The vintage sports card hobby has proven to offer safety and steady growth in value over longer time periods. The players are locked in time. “Mickey Mantle isn’t going to have any bad years,” people ...

Writing on a baseball card, even an authentic signature, was once considered an act of defacement. Baseball card purists truly believed that a player's autograph ruined a card's condition and reduced ...

It was once considered taboo to have vintage cards autographed. Any writing on a card, even an in-person autograph, was considered damage to an original collectible. But the hobby's stance has evolved ...

In July, Collectors Holdings executive Ryan Hoge said that its SGC grading division would become more of a “boutique grading brand” specializing in vintage cards — generally considered cards issued ...