BaseballCards

If you want to be a player in baseball card investing, you'll probably have to swing for well-preserved, expensive cards. The free-agent vintage cards that have already appreciated are the safest path to big wins in the future.

What is a collectible? For most of us, it's something that tugs at our heartstrings; an object out of our childhood, or one we associate with special people, places, or events. Meaningful items, if only to us. Unfortunately, many speculators, seeing the climbing value of certain rare items, have...

One of the most frustrating parts of being an antiques dealer, appraiser, or auctioneer is dealing with people who think their stuff is worth more than it is. "It's very difficult to tell someone their stuff isn't worth anything", says Matthew Quinn of Quinn's Auction Galleries. "A lot of times...

Youngsters who saved their baseball cards from the 1950s -- as my own father did -- found themselves sitting on a goldmine big enough to make a sizable contribution toward a college education.People who bought baseball cards from the 1980s were less fortunate. The Wall Street Journal (subscription...

72-year old Bernice Gallego found an old baseball card (not pictured) in a box of antiques, and listed it on eBay to see if anyone would want it. She started the bidding at $10.It turned out that the card was really old and worth a lot more than $10. After receiving several questions from potential...