Cardhound Matt will be roaming around The 45th National Sports Card Convention in Chicago (well, Rosemont anyway) on Thursday at least. If you are a Cardhound loyal or a member of the Vintage Baseball Cards group on Facebook, please chime in below. I'll be handing out...
Cardhound is teaming with Market Movers to develop a Cardhound Vintage Price Index that will be available on Cardhound Vintage. You will be able to track and compare this index vs. other indices to get a feel for the vintage market vs. other market segments. This will...
The Cardhound Vintage News Aggregator is a curated one-stop RSS feed for vintage sports card news and features. Eventually this feed will be housed on a new page on the web site. But for now, bookmark this post and check back daily for new vintage content from your...
Assessing card condition is probably the most important aspect of serious card collecting. All collectors buy, sell, and trade cards from time to time, and understanding grading is key to not overpaying, underselling, or losing equity in a trade. There's no substitute...
Breaking News: SGC President Peter Steinberg Stepping Down Just this morning (July 24, 2025), Peter Steinberg announced that he is stepping down as President of SGC. His resignation casts a different tone on the rest of this article, published weeks ago. In typical...
Cardhound Seeks Business Partner Cardhound has had a great first 1.5 years of life. And while I am happy to keep operating the site mainly as a vintage-focused blog, there is bigger potential for the site and its content. To that end, Cardhound is seeking a...
Here are some quick Vintage Baseball Cards (Facebook group) member updates, breaking news, and hobby happenings for June 2025. If you would like to add your own update or news just drop in the comments. To be featured in next month's newsletter, email me at...
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 day?" Granted, I plan on...
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 2025...
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 document. The...
