"Where Collections Collide"
🕰️ Evolution of the Hobby A timeline of cardboard history, collector obsession, and market revolution. 🧼 1950s–1970s: The Golden Era Before grading, inserts, or online bids—there was gum. These decades laid the foundation, with iconic sets from Topps and Bowman showcasing baseball legends like Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron, and Willie Mays. Kids collected for fun, […]
Here are some “must-know facts” about Marvel trading cards—whether you’re flipping them, grading them, or just reminiscing about the glory days: 1. The First Big Set: Impel Marvel Universe (1990) Impel hit the scene in 1990 with its Marvel Universe Series 1—a 100‑card set (plus special holograms and “Spider‑Man Presents” inserts) that featured classic heroes […]
Building a card site from the ground up isn’t just about listing inventory and designing a logo—it’s about passion, persistence, and doing the work when nobody’s watching. There are late nights spent scanning cards, early mornings spent double-checking price comps, and countless hours learning SEO, WooCommerce quirks, CSV imports, and why your hero image isn’t […]
Heart of the Hobby – Dallas Card Show Finding Raw Gold in the Wild There’s something exhilarating about flipping through unprotected, unsorted card lots and pulling out hidden gems. I struck gold more than once, finding high-potential rookies, vintage stars, and even some error cards that had somehow flown under the radar. Organized chaos was […]
