Welcome to a new type of sports collecting research.

Before AI took over practically everything online... before there was an online... there were catalogs. Whether designed for sporting equipment stores, schools, or for ordinary people needing equipment, the old paper sporting goods catalogs hold countless interesting things to look at. Now is your chance to look through them yourself.

No longer will equipment have to be listed in categories like "early" or "turn of the century": you will be able to hunt down exactly when the equipment was released. You will see the original pricing. You will learn what materials the equipment was made from. Want to see your favorite player's signature ball or golf club? It's likely in one of these catalogs. You'll be able to search a growing database of player names to see what catalogs their names and images appear in.

The process of scanning takes time, and this site has been some time in the making, and more catalogs will be added virtually daily starting in August of 2025. It's now time to look around, subscribe to monthly what-was-scanned updates, and join to be part of the experience. Join before the end of August, and you'll get three free months right off the bat.

Your interest will be an excellent guide, so if you see something in the big list that you want to be scanned right away, you can say so! Use the contact form to request specific editions get scanned and added next or to make other suggestions. Feel free to ask questions, there, too. Soon, there will also be a member forum for connecting with other members.

Thank you for coming here.

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We're about to have a really good time.

A tiny selection of some of the over 450 catalogs to come.