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Baseball Card Vandals, New Missouri Website, Makes Collectibles Cool Again (PHOTOS)

Two Missouri brothers who love baseball cards and doodling have combined the two simple passions into one magnificent website. The name speaks for itself: "Baseball Card Vandals." "We've been doing this since we were pre-teens," says Bryan Abbott, 28, who created the website with his brother Beau, ... More >>

Blueberry Hill Hosts Pop Culture Collectibles Garage Sale on Sunday, September 2

On Sunday, September 2, Blueberry Hill (6504 Delmar Boulevard, University City; 314-727-4444) hosts its first-ever Pop Culture Collectibles Garage Sale from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in its Elvis Room. The sale comes a week before the restaurant's 40th anniversary bash on Saturday, September 8. For Gut Che ... More >>

Controversial Coloring Book for Kids Now Includes Terrorist Trading Cards

Related Content: Coloring Book Teaches Kids Art of Killing Muslims Don't Make Fun of Wayne Bell's Coloring Books! St. Louis-based Really Big Coloring Books is out with a new edition of We Shall Never Forget 9/11, an illustrated lesson on how publisher Wayne Bell believes everyone -- including Am ... More >>

Honus Wagner T206 Card Sells for $1.2 Million in Local Dealer's Auction

Sunset Hills collectibles dealer Bill Goodwin reaped a higher-than-anticipated $1.2 million for the well-graded Honus Wagner T206 baseball card in an online auction last night. Your baseball cards are still comparatively worthless, however, so don't get your hopes up.The Wagner card, which measures ... More >>

Classic Vinyl & Media Sale in Carbondale September 10 & 11

image viaYou can get both vinyl records and collectibles at the Classic Vinyl Sale.​On the weekend of September 10, the University Mall in Carbondale, Illinois, will play host to the 4th Annual SIRIS Classic Vinyl & Media Sale. The Southern Illinois Radio Information Service (SIRIS) and the WS ... More >>

Moon Dust Stolen from NASA Recovered in St. Louis

www.regencystamps.comThe "speck" in question. Click photo for a full-size view of the moon dust.​A speck of moon dust believed to have been smuggled out of NASA years ago has returned to the space agency after spending time in both Germany and St. Louis. The dust was supposed to be placed up for a ... More >>

Because There's No News to Report in Kansas City, Royals Blogger Makes Some Up

image viaYou can't tell, but there's a passage from Of Plymouth Plantation under the brim of Crawford's cap.​This is, to put it kindly, not an especially exciting time of year to be a journalist. Especially if you cover baseball. So naturally, it's the perfect time for Kansas City Royals blogg ... More >>

Man Angry Over Weed-Whacker Noise Tries to Mow Down Lawn Worker with His Car

Wright: Or was he wrong?​Once again, don't f--- with old people. And especially don't f--- with them when they're out antiquing and their shopping trip gets interrupted by someone calling them up on one of those dagburn cell phones with all them tiny little buttons. A lawn worker in Sturgeon, Miss ... More >>

Po' Girl

9 p.m. Wednesday, February 3. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Chasing Pablo: For old-school art pickers, the thrill is fading — and so's the payoff

Topps to Become Exclusive Baseball Card Company

File under ridiculous douchebag bullshit: Major League Baseball and Topps have reached an agreement to make Topps the only licensed maker of baseball cards. I'm not going to try and be balanced or fair about this. This is fucking bullshit. Of all the shitty things MLB has done over the years - ... More >>

Clothing Fit for a Prince

Photo courtesy Sean MuhammadThis photo of Prince Joe Henry will soon be a logo on a line of replica Negro League apparel.Just got word that Sean Muhammad, grandson of former Negro Leaguer (and Riverfront Times columnist) "Prince" Joe Henry, is coming out with a line of baseball collectibles to honor ... More >>

Los Straitjackets

8 p.m. Thursday, May 28. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Have A Cuppa

Hey, Fine Folks

What if Rockstars Were Old-School Baseball Players?

Perhaps they'd look like this. Link via Kopper. More excellent ones at the link and after the jump. Or like this. That's 1985 Topps right there, the style/year of Mark McGwire's rookie card. Why yes, I used to collect baseball cards hardcore.

Baseball Card of the Week: John Tudor in 1987

Contest: Submit Your Old Baseball Cards

Out with the Cold

In with the Fruehling

Cape Girardeau Artist Took Michael Vick to the Dogs

Cape Girardeau Artist Took Michael Vick to the Dogs

Thanks for the Memories

Bookworms bore through "Steal Das Book"

Battle of the 'Roid Titans: Bonds vs. McGwire

Battle of the 'Roid Titans: Bonds vs. McGwire

Better Red Than Rouge?

Middlesex

The Art of Acquisition

Boink!

(Royal Dumpe, Laclede's Landing)

Garbage or Gold?

Find out at the History Museum

The Case of the Stained Glass Bandit

South St. Louis police say they've finally cracked it

Hold Your Head Steady

And learn from the experts

Best Mile of St. Louis

Market Street, between 4th and 20th streets

Best New Artist

Rough Shop

Best Antique Store

Joint Venture Antiques

Best Art Gallery

Philip Slein Gallery

Best Reading Series

Left Bank Books

Best Simple Pleasure in the Post-Dispatch

"Help Yourself"

Best Comic Book Store

All American Collectibles

Best Place to Lust After Furniture

Edwin Pepper Interiors

Card-Carrying Geniuses

The Must ... Rock lineup looks pretty good on paper

Best Place to Buy Cheap Antiques

John's Furniture and Antiques

Best Place To Buy Rock

Kirkwood Material

Best Scandal

Bel-Ridge Police

A Loot in the Attic

Discovering the value of Chubb's Antiques Roadshow

The Devil's Playground

The Rev. Pigg takes a poke at the satanic influences of kid favorites Pokémon and the Teletubbies