Why Am I Reading Your Stuff, Kemosabe?

Good Question. 

I’ve been a collector and dealer and writer on cards for over 50 years.  I’ve had columns published in several hobby publications including Vintage & Classic Baseball Collector, Old Cardboard, and Sports Collectors Daily.  My work on Exhibit cards was acknowledged with a principal contributor credit in the Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards.  I’ve consulted for several auction houses on Exhibit and boxing cards, and with multiple grading companies.  My books on boxing cards (America’s Great Boxing Cards) and arcade cards (Exhibit and Related Sports Arcade Cards) are the go-to references in their fields. 

I’ve got the chops.  I’ve done my 10,000 hours (and then some) in the hobby. 

I also have been very successful in picking and investing in cards over the years.  My ideas are based on decades of watching people waste money on crapola (pogs, anyone?) that could have been much better spent on quality cards and memorabilia. Not as sexy, to be sure, but not likely to go to zero when you want to cash in. 

So, settle back and visit every week.  I will try to be witty, funny, profane, irreverent…and thought-provoking.