The first basketball trading cards produced were released in 1933. The Sport Kings series was a multisport set distributed by The Goudey Gum Company. Included were cards featuring Eddie Burke, Nat Holman, Joe...
Baseball cards are the most well-known type of collectible sports card. The first commercial cards were made in 1886 and were included in cigarette packs as stiffeners. Producers included Goodwin Co., Allen...
Collecting sports cards was first introduced by cigarette companies with cards inserted in packs of cigarettes. Although these cards were soon discontinued, gum companies realized the marketing potential of...
Casual art collectors and seasoned art investors alike, should be concerned with the value of any piece of artwork they wish to buy. One of the most difficult parts of the art business is assigning value to...
I bought a Lacoste shirt on Ebay, only to find out that it was fake, so I had my money refunded. I could tell in person that the quality was shabby, and the alligator was incorrectly placed. So then, I said...
Have you ever heard the expression, "Whatever can happen, will happen"? Well, when the Philadelphia Mint started using the "P" mintmark on its coins (not on cents) in 1980, many people, including this...
A rarity that can be easily overlooked is the 1964-D Jefferson Nickel, Breen #2758. It's listed as the 1964-D PLURI D US, Very Scarce. In 1964 the U.S. Mint polished and reworked the reverse die to remove die...
Many listings for silver art bars contain a reference to something called a Rarity Value. There is some confusion about this topic and even seasoned sellers on eBay are not always using these numbers...
There has been some confusion lately with some sellers trying to sell their cards with incorrect information. For instance, one seller was trying to sell a "Secret Rare" card, to which in the picture shows an...
Many of you may have seen coins listed on ebay refered to as R-2 or R-6 etc......but what does this really mean? below is a list of the (R) RARITY SCALE: R-1 Common R-2 Not So Common R-3 Scarce R-4 Very Scarce...
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