Category: Collectibles/Memorabilia

By Phil Hecken, With Noel Basnight A couple weeks ago, reader Noel Basnight (who posts as the pseudonymous “Leon”) noticed the recent reference to Super Bowl patches on the blog, …

by Phil Hecken I’m pleased to announce the next Uni Watch contest, and this time we’ll be having an awesome prize for the winner. I’ll be teaming up with UW …

This 1964 Champion catalog is the latest addition to my uniform catalog library, and it’s a beauty. Let’s take a look-see, shall we? • Coupla interesting things on this page, …

By Phil Hecken He’s been a member of Uni Watch for a long time. You have undoubtedly heard of his wonderful blog (if you don’t already have that bookmarked, you …

Classic Auctions is different than the other auction houses whose wares I’ve recently covered. They’re based in Delson, Quebec, so most of what they offer is either hockey- or Canada-related. …

As I think most of you realize, I frequently hunt for old jerseys on eBay — baseball, mostly, plus some football, basketball, and hockey. Last week, though, I stumbled across …

Jared Wheeler recently told me about some good stuff up for bid over at Hunt Auctions. I took a look and saw a lot of items I liked, so let’s …

As you may have noticed, Grey Flannel Auctions recently signed on as a sponsor — a nice partnership, since I’ve been reporting on their auction items for years. Here are …

Back around 2002, I wrote a column about collectibles for a magazine too embarrassing to mention. The column was eventually discontinued because the editor felt I wasn’t coming up with …

Back in January, reader Warren Humphrey pointed me toward this page, which features lots of interesting Seattle Chieftains uniforms. I linked to it in the Ticker and that was the …

[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from Matt King — that’s him at right — who’s tackling a thorny issue head-on. — PL] By Matt King My wife …

Bruce Menard recently informed me that the folks at Heritage Auction Galleries have a ton of good stuff in their current auction catalog. Here’s a sampling: • According to the …

When I attended the National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland earlier this summer, I spent plenty of time lingering over the basketball jerseys shown at the Grey Flannel Auctions booth. …

In late July I got a note from longtime reader Richard Craig, who’d stumbled upon an interesting uni-related attraction in an unlikely place: Last weekend I was cruising through the …

by Phil Hecken and Jim Vilk I’m joined this fine Friday by DIYer and memorabilia collector Jim Vilk, who’s about to regale us with a fascinating story of his days …