A collection of rare candid photographs, apparently taken by a fan who had on-field access prior to a Yankees-White Sox game in the 1920s, is among the highlights in an online auction underway through Sunday. The collection of 14 images features Yankees players, including Babe Ruth. Unlike most fan snapshots that were taken at a distance, most of the photographs in the … [Read more...]
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Vintage Pack Facts: 1960 Fleer Baseball Greats
Welcome to the third installment of Vintage Pack Facts. While there aren’t many collectors who wouldn’t love to rip open a 30, 40, 50 or 60+year-old pack, there isn’t really a readily available knowledge base for all of them. This series hopes to shed some light on one individual release each week in terms of the variety of packaging methods used, prices at the … [Read more...]
2018 Draft Class Signed Jerseys at NBA Auctions
It'll be awhile before we know which teams made the best picks in the 2018 NBA Draft but for now, every team is presumably excited about what their selections will bring to the floor during the upcoming season. Before they scattered to their new home cities, members of this year's class spent time at the annual Rookie Photo Session in New York, posing for the photos we'll … [Read more...]
Vote Underway to Select Player on Card #1 in 2019 Topps Set
Topps is once again putting card #1 in its flagship baseball card set to a popular vote. On Monday morning, the company opened balloting to select the player who will lead off the 2019 set. Nineteen players are on the ballot, but you can also cast a write-in vote. This is the fourth consecutive year for the contest, which has generated thousands of votes each … [Read more...]
Steeler Collector’s Quest Becomes a Book
A collector who spent 23 years getting a helmet signed by all 22 players who played on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ four 1970s Super Bowl championships, has turned his quest into a book. Merrill Shaffer is a life-long Steelers fan and collector from Palmyra, PA. His book, “A Super Steelers Journey”, has just been published by Sunbury Press. That journey first started in 1994 … [Read more...]
Photo-Matched Deacon Jones Jersey Dates to 1968
It wasn’t an official statistic yet but later research showed the man who would actually coin the term had 22 sacks in 1968, a total that even today would rank among the best of all-time. Deacon Jones was a force of nature on the defensive line, primarily with the Los Angeles Rams during his Hall of Fame career. Now, a game-worn jersey from that incredible season 50 … [Read more...]
2019 Topps Tribute to Salute 1951 Cards, Hank Aaron
The first premium trading card product of 2019 will arrive in the early part of spring training, but one of the attractions won’t be about the new season at all. 2019 Topps Tribute is set to return with the usual mix of autographs and memorabilia cards. However, there's also vintage card element that dates to the company’s dawn as a baseball card maker as well as an … [Read more...]
Notes: Where’s Bucky’s ’78 Jersey?
Today, it would have likely been marked with a hologram or requested by the Baseball Hall of Fame. Forty years ago, though, not many people thought about the bat Bucky Dent used to beat the Red Sox in that famous playoff game at Fenway Park. Game-used memorabilia was collected but in most cases, it wasn't a priority. The Yankees claim to have the bat on … [Read more...]
T206 Plank, High-Grade Cobb, Ruth Ball Among Mile High Highlights
Mile High Card Company went home from the National Sports Collectors Convention with nearly $1 million in consignments. Now, some of those high-end cards and memorabilia items are going to be up for grabs. The company will open its next major catalog auction on Friday, highlighted by a rare member of the T206 “Big Four” and one of the best known 1967 Topps sets in … [Read more...]
Record Price for Secretariat Owner’s Derby Program
She became one of the best-known owners in professional sports during a remarkable two-month period of 1973. Even today, fans know her name and collectors of horse racing memorabilia covet items associated with her. Proof comes in the form of a record-setting sale of Penny Chenery’s personal Kentucky Derby program, when her horse—the great Secretariat—began his … [Read more...]
