The smoking hot market for high-end memorabilia and trading cards continued late Saturday night when Heritage Auctions sold a 1964 Mickey Mantle road jersey for $1.32 million, a record price for any Mantle jersey. Last year, Heritage sold a signed 1968 Mantle road jersey for $486,000 and a 1954 road flannel for $432,000. Matched to Mantle's last two World Series … [Read more...]
Top Banner 486X60
About Rich Mueller
Big O’s Rings; Hoarder’s Card Stash Top Leland’s Sale
Oscar Robertson's NBA championship ring Hall of Fame ring sold for more than $150,000 combined in the Leland's Invitational Auction over the weekend. The Hall of Famer consigned 51 items from his career to the auction including game-worn jerseys, awards and other memorabilia. Robertson's 1971 NBA title ring, won during his time as a member of the … [Read more...]
Harden Game-Worn Playoff Jersey Up for Grabs
A jersey worn by the NBA’s 2017-18 MVP during this past season’s playoff run is on the auction block where it’s already generating a buzz. NBA Auctions is offering James Harden’s black #13 jersey, worn during the Western Conference first round, semi-finals and finals. It was on his back during a stretch in which he registered three double-doubles and scored 41 points … [Read more...]
2018 Topps 3D Hits Market as On Demand Product
Think “3D” baseball cards and you might think Kellogg’s Cereal but Topps has its own history with lenticular card stock and they’re dusting it off again for a new set available through the company’s website. It’ll take at least a few hundred bucks—and maybe some trading—to get the full set—but you’ll definitely have something that will be fairly limited. 2018 … [Read more...]
Ruth’s Dated Home Run Ball from Signature 1927 Campaign at Auction
Babe Ruth’s 60 home run season of 1927 included a whopping 17 clubbed in the month of September alone—a feat no left-handed hitter in the American League has been able to meet. Now, one of those baseballs the Babe torched during his the height of his slugging prowess is on the auction block, where it could bring $300,000 or more. Heritage Auctions says the official … [Read more...]
Infamous Billy Ripken Card Gets G-Rated Bobblehead
It was the baseball card that created a national stir—not that any of the newspapers that wrote about it could actually write what was written on the bottom of Billy Ripken’s bat 29 years ago. The Fleer card that began emerging from those pinstriped gray wax packs in early 1989 included two words written in felt-tip marker. One word was “Face” and the one above it … [Read more...]
Photo of the Day: Al Capone and Son, Gabby Hartnett and a Cubs-Sox Game
The Great Depression was taking its toll on the country and in September of 1931, the city of Chicago’s two baseball teams came together to play a fundraising exhibition to benefit an unemployment relief fund. The crowd was nearly 35,000—a bigger turnout than the White Sox usually had for their American League games. Among those in attendance was a man famous well beyond … [Read more...]
Notes: Rogers’ Fakes; Doerr Collection Consigned; Detroit Shops Profiled; Griffey RC Negative at Auction
It is the hobby's wildest fraud scheme, perpetrated by one man who stayed busy swindling banks, collectors and old friends for millions of dollars. John Rogers is in for a lengthy stay in federal prison after pleading guilty to federal charges. He faked memorabilia and trading cards, creating a phony bunch of assets like old game-worn uniforms, awards and high-end … [Read more...]
Photo of the Day: Walter Johnson Gets Calvin Coolidge Autographed Ball
He was a fan like every other resident of Washington, D.C. News accounts of the 1924 World Series reported that President Calvin Coolidge didn't just sit and politely applaud the hometown Senators, either. Coolidge may have had his share of trouble on the job but in the ballpark, he let loose with the best of them, chomping on a cigar, standing to applaud, … [Read more...]
2019 Topps Baseball Card Design(s) Revealed
Topps offered a surprise sneak peek at their 2019 Series One baseball card design on Tuesday. Two different cards were released--one with the standard vertical design (Aaron Judge) and another with a horizontal look (Mookie Betts) which seems to be an indication we'll see a mix of the two when the product is released. The look appears somewhat similar to … [Read more...]
