NFL Auctions is digging into the storage closet to help disaster relief efforts in Australia. The league's official website has launched a special auction, with proceeds from many items designated to help combat the devastating impacts of the brushfires. Dozens of items are on the block with more expected to be added. The highlights include 14 … [Read more...]
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Panini Reveals First Wave of 2019 Contenders SPs, SSPs
Panini is once again peeling back the curtain to reveal which autographs are the rarest in its recently released 2019 Contenders football product. On Wednesday, the company released a partial list of some of the SP and SSP print runs from Rookie Tickets (team logo), Rookie Ticket variations (team helmet) and Veteran tickets. An SP designation means 250 or less of that … [Read more...]
Ranking Derek Jeter’s Rookie Cards as Yankee Icon Gets Hall of Fame Call
He was still only 18 when the photos for what became his first licensed baseball cards were taken and after a less than stellar start to his pro career, he was only the 44th best prospect in baseball in the spring of 1993. Derek Jeter rookie cards arrived that year and there were eight in all--more if you're willing to count the variations that don't officially get … [Read more...]
Photo of the Day: The Babe at Home With His Memorabilia in 1941
He'd been retired as a player for only six years but it looked like Babe Ruth was living a pretty laid back lifestyle when a photographer snapped a photo of him and his wife Claire in 1941. Dressed in a pair of slippers, pants and wearing a smoking jacket as he held his pipe, the Babe was a far cry from the big leagues. Behind him, however, were memories of his long … [Read more...]
New Exhibit Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Miracle on Ice
It may be hard to believe it’s been 40 years but it’s one of those events where you remember where you were when you found out about it. The 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team’s upset of the Soviet Union was that kind of moment, even if there was no live TV broadcast in the U.S. I was getting ready to play a high school basketball game (or sit on the bench at least) when … [Read more...]
Notes: Chicago Area Shop Still Going; Six-Figure Bids; NE Ohio Show; Mahomes Rules Sales
Nearly 28 years ago, college student Jim Anderson and his father Vic opened a hobby shop in the Chicago suburb of Elgin, IL. His dad has passed on but Jim and the store are still going strong. Shoebox-Memorabilia relies on a network of regulars who have formed a community of collectors, some of whom come in to break boxes and wind up making a day of it. The … [Read more...]
Sports Card Release Calendar: 1/23/20 – 2/11/20
The first 2020-branded baseball products will arrive in the coming days, but they won't be alone. Here's a look at the sports card releases arriving soon. 2019-20 Panini Crown Royale Basketball 1/29 With a history that dates back to the 1990s, Crown Royale offers eight cards per box, including an autograph, memorabilia card and two parallels or … [Read more...]
Jeter High School Scouting Report, Debut Jersey at Auction
A day before his virtually certain election to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the jersey worn by Derek Jeter when he made his major league debut in 1995 and the Yankees scouting report on him from April 1992 will both be on the auction block. Goldin Auctions will offer both items in its first major catalog sale of 2020, which is set to open Monday. Completed by scout … [Read more...]
Panini-Fanatics Partner on 2019-20 Donruss Optic Factory Set with Rookie Parallels
Hobby boxes will be here in February but there's a new twist for one of the hobby's increasingly popular basketball issues. There's a 2019-20 Donruss Optic basketball factory set in the works, with some exclusive content. Panini America has partnered with Fanatics for the set, which won't differ much from the standard Optic base set, offering the same 200 cards (150 … [Read more...]
Photo of the Day: Construction of Yankee Stadium
It would host events ranging from papal masses to rock concerts. There were big football games and boxing mega bouts. Thousands prayed there. Thousands more played there. Pope John Paul to Paul O'Neill. Billy Conn to Billy Joel. Baseball is what it was built for, of course. Jacob Ruppert was tired of sharing the Polo Grounds with the Giants so he … [Read more...]