Hobby Happenings Week Ending May 3rd, 2019

Hobby Happenings Week Ending May 3rd, 2019 – Here is a look at hobby stories from around the web over the last week. Find out the latest in business news, player spotlights, vintage, grading, auctions, sports memorabilia and more. Stories from PSA, Sports Collectors Digest, TMZ, Yahoo, Forbes, Beckett Media, Sports Collectors Daily and other sources.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Ad from 1916 Touts Baseball Card Giveaway at Everybody’s Department Store – “You will be wild to collect the full set of 200.” An El Paso Times newspaper ad from 1916 sheds some light on the distribution of M101-4 baseball cards. FULL STORY

MEMORABILIA NEWS

Baseball Glove Artist Sean Kane’s Work Finds Home in the Hall of Fame – The painting was voted into the Hall of Fame collection by their Acquisitions Committee in early 2019. FULL STORY

VINTAGE NEWS

Lucky Collector Kept Ungraded $60K Candy Card Set In Binder For 28 Years – Orignally purchased at the famed Sotheby’s Copeland Collection Auction in 1991 for $10,000. FULL STORY

AUTOGRAPH NEWS

BUSTED!! – Yankees remove two deputies from clubhouse for seeking autographs. FULL STORY

DIGITAL NEWS

Topps Launches Marvel Digital App – Collect hundreds of cards from the Marvel comic and cinematic universes. DOWNLOAD NOW

FIND NEWS

Babe Ruth “Piano” Card Tops $130,000 – Found in a century old piano, along with over 100 other cards from the era. FULL STORY

MODERN NEWS

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Revealed as Topps Mystery Redemption Player A – To no one’s surprise. FULL DETAILS

AUCTION NEWS

Wilt Chamberlain signed scorer’s sheet from his 100-point game in 1962 sold for $214,579.

ON-DEMAND NEWS

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Breaks Topps Now Record – First officially designated rookie card blows up previous record.

JUST BECAUSE

R.I.P. Peter Mayhew, the actor who played the lovable wookiee Chewbacca in StarWars films.

Hobby Happenings Week Ending May 3rd, 2019

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