John Leptich

Over the past year, a number of issues concerned sports memorabilia hobbyists. A glut of new products, too many card shows, more than double the number of stores as in...

Overproduction-too many card sets and too many copies of individual cards-is starting to turn off collectors and dealers. Overproduction is taking its toll on a hobby that faces immediate concerns...

A struggling economy, sky-rocketing gas prices and an uncertain future has forced many sports memorabilia collectors to channel their disposable income in directions other than trading cards. Simply put, many...

The sale of $24,000 worth of counterfeit 1988-89 O-Pee-Chee Brett Hull rookie cards to a New York dealer led to the arrest of a London, Canada, man Wednesday. Frank Johnson...

At a time when the popularity of sports trading cards is high, a group of memorabilia dealers hopes to cool the sales of one major manufacturer`s products. Duke Scheinman of...

The mailman ''collects'' postage due. Even then not all his stamps are in mint condition. Dear Mr. Leptich, You recently wrote about unauthorized cards. You said they were basically worthless,...

After seeing prototypes for Score, Pro Set and, what appears to be the best hockey set of 1990-91, Upper Deck, I figured Topps` venture into the ice wars wouldn`t be...

Unauthorized cards are saturating the hobby like never before. A few unscrupulous dealers pawn them off as limited and having great investment potential. An unauthorized card is one which isn`t...

Larkin football coach Bob Krieger said the playoff schedule almost took its toll on his team, which edged Elgin 21-20 in overtime in Saturday`s Class 6A playoffs to earn a...

After finishing a close second in a poll of Tribune readers asked to rank their favorite 1990 baseball card sets, Score appears ready to make a pitch for the top...