Featured Listing of an Old Judge Ned Hanlon and a Mayo's Buck Ewing. Cardhound Gold Club members can submit cards for consideration for the Featured Listing column. This space is generally reserved for exceptional or unique items. If interested, just email me at...
Regular readers know I love me some Gemrate grading data. In particular, I have been following SGC's headway into vintage (1950's and earlier) market share. Last month, I reported on a near dead heat between PSA and SGC in this segment. This is a significant...
Taking solid sports card pictures for sales listings (or just for fun) isn't exactly rocket science. A good light source, a dark background, and a decent phone camera will get the job done just fine in most cases. That being the case, I'm surprised daily at the poor...
I've actually never cracked a PSA slab . . . until now. I've heard the newer generation is more difficult (it's not). Though there is now a newer generation to tinker with as well. I don't collect PSA cards at all, and I usually either resubmit them for crossover to...
Gold Club Featured Listing: 1910-11 Turkey Red Chief Bender Welcome to our first Gold Club Featured Listing: a gorgeous 1910-11 T3 Turkey Red Charles "Chief' Bender SGC A (evidence of trimming). This card is owned by a Cardhound Gold Club member and is available for...
A few months ago, I invented a Vintage Price Index (VPI) as a quick way to gauge the vintage sports card market. Think of it as a mini DOW Jones for vintage cards. I was working on a piece about the historical value gap between SGC and PSA cards. First, I needed a...
If you have collected graded vintage cards for at least the past several years, you may have noticed a trend. Sellers often list their recently-graded PSA and SGC vintage cards as "new label," as though it is a selling feature. And buyers will often deride "old label"...
I've always been curious about the vintage break world. But truth be told, I have never joined a break, modern or vintage, until now! Here's a quick take on my experience joining a break of a 1956 Topps complete set through Cardhound sponsor T206cards.com Full...
By now you have probably seen the news . . . SGC recently awarded a gem 10 grade to a 1961-62 Wilt Chamberlain rookie! As you may know, this card is typically plagued by poor centering and all kinds of print blobs and defects. And given Wilt's popularity, most were...
I love vintage oddball cards. But in reality, this post is really just an excuse for me to test out a photo slider / slide show plugin for Wordpress. If you're a blogger, I'm using the free version of Soliloquy, FYI. If this one works well, I'll go back and...
