Hide the kids: Baseball ephemera's seedier side
I could sense that my visit to the vast and mysterious ephemera archive was nearly over. The curators kept looking at their watches as I pored over the items they brought me; that is, between their...
I could sense that my visit to the vast and mysterious ephemera archive was nearly over. The curators kept looking at their watches as I pored over the items they brought me; that is, between their...
What drives a man to collect mountains of vintage publications? I have no idea, really, and no idea where to begin finding out -- other than asking the mysterious collector himself. Since that...
What happens when too much money and too many priceless Honus Wagner cards fall into the hands of an eccentric collector?
What were boys in the 1950s reading? Exactly what you would expect. Ah, but what about the truly odd boys? You might be surprised ...
Having already seen the collection's pulp magazines and the comic books, I was next brought a milk crate filled with record albums. A long-time haunter of flea markets, I'd seen a thousand setups...
From the archives of a great (but anonymous) collector, we present some of the finest (and rarest) baseball-related comic books of yesteryear.
The first of a series in which some of the greatest paper collectibles in baseball history are examined.