Collecting In The Fastlane!

By Ryan Cracknell For a lot of people, collecting sports cards isn’t something we do our entire lives. We might start as kids then stop in the pursuit of a car, college degree, family or any combination of the above. Some may collect for a while and simply move on for whatever reason. And tha

EarlsWorld's Vintage Sports Cards & Hobby News To sum up EarlsWorld’s Vintage Sports Cards & Hobby News social media page is simple - We are working 24/7 to keep every collector connected to the Hobby through our quality collectors’ posts, informative tips, recommended events, how-to’s and tren

To those of us who were adults when Ken Griffey Jr. was a young player, it might have seemed a little strange to listen to the discussion after he was elected to the Hall of Fame.  The overriding tone was one of nostalgia.  The sweet swing.  The leaping grabs at the wall. His rookie card.

And some technical stuff, too Mike Thomas, owner of NearMint’s Vintage Foot- ball Cards in Denver (www.nearmintcards.com), is also the creator of a great website for football card collectors, www.footballcardgallery.com . He’s been dealing in vintage cards for two decades and he’s a big fan of th

By T.S. O’Connell I can’t possibly be objective about the 1959 Topps Football set, so why even bother trying? From the first of more than a half-dozen Johnny Unitas cards that would grace the No. 1 card slot in Topps sets to the final card of Tom Tracy (No. 176) with crew cut to match Johnny U,

Ever wonder how you can manage to find enough time between kids and cards, work and eBay or that sacred time chatting with collecting friends or indulging yourself online looking at cards that interest you? Balancing time to fulfill that Hobby need can be challenging in our waking lives! Howeve

The Social Media Network For Sports Collectors! EarlsWorld's Collecting Universe was started as a shared organized social media outlet for sports card collectors and fans. Over the course of more than 4 years we have been building a large collecting network for avid collectors in the sports

By Anson Whaley 1968 Topps Nolan Ryan Rookie Card As a young collector growing up, Ryan was the first true player that I actually collected. While a Mets' fan, I still gravitated towards Ryan and his gaudy strikeout numbers. That was probably aided by the fact that I was a pitcher for one

“Because of the centering issue and the fact that some of the players’ heads extend beyond the top of the photo’s borders, it’s not unheard of to see poorly centered cards top-to-bottom where the top of the player’s head can show up on the bottom of the card above it on the sheet.” Kinda like th

As might be expected, the league was much whiter in 1959, but that’s not to say that blacks hadn’t already made an impact by that time. Jim Brown (shown facing page in color), for one, was arguably the most prominent player in the league at the time, and he had the proud second-year card to show

Let me begin by wishing all of you a great and Happy New Year! As 2018 begins, rolling the slate clean and giving us a fresh start, what do you hope to accomplish with a new beginning? What does the new year mean for you? For us at EarlsWorld's Collecting Universe, many things come to mind.