by Matt Felumlee | May 27, 2025 | Feature Stories
Something happened after my last birthday. I started looking at cards and other items in my vintage collection and asking myself some hard questions. “Do I love this, or just like it?” “Will I take this with me to my empty nester condo some...
by Matt Felumlee | May 27, 2025 | News and Reviews
I’m a vintage guy, but still enjoy ripping open a hobby box every once in a while. I typically hunt for the prospect auto of the day in Bowman Chrome. And of course every year, I buy at least a blaster of Topps Heritage. This year, I upgraded to a hobby box of...
by Matt Felumlee | May 20, 2025 | Feature Stories
Cardhound Resource: Vintage Topps Baseball Checklists 1952-1980 Cardhound is glad to share a couple of handy resources for vintage Topps collectors and set builders. Follow this link to a Cardhound Collector’s Club forum to access a quick Excel checklist...
by Matt Felumlee | May 15, 2025 | Tips, Vintage Sports Cards FAQ
What does it mean to submit a card for grading with SGC or PSA with a “minimum grade” requirement? What are the pros and cons of this service option? Let’s take a look at SGC and PSA minimum grade policies, so you can make the best choice with your...
by Matt Felumlee | May 5, 2025 | Feature Stories
Seasoned collectors can quickly recognize the year of any Topps vintage baseball cards with just a quick glance. But if you are just getting started or need a handy reference, Cardhound is here to help. “Vintage” is in the eye of the beholder, but not many...
by Matt Felumlee | Apr 25, 2025 | Vintage Sports Cards FAQ
This post is designed as a “pinned post” for the Vintage Baseball Cards Facebook group. VBC is one of the largest all-vintage groups anywhere, with over 54,000 members. It’s a great place to buy, sell, and trade vintage baseball cards, but...
by Matt Felumlee | Apr 21, 2025 | Vintage Sports Cards FAQ
A new scam trend is sweeping through the vintage groups on Facebook: cloned profiles. In this post I will detail what the scam is and how it works, as well as provide a few tips on how to avoid falling victim to a cloned profile scam. I was contacted just this morning...
by Matt Felumlee | Apr 19, 2025 | News and Reviews
I had a hunch based on the last several months of sending and receiving packages via USPS: the mail is getting slower by the month. First class / Ground Advantage, Priority . . . USPS is slower than in years past. And some digging around in recent headlines seems to...
by Matt Felumlee | Apr 18, 2025 | Vintage Sports Cards FAQ
I am an admin of many vintage-focused Facebook groups large and small. A very frequent question–especially in the 50k member group–goes something like this: “Why isn’t anyone seeing my sales posts?” It can be a frustrating experience to...
by Arthur Monning | Apr 12, 2025 | Feature Stories
Introduction for Cardhound Vintage This spring, I had the opportunity to take a course titled “On Paper.” The focus of the class was simple enough: to “explore the history of paper as an introduction to human innovation and the global humanities.” While initially...
