Upper Deck is getting back into the buyback business. The company has revealed plans for a new/old product that will put some of the company’s hockey cards from previous years into new packaging—accompanied by a smaller set of current cards. 2019-20 Upper Deck Buybacks hockey is slated for release sometime during the holiday season. The company had a … [Read more...]
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2019 Louisville Slugger Auction Opens with Green Diamond Collection
Bats from Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb, jerseys from Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Stan Musial and and hundreds of other sports artifacts---most from the same one-owner collection—are part of the 2019 Louisville Slugger Factory & Museum Auction. The 19th annual event is already live, but finishes with a live sale at the facility on November 9. As we reported last month, the … [Read more...]
T206 Honus Wagner PSA 2 Sets New Record of $1.35M in Mile High Auction
Another T206 Wagner sale. Another record price. The latest example of the most famous baseball card in the world sold for $1,353,625 in Mile High Card Company’s latest auction. The same PSA 2 example had sold privately for $1.2 million less than a year ago. It had sold twice at auction twice before in the last five years, realizing $657,250 through Lelands … [Read more...]
The Atlantic Explores “How Baseball Cards Got Weird”
Baseball cards are the subject of a feature story in The Atlantic, one of the few surviving magazines that actually pre-dates the first baseball cards. The piece is called “How Baseball Cards Got Weird: A very analog hobby finds a way to thrive in the digital age.” Writer Eric Moskowitz chronicles the changes in collecting over the years, with an emphasis on the … [Read more...]
Landmark Collection of 2003-04 Exquisite Cards at Auction
Upper Deck’s landmark 2003-04 Exquisite Collection delivered what are now considered the top LeBron James rookie cards but there were some other notable names in the product. Now, a group of 30 individually graded Exquisite cards featuring autographed rookie patch cards and special limited editions from James, Michael Jordan and Dwyane Wade are up for bids at Goldin … [Read more...]
Vegas Creates Own Game-Used Authentication Program
The NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights are taking their game-used memorabilia in house. The team has set up a new game-worn and game-used program called VGK Authentics and will manage the items on its website and team store. Items such as game-worn jerseys and equipment, game-used pucks and other memorabilia will be collected from the ice or the locker room by NHL … [Read more...]
1955 Bowman Mantle from Famous 2018 NSCC Break Now at Auction
Freed from the cellophane that had had been its home for 63 years, the Mickey Mantle card that became a piece of hobby lore in the summer of 2018 is now up for auction. Goldin Auctions is offering the 1955 Bowman card that was famously pulled from a pack during the National Sports Collectors Convention. Graded 9 by PSA, bidding has already reached $33,000 with the auction … [Read more...]
Music City Show Brings More Stars to Nashville Area
A beautiful new modern mall called "The Factory" in Franklin, TN was the setting for the first ever 2019 Music City Sports Collectibles and Autograph Show, October 4-6. The show featured a wide assortment of sports collectibles from dealers traveling from New Jersey to Florida and many places in between, along with a sizeable number of autograph guests. Promoter Rich … [Read more...]
Cheers: Maryland Shop’s Card Bar Now a 36-Foot Haven After Outgrowing Old Digs
During this summer's National Sports Collectors Convention, Rick Limpert visited with collector/dealer Mel Lundgren, who brings a mini version of his hobby shop's "card bar" to the show. It's a place to sit, open packs, go through cards and talk about sports, the hobby or anything else. The concept is actually the signature feature of the Maryland store he opened in August of … [Read more...]
Pal Pleads Guilty to Helping Rogers Scam Buyers with Phony Memorabilia
An Arkansas man has admitted to helping disgraced former sports memorabilia dealer and photo archivist John Rogers commit fraud. John Alexander McLean, 59, of Little Rock, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in a federal courtroom there Wednesday. He says that from about June 2016 until November 2017, he helped Rogers make up stories about the fake memorabilia … [Read more...]
