SPORTS COLLECTORS DIGEST covers every aspect of modern sports collecting, including cards, memorabilia, equipment, lithographs, figurines, and autographed material. Online collecting, memorabilia, and auction news are covered each week in specially designed sections that complement columns from some of the most respected experts in the hobby and up-to-date card pricing and checklisting data from expert analysts. Along with display advertisements from all of the major dealers in the country, each weekly issue offers extensive auction advertising and listings, plus a classified section that gives collectors a medium for buying, selling, and trading.
Sports Collectors Digest
Avid collectors driven by passion for hobby, joy of collecting
Top Ten Online Auctions
WHAT'S IN A (NICK)NAME? • PLAYERS AND THEIR CARDS GET A BOOST FROM NAMES LIKE MAGIC, DR. J AND THE MAILMAN
COLLECTING HALL OF FAME ROOKIES • Collector Billy Hinton one card away from completing set of rookie cards of post-war Hall of Famers
BASEBALL ART
JOE ORLANDO SAYS ‘IT WAS TIME TO MOVE ON’ NEW CEO NAT TURNER HAS BIG PLANS FOR COLLECTORS UNIVERSE, PSA
PANINI PRESTIGE FOOTBALL H2 FEATURES PLENTY OF ROOKIES, INSERTS
NEW CARD release calendar
HISTORIC COLLECTION • Record-breaking Thomas Newman Collection tells story of one of hobby’s most passionate collectors
THE MAGNIFICENT 7 • Iconic vintage cards of Ruth, Mantle, Gehrig highlight Thomas Newman Collection
SHOW CALENDAR
FOLLOWING THE MICK • Sixty-year-old memorabilia collection traces Mickey Mantle’s life and career