Baseball Card Collecting

Baseball card and baseball memorabilia:

Brief history of how the collector converted a business he ran in Houston at age 12, netting $500.00, into a collection valued at over $120,000.00.

Replica of a crystal radio set(no electricity nor batteries required) Invented in 1901,

33 cards sold with pouches of raw tobacco in 1903, 1904, and 1905,

Plug-in telephone from the '50s, with rotary dial,

Ernie Banks rookie card (Mr. Cub), purchased for $.01 and valued at $6,000.00+

Hank Aaron rookie card(Home Run King), purchased for $.01 and valued at $4,000.00+,

Don Larsen cards, pictures of the only pitcher to pitch a no-hitter in the history of the World Series,

Ticket to the first Major League baseball game ever played in the Houston Astrodome, Houston Colt '45s vs, Milwaukee Braves,

Three autographed baseballs, holding autographs of Max Lanier, Sal Maglie, Roger Clemens, and Calvin Schiraldi,

One t-shirt autographed by three players from the Negro Leagues,

Cards of Jackie Robinson, Yogi Berra, Dominic DiMaggio (Joe's brother), Mickey Mantle, Casey Stengel, Joe Jay (first little league player to make the Major leagues), Minnie Minoso(first Cuban to play in the Major leagues)), Sandy Koufax, cards from the old Negro Leagues, and cards of players on the extinct teams: Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics, Kansas City Athletics, New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, Washington Senators, and many more.