Click to enlarge If you’ve been reading the college football section of the Ticker this fall (or if you follow me on Twitter), you’ve probably become accustomed to seeing the …
Category: Collectibles/Memorabilia
For a Trading Card Photo Editor, It’s All About the Uni Details
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from Drew Pelto, whose job entails a lot of uni-related details. I think you’re really going to like it. Enjoy. — PL.] …
Uni Watch DIY Project: Our Own Gumball Helmets!
For all photos, click to enlarge When I recently launched the new Uni Watch mini-helmet, a Twitter-er named Shane Bua had an intriguing reaction: How about a Uni Watch gumball …
Auction Action
As you may have noticed in the left sidebar, our friends at Grey Flannel Auctions are running another catalog auction. Here are some of the items that have caught my …
A Very Unusual Ticket Collection
For all photos, click to enlarge Meet Eric Schwartzman, a tax accountant who lives in Queens. Like a lot of people, he collects ticket stubs. But they’re not all from …
Vintage Memorabilia Find: 1995 NFL Draft Trading Cards
Click to enlarge [Editor’s Note: With the NFL Draft commencing tonight, we have a draft-centric guest entry today from longtime reader/contributor Jay Braiman. Enjoy. — PL] By Jay Braiman Back …
What Do We Think of Jersey Trading Cards?
I’ve been writing about uniforms for nearly 20 years now, and there’s a fairly big elephant in the room that I’ve never written about or probably even mentioned: jersey trading …
Free Appraisals: The Return of ‘What’s It Worth?’
About a year ago we ran a very successful promotion with Grey Flannel Auctions, in which Uni Watch readers were invited to submit items of memorabilia for appraisal at no …
Talking NBA Armbands with Ace Collector Harrison Hall
I recently received a note from a guy named Harrison Hall (that’s him at right), who has an interesting hobby: He collects game-used NBA armbands, which he documents on an …
Uni Watch Field Trip: A Visit to the Green Diamond Gallery
Click to enlarge The world’s biggest collection of baseball memorabilia, as you might expect, is at Cooperstown. But you might not know that the second-biggest collection is just outside of …
Auction Action
As you may have noticed in the left-hand sidebar, our friends at Grey Flannel Auctions are running another catalog auction. Here are some of the highlights: • Did you know Jackie …
Uni Watch Show and Tell: A Box of Stuff From Scott
As I recently mentioned here on the site, I’m going to be moving in with the Tugboat Captain at the end of the summer, so I’m going to be deaccessioning …
Auction Action: How a Uni Watch Reader Ended Up with a Tom Glavine Rookie Jersey
Back in January, I announced that Uni Watch was partnering with our longtime friends at Grey Flannel Auctions to offer free appraisal services — and, for those who were interested, …
A Virtual Visit to The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Museum
By Phil Hecken Follow @PhilHecken A little over a year ago, I ran a series of articles highlighting the incredible collection of memorabilia and assorted ephemera of reader Bill Hetrick …
One Bobble, Two Bobble, Old Bobble, New Bobble!
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a very special guest entry from Chris Callan, who’s going to tell us about his incredible bobblehead-restoration work. Enjoy. — PL] By Chris Callan Bobblehead …