Don Harrison with Hall of Famers from
the Women's Baseball Rockford Peaches
2000 National Convention, Anahiem, California
Keith, Don and SuperStar Billy Simms
2000 National Convention, Anaheim, California
The Beginning:
In 1974, our son, Don Lee, began to collect comic books. I took him to lots of cities in Virginia that had comic book stores, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, etc.
One Saturday we went to a comic book store in Richmond, on Broad Street. As my son was looking through large stacks of books, I noticed several boxes of baseball cards behind the counter. A 1953 Whitey Ford Card was priced at $5.00. A Baseball Card for $5.00? I thought, who would pay for a baseball card?
The following week I returned to my mother's house in search of my old baseball cards. I checked the closet only to find my mother had discarded all of my toys. I was very disappointed. Then it came back to me...there was a small cabinet next to the bed where I use to keep my cards. Were they still there? Yes!! There were 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1956 Topps Cards and about a dozen 1955 Topps Double Headers. Most of the cards were in great condition. I recalled when I was a kid, I would line the cards up in the hall and put them end to end and count the cards I had the most of. I remember that I had 14 1953 Murray Wall Milwaukee Braves Cards. My favorite player and card was the 1953 Wilmer Mizell with the St. Louis Cardinals - I think I had 9 or 10 of his cards. I was hooked!! I started running ads in the local newspaper buying baseball cards - I would go around to thrift stores and antique shops.
More often than not, they would sell me a shoe box full of cards for $20.00 or less, which would include Commons, Stars, and Rookies, and laugh as I walked out the door. In 1979 we opened a small shop in an Antique Mall in Grafton, Virginia. Later in the years, we moved to Mercury Mall in Hampton. In 1987, we moved to our final destination in West Mercury Shopps at 3324 W. Mercury Blvd. in Hampton, which we think is one of the best locations in Virginia!
We specialize in: Cal Ripken Cards and Memorabilia
Vintage Cards 1909-1911 Tobacco
Bowman Cards 1948-1955
1989-2000
Topps Cards 1952-2000
Other Manufacturers Cards 1981- Present
We have 55 showcases featuring Cards, Autographs, Sets, Sports Books, Memorabilia, Non Sport Cards and The World's Largest Selection of Minor League Sets from 1975 through 1991.
Happy Collecting,
