For those of you who don't know me personally, I am going to periodically tell you my thoughts on the current state of the hobby.
I am a fairly large buyer and seller of vintage Green Bay Packers memorabilia....
It's a good thing David Pearce knows to seek advice from knowledgeable people in the hobby and belongs to an online community where members look out for each other. If not, he could have been in for a very expensive sports memorabilia buying lesson....
Interview with Robert Lifson (President of Robert Edward Auctions)
October 1st, 2007
DG Q: What are three things that you consider the strengths of the industry/hobby at this time and why?
RL A: The industry has a lot of strengths. There's a lot of great things that have happened and are happening. As far as game-used equipment....
In the days before the Internet, sports memorabilia collectors had to rely on authenticators to make sure the game-used jerseys and bats they blew the rent money on was the real McCoy.
"When I started collecting, I thought 90% of doing my homework....
