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Every once in a while, a member registers an item that transcends its sport and really belongs in a category perhaps called "National Treasure." Wish You Were Here Productions, the memorabilia industry stalwart, has done just that by registering Don Larsen's Game-used 1956 Perfect Game Uniform. That's correct... the GAME. USED. UNIFORM. FROM. THE. 1956. PERFECT. GAME. Here's…read more

CollectorsProof.com and ONYX Authenticated announce partnership in authenticity for the ONYX 2012 Preferred Players Collection. CollectorsProof.com is a new and exciting way to track your collectibles from owner to owner, creating a timeline of photos and stories that can be shared with your friends on Facebook,…read more

Usually, when I see a list that has "of All Time" in its title, I prepare myself for disappointment, knowing that I will disagree with some of the entries and feel the absence of others. Dan Tylicki, a featured columnist at BleacherReport.com, however, NAILED this particular list. Once you start clicking through the entries, I defy you to stop. It may well be impossible for…read more

Matt Doran is a sports writer in Connecticut. Read why he would never buy a Ted Williams autograph and why he generally dislikes the autograph business. I'll let his blog post speak for itself. It will resonate with every member of Collectors Proof. http://blogs.thehour.com/sportsminute/?p=2546

No doubt you've heard the fever-pitch complaints of reputable dealers mistakenly (?) selling fraudulent game-worn apparel. Well, even professional sports franchises are unable to always identify ethical partners. Read this horror story about the Chicago Bears' choice in game-used apparel merchandising...…read more

...tomorrow night, Friday, November 17th, at 11PM Eastern Time (and every Friday night thereafter!) to catch a live interview featuring Collectors Proof. We are honored and excited at the prospect of being interviewed by heroes of ours - Doug Cataldo and Rob Bertrand - a couple of guys who fight the good fight and give the little guy a voice in an industry run more and more by... well... industry.…read more

The scalper looks like a nice guy, filling a societal need in an inefficient marketplace. The price is right, so you buy the tickets. You grab a soft pretzel and a beer on the way to your seats. Hands full, you arrive as the first inning starts, and a family of four is arrayed across your seats. "There must be a mistake," you think. But one look at your tickets is all the usher needs to know you've been scammed.…read more

Check out this interview with MLB's Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Ethan Orlinsky, on what they are doing to make sure that brand theft stops with stolen bases in St. Louis this October. http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/blog/2011/10/7-questions-the-man-behind-mlbs.html

Great homage by Cuddyer, recalling advice given him by recently-deceased hall-of-famer Killebrew... http://www.usatoday.com/video/index.htm?bctid=947711592001#/News/Cuddyer+on+Killebrew%3A+%22What+you+strive+to+be+as+a+human%22/42804638001/40264770001/947711592001