by Mark Schlosberg | Jul 22, 2024 | Feature Stories
(Editor’s note: this story on The National will be updated daily during the show, so check back often! Thanks to Mark for providing some on-the-ground reporting and observations! -Matt) Monday: Calm Before the Storm It’s the calm before the storm. Dealers are...
by Matt Felumlee | Jul 22, 2024 | Feature Stories
First, a confession: I’m really not a vintage set builder. Until very recently, the last set I built was 1982 Topps. I built it . . . in 1982, age 9. But then 2 things happened. First, I realized that I was “sort of close” to completing a rare Cuban...
by Matt Felumlee | Jul 22, 2024 | Feature Stories, News and Reviews
We are just 2 days away from the start of The National, aka The National Sports Card Convention, in Cleveland, Ohio. Cardhound Matt does not get to go this year (first missed National in a few years), but we do hope to have some eyes and ears on the ground and provide...
by Matt Felumlee | Jul 18, 2024 | Feature Stories
This post marks the birth of the Cardhound Vintage Youtube channel. Give it a follow! Might as well start by featuring a cool card, a 1932 Sanella Ruth that an owner wanted removed from the album. Soaking cards out of albums isn’t for the weak-willed....
by Matt Felumlee | Jul 15, 2024 | Feature Stories
OK, maybe crack / resubmit isn’t a full-on craze. But if you’re into vintage and grading, you at least have heard of folks cracking graded cards and resubmitting them. Sometimes a PSA 7 gets cracked and resubmitted in hopes of an 8. Sometimes an SGC 6...
by Matt Felumlee | Jul 12, 2024 | Feature Stories
I hereby declare today as “National Thank Your Facebook Group Admin Day”! The official date of this holiday is whatever day you are reading this post. I have spent the last several years administering vintage groups on Facebook –some smaller (such as...