Treasure Hunters Roadshow (THR) is a vendor of vintage collectibles and valuable metals. Groups of treasure hunters have been hosting thousands of exhibits a year all throughout the continent since 1996. A number of groups have lately expanded across the Atlantic Ocean to the United Kingdom and Spain. THR buys antiques, collectibles, gold, silver, jewelry, vintage comic books and sports memorabilia, specifically bobbleheads, at events on behalf of their global network of collectors.
Sports memorabilia is thrilling to the Treasure Hunters Roadshow sports specialists as they see numerous uncommon and one-of-a-kind items. Baseball items are most common, but the treasure hunters are prepared to buy vintage or unusual memorabilia from any sport.
One of the popular items in the arena of sports memorabilia is the athlete, coach or mascot bobblehead. The bobblehead entered the sports world nearly 100 years ago in the 1920s. The New York Knicks released a bobblehead of a player for their fans to purchase and collect. The sports bobblehead became a fan favorite in the 1960s. To begin the 1960 baseball season, Major League Baseball made a series of papier-mâché bobbleheads for each team. These collectibles had each teams’ jersey on them but the numbers and the faces were all the exact same.
Bobbleheads with particular players’ names were introduced for the New York Yankees in the World Series in 1960. The four players, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Roger Maris and Roberto Clemente, each had their personal number on the bobblehead, but the heads remained identical. Due to the fragility of the materials, numerous of these papier-mâché bobbleheads did not last long.
As bobblehead acceptance continued to increase, companies began to use ceramic as an alternative to papier-mâché so that they would not chip or crack as quickly. Baseball teams went on to release bobbleheads of their star players for enthusiasts to obtain and many of the other major sports, such as basketball and football, followed. Teams loved the idea of offering additional souvenirs and supporters loved to have comical collectible objects from their favorite team that they could display at work or in their automobile.
Bobbleheads became extremely well-known in late 1990s mainly because manufacturers made a decision to begin making them out of plastic, which made the bobbleheads much more cost-effective. As the decade ended, major league sports teams recognized that not as many enthusiasts were buying the bobbleheads, so they made the decision to give them away as a promotional item. The San Francisco Giants were the very first team to do this in 1999. They handed out 35,000 Willie Mays bobbleheads to enthusiasts at a game. This fad caught on and teams began creating bobbleheads for their players, mascots and even coaches.
The sports memorabilia specialists at THR stress that condition is very critical when purchasing and selling any form of collectible item, and this is true with bobbleheads as well. The classic ceramic and papier-mâché bobbleheads are likely to be much more valuable if they are in great condition. Plastic bobbleheads are newer and mass produced, so they are not as valuable as the others. Nevertheless, the unusual ones can still bring in a great paycheck.
All old, rare and abnormal sports memorabilia can be brought to the specialists at Treasure Hunters Roadshow for a totally free evaluation and perhaps even an offer to buy.
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