010 ‘Feedback” section of Sport’s Collectors Digest.  Since writing the letter, I was able to find a 1969 Topps Autographed Tommie [...]

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Here’s my want list for 1969 Topps autographed cards. They need to be authenticated. Please let me know if you have any of the cards on the list below and maybe we can work something out with a Dean’s Cards store credit. My e-mail address is dean@deanscards.com 16 Rookie Stars Cesar Gutierrez RC Rich Robertson [...]

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What does the owner of Dean’s Cards collect for fun? This year it is the 1969 Topps Baseball card set – completely autographed. I have posted the set online so everyone can enjoy it. Please click here to view the Autographed 1969 Topps baseball card set. The mailman just delivered the June 4th copy of [...]

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We just bought a very nice collection of mid-1930’s Baseball Cards.  This collection contained 1934 Goudey Baseball Cards, 1936 Goudey Black & White Baseball Cards, 1936 Goudey Wide Pen Premiums, 1934-36 Diamond Stars Baseball Cards, 1934 Goudey Indian Gum Cards, and some 1933-34 National Chicle Sky Birds Cards. The cards are great by themselves, but [...]

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When collectors contact Dean’s Cards about selling their sets, the e-mails go directly to Dean.  But what most people don’t realize is that someone else usually goes through all the cards to determine the value of the collection.
Dean’s Cards goal is to have one million cards posted online by the end of the year.  In [...]

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My favorite sports cards publication is Sports Collector’s Digest. I look forward to SCD’s arrival every week.  SCD is a great way for me to keep up with happenings in the hobby because Dean’s Cards does not attend card shows.
T.S. O’Connell has featured a different vintage set in every publication of SCD over the past [...]

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The 1956 Topps baseball card set marked both the end of one era and the beginning of the next.  Topps had just purchased the Bowman Gum Company the year before and had now begun a quarter of a century monopoly of the sports cards market.
The 1956 Topps baseball cards were the last of the larger-sized [...]

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