Sports Collectors Digest

That’s The Ticket: Collector offers tips for collecting special event tickets

While I've been in the hobby a while, I've never collected tickets. That changed in 2023 when I acquired a couple.

I didn’t own a ticket, however, related to Jackie Robinson, which was something I wanted. Many were not in my budget, especially graded. I kept up the hunt and eventually purchased an ungraded 1953 World Series Game 4 ticket

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