As the year winds down, we’re taking a look at the top-selling sports cards and memorabilia sold through major auction companies in 2018. Two of the most expensive baseball card sets sold at auction in 2018 changed hands during the first half of the year and both were sold through Mile High Card Company. The third-ranked set of 1959 Topps on PSA's Set Registry was offered … [Read more...]
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Top Selling Items at Hunt Auctions in 2018
As the year winds down, we’re taking a look at the top selling sports cards and memorabilia sold through major auction companies in 2018. From Ruth bats to Mantle hats and Super Bowl footballs, Hunt Auctions made headlines with its annual trio of event-oriented auctions in 2018. The company once again partnered with the NFL for one of the year’s first major catalog sales, … [Read more...]
Record Price for ‘Authentic’ T206 Wagner Highlights $2.7 Million Memory Lane Auction
A restored copy of the famed T206 Honus Wagner sold for a record price of $420,000 early Sunday morning, as Memory Lane wrapped up its Holy Grail Rarities Auction. Graded ‘Authentic’ by PSA, the card’s history can be traced back some 50 years. It last sold in a public auction in 2011 for $188,000. The price attained by Memory Lane makes this copy the most … [Read more...]
Kenyan Drake Wants “Miracle in Miami” Ball Back; May Have Sold in Stands for $500
The NFL's play of the year has to be the "Miracle in Miami." The improbable touchdown will live on in history. THE MIRACLE AT HARD ROCK STADIUM 📺 » @NFLonCBS#NEvsMIA #FinsUp pic.twitter.com/Aoc1L5LcGG — Miami Dolphins (@MiamiDolphins) December 9, 2018 Kenyan Drake, who crossed the goal line for the touchdown that beat the Patriots, tossed the ball into the … [Read more...]
PSA Launches Set Registry Achievement Program; Contest with Prizes
As we reported last month, PSA is launching an achievement program inside its Set Registry. The company released details on Tuesday afternoon, one that also includes a contest on social media where sports cards and other prizes are being given away on a daily basis from now until Christmas. The online program will challenge existing PSA Set Registry members and … [Read more...]
Great American Collectibles Show Launches Jimmy Fund Fundraiser
The Great American Collectibles Show featuring Red Sox Hall of Famer, Rico Petrocelli, and hobby author/ radio host Tom Zappala, is launching a fundraiser in support of The Jimmy Fund/ Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. The show has partnered with The National Sports Collectors Convention, PSA and eBay for Charity to raise money for the organization. … [Read more...]
Tim Brown’s Heisman Sells for $435,763 in Goldin Auction
The original Heisman Trophy presented to Notre Dame's Tim Brown in 1987 sold for $435,763 over the weekend, making it the most valuable Heisman ever sold at public auction. The trophy, which came with a letter of authenticity from Brown, was the top seller in Goldin Auctions' latest catalog event. The price, which included a 20% buyer's premium, surpassed the $399,608 … [Read more...]
Double Take: Infamous Menendez Brothers and the 1990-91 Hoops Mark Jackson
It might be one of the most inadvertent — and infamous — backgrounds in sports card history. Two men who resemble convicted murderers Erik and Lyle Menendez appear in the background of a 1990-91 Hoops basketball card depicting the Knicks’ Mark Jackson. It's a recent discovery, oddly unknown despite the product's 28-year-old vintage and wide availability. On the … [Read more...]
More Fake Pre-War Signed Cards Found
Collectors continue to cast a net in search of more fake autographs found on pre-War baseball cards. A problem that came to light with phony signatures on T206 cards last week does not appear to be confined there. The cards were discovered when the unsigned copies of the same cards were found to have been sold not long before they entered the market as … [Read more...]
Baseball and Brew: Rare 1889 Ad Poster Features Ewing, Anson
Just a couple of ballplayers sitting around enjoying a libation after a hard day on the diamond. It was a low-key marketing pitch from Guinness Brewery some 129 years ago but it’s also a very significant piece of sports marketing history; one that’s expected to bring a six-figure price in Heritage Auctions’ February Platinum Night sale. The 24x18” poster pictures 19th … [Read more...]
