A New Vintage Card Blog...and a Question
ChrisStufflestreet
Posts: 145
Hey, fellow hobbyists...
I have finally given in to myself and have resumed writing about the hobby. Some of you may have subscribed to my old newsletter back when I used to write one...I've decided to begin a blog about vintage sports cards. Here's the URL for that:
Vintage Sportscards Blog
I've already put four posts on the blog, and should have 3-4 posts every week. Right now, there's a post about the 1933 Sport Kings set, a picture of my beat-up E92 Bridwell seen in the new Collector magazine, and a couple of other things. Unlike my old newsletter, this time around I'll discuss cards from other sports and for the sake of defining "vintage" I'll likely stick to stuff that also appears on my website (currently, 1800s-1961). I also have 57 issues of that old newsletter to help me get some ideas for stuff to add for a while. So, those of you who may have subscribed to that might notice some of the topics.
Check it out, and make sure you let me know how I'm doing. And if you have a topic I should write about, let me know.
Now...the question.
On my vintage baseball cards site, I've been building a page I call "The Hobby Bookshelf." It features links to as many hobby-related books as I could find on Amazon (one of my sponsors). If I've missed something, please let me know.
Here's the link to that page:
Hobby "Bookshelf"
(Note: a redesign is in the works)
While it may look like I'm trying to get some sales through this post, that isn't the intention (although a few won't hurt either), what I'm trying to do is build a great place for hobbyists to go when they want to pick up some reading material.
Thanks for any help you might be able to give. Vintage Sportscards Blog
I have finally given in to myself and have resumed writing about the hobby. Some of you may have subscribed to my old newsletter back when I used to write one...I've decided to begin a blog about vintage sports cards. Here's the URL for that:
Vintage Sportscards Blog
I've already put four posts on the blog, and should have 3-4 posts every week. Right now, there's a post about the 1933 Sport Kings set, a picture of my beat-up E92 Bridwell seen in the new Collector magazine, and a couple of other things. Unlike my old newsletter, this time around I'll discuss cards from other sports and for the sake of defining "vintage" I'll likely stick to stuff that also appears on my website (currently, 1800s-1961). I also have 57 issues of that old newsletter to help me get some ideas for stuff to add for a while. So, those of you who may have subscribed to that might notice some of the topics.
Check it out, and make sure you let me know how I'm doing. And if you have a topic I should write about, let me know.
Now...the question.
On my vintage baseball cards site, I've been building a page I call "The Hobby Bookshelf." It features links to as many hobby-related books as I could find on Amazon (one of my sponsors). If I've missed something, please let me know.
Here's the link to that page:
Hobby "Bookshelf"
(Note: a redesign is in the works)
While it may look like I'm trying to get some sales through this post, that isn't the intention (although a few won't hurt either), what I'm trying to do is build a great place for hobbyists to go when they want to pick up some reading material.
Thanks for any help you might be able to give. Vintage Sportscards Blog
Chris Stufflestreet
Vintage Cards Specialist/Hobby Historian
Vintage Baseball Cards website:
http://www.obaks.com/vintagebaseballcards/index.html
Vintage Cards Specialist/Hobby Historian
Vintage Baseball Cards website:
http://www.obaks.com/vintagebaseballcards/index.html
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Excellent work on both the blog and book sites. Added them both to my favorites and look forward to checking it out periodically.
Guys . . . check him out, he's one of the good ones.
<< <i>It's good to have you back sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm, Chris.
Guys . . . check him out, he's one of the good ones. >>
Wow, thanks, Bob.
That's really humbling, considering I grew up reading magazines that listed you on the editorial staff. In a way, your own work informed what you see on my blog because I was reading issues of Baseball Cards Monthly back in '86 and thinking I could do that too.
Vintage Cards Specialist/Hobby Historian
Vintage Baseball Cards website:
http://www.obaks.com/vintagebaseballcards/index.html
A new post was added today, about 1951 Topps. Feel free to check it out.
Vintage Cards Specialist/Hobby Historian
Vintage Baseball Cards website:
http://www.obaks.com/vintagebaseballcards/index.html
'70's music mayhem
Always looking for Topps Salesman Samples, pre '51 unopened packs, E90-2, E91a, N690 Kalamazoo Bats, and T204 Square Frame Ramly's
Vintage Cards Specialist/Hobby Historian
Vintage Baseball Cards website:
http://www.obaks.com/vintagebaseballcards/index.html
OBC forever!
Geordie
Dodgers collection scans | Brett Butler registry | 1978 Dodgers - straight 9s, homie
<< <i>OBC forever! >>
Indeed!
Keep looking, you'll see an OBC/"Tipton" post coming soon.
You'll love it, Geordie.
Vintage Cards Specialist/Hobby Historian
Vintage Baseball Cards website:
http://www.obaks.com/vintagebaseballcards/index.html
A few new posts this week, including one about some 1968 Topps Test Steelers cards that don't usually get seen that often (in fact, one of them was a card that I never saw in person until I opened the envelope) and a Mickey Mantle card I picked up for a few bucks at a Cleveland National...but only a few bucks. I also have a post on 1951 Topps that shos an unopened pack and a display box.
Check it out...and if you like it, please stop back, follow, comment...
Vintage Cards Specialist/Hobby Historian
Vintage Baseball Cards website:
http://www.obaks.com/vintagebaseballcards/index.html
Link to the blog
A few years ago, I wrote an article for a hobby magazine about the cards, and with this blog I can expand on that.
Vintage Cards Specialist/Hobby Historian
Vintage Baseball Cards website:
http://www.obaks.com/vintagebaseballcards/index.html