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...
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 submission. One key...
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 will argue...
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 there's a lot to know to do...
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...
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...
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 spend time photographing and...
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...
