by Matt Felumlee | May 29, 2024 | News and Reviews
It’s official: statistics from several Negro Leagues are now recognized as Major League statistics. As a result, we have a new all-time career and season batting leader in the great Josh Gibson. Officially, Gibson surpasses Cobb with a .372 career batting...
by Matt Felumlee | May 16, 2024 | News and Reviews
(First: I’m totally biased here, as the admin of two different Facebook groups that specialize in vintage baseball cards! I’ll be clear about which groups I run in the text…) If you collect vintage actively you probably do at least some of your...
by Matt Felumlee | May 16, 2024 | News and Reviews
In the wake of SGC being acquired by PSA parent company Collectors, which was announced at the end of February 2024, SGC President Peter Steinberg talked up the new relationship as a way to “continue to improve SGC’s products and services that collectors have...
by Matt Felumlee | Apr 23, 2024 | News and Reviews
It’s no secret that SGC has slowed a bit recently. Even prior to the announced sale to Collectors, SGC was in a slight backlog. Their explanation is that holiday traffic plus some modern specials caused a slowdown from the advertised 5-to-10 business day...
by Matt Felumlee | Apr 10, 2024 | News and Reviews
More merger / acquisition news shaking the hobby! Fresh on the heels of Collectors acquiring SGC, and CGC buying JSA, there is yet another major development. EBay will acquire Goldin Auctions from Collectors, and PSA will purchase the eBay vault....
by Matt Felumlee | Mar 21, 2024 | News and Reviews
Fresh on the heels of PSA parent Collector’s Holdings acquiring SGC, CCG announced yesterday that it has acquired leading autograph authentication brand JSA. It is clear that in the post-COVID collecting environment, brands are looking to consolidate and...
