If you’re somewhere from thirtysomething to fiftysomething, you probably did baseball cards until you discovered Mad magazine — around the age of 12. In those days, the vocabulary of ca… ...

“Buying baseball cards is a lot like gambling,” a well-heeled collector ... By the same token I’ve gotten to be friends with a few card dealers in their mid-20s like Jonathan Celona and ...

Chad Finn explored why the sports card ... “There are probably some sad stories about people that opened up sports card shops in ... ‘There are baseball cards from 1910 and I can buy ...

In his 34 years as the pre-eminent baseball card dealer, Rosen, 66, estimates he’s bought and sold over $200 million worth of cards, including the creme de la creme, ultra-rare T206 Honus Wagner ...

In the film, "The Mint-Man" fleeces Uncle Rollie Zerbs (Alan Alda), buying an extremely valuable baseball card for just $500. Predictably, Rosen was not amused, according to a story that ran in ...

5) Kick the Tires.Celona took an LED pen light out of his pocket. (Many dealers use a loupe, too.) On a 1953 Mantle Bowman we searched for any bumps, dents, and wrinkles on the front and back.

Bill Waite, who is a sports card dealer, has been selling cards since 1995. “Like anything, ... “As I got older, I learned the business side of buying and flipping cards.

In the film, "The Mint-Man" fleeces Uncle Rollie Zerbs (Alan Alda), buying an extremely valuable baseball card for just $500. Predictably, Rosen was not amused, according to a story that ran in ...