It's been a good month for mainstream attention in the hobby. Three T2o6 Wagner cards on the block and some buzz surrounding the 1920-era Babe Ruth game worn jersey that will go up for bid beginning next week.
The jersey could set a record for one piece of baseball memorabilia. The Orange County Register wrote about it on Tuesday.
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The hottest 'investment' type card in the hobby isn't the Wagner right now. It's the 1916 M101-5 Ruth rookie card. A PSA 6-graded example already has 31 bids and sits at $90,000 in Robert Edward Auctions' current catalog sale. A PSA 7 sold for over $200,000 in January, causing jaws to drop all over the industry. Others thought the increasing prices on the card are long overdue.
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Clean Sweep Auctions travels the country, much like dealers did in the old days, hoping some rare treasures come in via the public so they can re-sell or auction them. You might not think of Indianapolis as a hotbed for collecting, but apparently there was a big crowd on their last visit, so according to this story in the Indianapolis Business Journal, they're anxious to come again.
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Andy Dolich is the Sports Business Insider for Comcast Sports Bay Area. He's also a former big league executive and hobby observer. His latest commentary deals with the current state of the card industry and the history behind it all.
