Ahead of its upcoming Fall Auction that will feature the second part of the Beer Box Find collection, Mile High Card Company opened its Extra Innings event Monday with 346 lots of vintage and modern cards, memorabilia and autographs. Among the lots up for grabs are dozens of vintage Hall of Fame cards including a large group of higher grade regular Sandy Koufax issues, … [Read more...]
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Colorado Shop Owner Assaulted, Robbed; Boise Store Burglarized
A Colorado shop may be closing after the owner was assaulted and robbed earlier this month. Paul Kendall, the 72-year-old owner of Rocky Mountain Sports and Collectibles in Pueblo told police four people entered the shop on the afternoon of August 10. One of them punched him in the face with brass knuckles and pushed him to the floor, choked him and stole his … [Read more...]
‘American Greed’ Reports on Mastro Auctions Saga, The Hobby
They were once the largest auction company in the sports memorabilia business, delivering catalogs with millions of dollars worth of high-end items multiple times per year. It all came crashing down several years ago amid charges of shill bidding and fraud. The fall of the company and its founder, Bill Mastro, is the subject of a new episode of American Greed, a long-running … [Read more...]
Tull Donates Historic Game-Used Baseball Items to Smithsonian
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is adding more than a dozen significant artifacts from the careers of Major League Baseball players, including Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Yogi Berra, Brooks Robinson and Ozzie Smith to the national sports collection. Baseball jerseys, gloves, bats and other objects used by baseball legends … [Read more...]
Aaron Judge Signs Autograph Deal with Fanatics
Look for more Aaron Judge autographed memorabilia in the marketplace. The New York Yankees rookie slugger has signed an exclusive deal with Fanatics and has already done a private signing session with the company, putting his name on hundreds of baseballs, jerseys, photos, bats and other items. The partnership will allow Fanatics Authentic to become the exclusive … [Read more...]
Lucky 7 Cobb Paces $2.9 Million Memory Lane Auction
One of the seven rare T206 Ty Cobb Tobacco cards found in a crumpled paper bag inside an old house early last year sold for $228,000 to pace Memory Lane Inc.’s Summer Auction early Sunday morning. The card from the “Lucky 7 Find” that generated international headlines was graded PSA 2.5. It was the second time the card had sold since its discovery by family members … [Read more...]
GTS Distribution Acquires West Coast Sports Cards
GTS Distribution has gobbled up another wholesale business. The company announced Wednesday that it had acquired the wholesale business of West Coast Sports Cards based in Federal Way, WA. West Coast has been in business for over 25 years, serving customers across the country. GTS is also based in Washington but now has 11 locations, spread from coast-to-coast. The … [Read more...]
Players Weekend Uniforms Will Be Auctioned For Charity
Player names on the back of New York Yankees’ uniforms? Blasphemy! But it’s for a good cause, so even the ghosts of the Babe, the Iron Horse, the Yankee Clipper and the Mick will not get a rise when they see “All Rise” on the back of Aaron Judge’s No. 99 jersey. Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association announced Players Weekend for Aug. 25-27, … [Read more...]
2017 National Baseball Card Day Info, Checklist, Participating Stores
The 2017 edition of National Baseball Card Day returns to hobby shops across North America on Saturday, August 12. Topps, Major League Baseball, and the Major League Baseball Players Association are once again partnering for the program that offers free exclusive packs of NBCD-branded cards to those who visit hobby shops. Major Leaguers will also demonstrate … [Read more...]
Namath Rookie Card Photo Brings Big Bucks at Auction
The 1965 photo that became one of the most valuable football cards ever created sold for a whopping $66,000 late last week in Huggins & Scott's Summer Auction. The black and white image of Joe Namath taken in the hallway of a hospital became his iconic rookie card in Topps' 1965 AFL set. While the card itself can sell for big bucks, the photo offered in the auction … [Read more...]
