Articles & Interviews

Interview with Sports Artist Graig Kreindler

As I have discussed here before, there are quite a few talented sports artists that I follow on social media. Graig Kreindler is a painter that I have followed for years, and have always...

2019 Topps Gypsy Queen

If you were born in the mid-1990s or after, you aren't going to understand where I am coming from when I broach this topic. There aren't many people under the age of...

Interview with Celebrity Chef Graham Elliot

Collectors are everywhere! Lately I have come across many fellow collectors that I never would have expected, my UPS driver included (apparently he reads my blog). Another unexpected collector I recently stumbled upon is celebrity...

2019 DONRUSS BASEBALL

I have had an on again/off again relationship with Donruss for just over 30 years. Some of the “off” was my fault and some of it was Donruss’. But...

Interview with Topps’ Susan Lulgjuraj

By Shane Salmonson I know some of us (collectors) sit at home thinking “if only a collector was working for these card companies…”. Luckily for us, there is at least one,...

Trading Card Collection Protection Tips

Greetings Fellow Collectors! Welcome back to my series of Collecting Basics where I break down the hobby of card collecting piece by piece. In Part 1, we broke down what base/common cards are. Part 2 we got deep into the confusing Sp’s and variations. In Part 3  we dove into what parallels are. Part 4 I showed off inserts. In Part...