Shoeless Joe Jackson autographs are super scarce. Sotheby’s offered this one, obtained directly from the Jackson family, in their April 1994 Important Baseball Cards and Sports Memorabilia auction.

I've been looking for a Minor League Baseball Card reference for a while. Finally, I ran across an ad for one in a June 1993 issue of Sports Cards Magazine! There's also a Standard Catalog of Minor League Baseball Cards out there.

Mastro offered five scarce hockey wax packs in their August 2004 Sports Premier Catalog Auction. Here's the oldest, from the 1954/55 Topps set featuring a "who's who" of hockey greats: Kelly, Howe, Worsley, Bathgate, and Sawchuck!

I ran across an item in Ron Oser’s Dec ‘00 catalog that perplexes me. It was described as a 3 1/2'' x 5 1/2'' “flexichrome artwork” for Darrell Johnson's ‘57 Topps card, but I always thought flexi's were used to color B&W images. Any ideas? Maybe intended for another set?

Richard Wolffers Auctions, Inc. offered three 1914 Boston Garter cards in their June 1993 auction and included these color photos of the Frank "Home Run" Baker and Walter Johnson cards.

In "I wish I owned a time machine" hobby history is this advertisement from the December 1979 issue of The Trader Speaks for "sealed gum cases at the lowest prices ever seen!" And yup, that would be from Mike Cramer's Pacific Trading Cards.

It's a set that I've considered collecting, started, and stopped multiple times. What is 1941 Goudey baseball? Christie's offered these nine (as part of a complete set) in October 1992.

I ran across the following pair of advertisements for card shows in the February 1983 issue of The Trader Speaks.

Christie's offered this extremely scarce 1941 Play Ball paper sheet of twelve cards in their October 1993 catalog. It had an expected sales price of $750-1,000.