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  • Ask Babe Waxpak Published 7/17/2007 at 11:00 p.m. 0 comments

    Dear Babe: I have a 1967 Yankees pennant with a team picture and a Mets pennant (images attached).

  • Ask Babe Waxpak: July 11, 2007 Published 7/10/2007 at 11:00 p.m. 0 comments

    In 1998 when Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire both broke Roger Maris’ home run record, Sosa gave my son a cracked black Adirondack bat during a game.

  • Ask Babe Waxpak: Fight ticket is a knockout Published 6/26/2007 at 11:00 p.m. 0 comments

    I found this ticket (photocopy enclosed) from an 1892 fight between John L. Sullivan and James J. Corbett in my grandfather’s album.

  • Ask Babe Waxpak: June 6, 2007 Published 6/5/2007 at 11:00 p.m. 0 comments

    Dear Babe: I have an original of The Sporting News Vol.1, No.1 dated “St. Louis, MO., March 17, 1886.”

  • Ask Babe Waxpak: May 30, 2007 Published 5/28/2007 at 11:00 p.m. 0 comments

    Father’s Day is just around the corner and that means it’s time once again for the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s Home Run Challenge. It’s a chance for folks to step up to the plate and help fund the research as scientists ...

  • Ask Babe Waxpak: April 18, 2007 Published 4/17/2007 at 11:00 p.m. 0 comments

    After seeing how much the Honus Wagner card (T206) has increased in value, I wondered about an autograph on a 1939 Baseball centennial envelope with his picture on it with a Cooperstown stamp and postmark.

  • Ask Babe Waxpak: April 4, 2007 Published 4/5/2007 at 11:00 p.m. 0 comments

    Added sigs lowers value of Ruth-Gehrig signed baseball plus much more

  • Ask Babe Waxpak Published 2/6/2007 at 11:00 p.m. 0 comments

    Morgan’s signature doesn’t fit well on a Pirates baseball.

  • Graded cards are a staple Published 1/2/2007 at 11:00 p.m. 0 comments

    Dear Babe: First, I hate the (increasingly common) trend of there being tables at (increasingly rare) card shows full of graded and slabbed cards with no prices on them. Who are the people buying these cards? What prices are they ...

  • “Operation Bullpen” book bares all on FBI forgery investigation Published 12/26/2006 at 11:00 p.m. 0 comments

    It’s been almost six years since the big news splash about “Operation Bullpen,” the FBI’s major investigation of forgery rings focused on sports memorabilia.

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