The Topps Company and the National Sports Collectors Convention are pleased to announce that the Stephen Strasburg 2010 Topps Heritage Rookie Card #1/999 has been placed in an auction on eBay with the proceeds from the sale being given to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

A century-old Honus Wagner baseball card is one of the most legendary pieces of sports memorabilia in American history. Only 50 to 60 Wagner 1909-1911 Sweet Caporal Cigarette cards are known to exist. One currently awaits auction at Dominion Coins in Chesapeake.

Nearly 20 years after helping bring Major League Baseball to the Mile High City, Bruce Hellerstein finally has his own field of dreams. Though players won't emerge from any cornfields, America's favorite pastime comes to life a block from Coors Field inside B's Ballpark Museum, which houses a treasure trove that Smithsonian Baseball ranked among the top 21 private collections in the world.

Grey Flannel Auctions of Westhampton, N.Y., has announced details of its Fifth Annual Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Auction and other special events associated with the 2010 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The live auction will take place on Friday, Aug. 13 at the Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.

The Negro Leagues Baseball stamps, to be issued in June, pay tribute to the all-black professional baseball leagues that operated from 1920 to about 1960. Drawing some of the most remarkable athletes ever to play the sport, including Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson, the Negro leagues galvanized African-American communities across the country, challenged racist notions of athletic superiority, and ultimately sparked the integration of American sports.

He's one of the hobby's hottest players and he's one of the NFL's rising stars. He's coming off a Pro Bowl season in which he threw for more than 4,000 yards and 30 touchdowns. He's Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Tuff Stuff's Sports Collectors Monthly has him. Beginning with some excellent giveaways at their booth at the National and carrying over to an exclusive interview with the superstar QB in the next issue, Tuff Stuff gives you Aaron Rogers like nobody else.

When someone recently asked basketball great Michael Jordan, arguably the greatest player in NBA history, whom he thought was better -- LeBron James or Kobe Bryant -- he blurted out "Kobe." Sports memorabilia collectors would tend to agree. James's game-used jerseys have sold for between $2,000 and $8,000, according to Antiques Roadshow appraiser Leila Dunbar. A game-used jersey Bryant wore in last year's NBA finals sold for more than $30,000. Though prices may seem high to non-sports fans, they are a relative bargain compared with Jordan memorabilia.

When healthy, he was one of the finest pure hitters in baseball.  Dmitri Young’s .292 career batting average will attest to that. He was also one of those players who had a respect for the game and the players who came before him.  Like many of us, Young manifested that appreciation by collecting sports cards and memorabilia. Memory Lane Inc. is honored to announce that the affable ballplayer/collector will be on hand at the company’s booth during two days of the National Sports Collectors Convention in Baltimore.

Every ball pitchers throw to Mr. Rodriguez once he reaches 599 will be specially encoded so it can be indisputably identified if it is hit into the stands. And just about every piece of clothing he wears, every piece of equipment he uses and everything he touches when he hits No. 600 will be tagged with high-tech holograms immediately after the game.

Bidding on the one-of-a-kind "2010 Bowman Prospects Stephen Strasburg Autograph Rookie Card Red Parallel" is already up to $11,000 -- and is expected to go as high as $40,000, according to the Associated Press. Strasburg was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 MLB draft, and his first major league start with the Washington Nationals on June 8 might well have been the most anticipated debut since that of the immortal Todd Van Poppel in 1991. OK, so sometimes the hype doesn't pan out. But in the case of Strasburg, it certainly has so far.