The earliest piece of true hobby research I ever pulled off was in the early 1980's, when I sussed out a black & white picture in an...

Well Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah folks!  Just a real quick one today, albeit holiday themed. One of the most obscure Topps issues wa...

One of the problems with buying vintage unopened Topps packs is that there is a lot of bogus product out there.  Wax packs are notorious for...

1969 was the last year of the 3 x 12 rak pak arrays.  Starting in 1959, when three 12 card cello packs were overwrapped for point of sale pu...

Well kids, me and Mrs. Archives have addressed the last of the Christmas cards and boy, I could really have used some help tonight.  Oh addr...

Looking up details on Topps Rak Paks for my previous post led me to some more images and I feel like this is about to turn into a multi-post...

Thanks to a (sadly) current eBay auction, I think I have stumbled onto the end of the Trading Card Guild era at Topps.  Long story short a ...