A record number of players are participating in the NFL’s My Cause My Cleats campaign and that should mean more of them hitting the auction block. For the fifth-consecutive season, NFL players will raise awareness for non-profit organizations and causes on the field through the campaign. For the first time, more than 1,000 players are participating. Reppin’ causes close … [Read more...]
Fleer Pro-Visions Artist Returns with New Prints
The artist behind one of the 1990s’ most memorable trading card subsets is back in the game. Terry Smith, who created 61 works used for the Fleer’s Pro-Vision cards, has a new line of sports art on the market, but his latest works will cost a bit more than a pack of cards. Smith has produced TSC Limited Edition giclée prints of NBA players that will be capped at 250 … [Read more...]
Gary Player’s Major Championship Trophies Sold at Auction
Four of golf icon Gary Player’s nine major championship trophies have sold for a combined $574,843 at auction. Golden Age Golf Auctions offered a selection of the awards given to Player following each of the events. Four others, representing major wins on the PGA Champions tour, were also sold. Player’s 1978 Masters trophy was the top seller, netting … [Read more...]
Jordan Finals Sneakers Gifted To Sonny Vaccaro Expected to Bring Huge Price
A pair of shoes worn by Michael Jordan during Game 4 of the 1991 NBA Finals has had a sole owner the last 28 years. But now, Sonny Vaccaro, who was instrumental in getting Nike to sign Jordan when he came out of North Carolina, forever changing the sneaker industry, is ready to part with them. The black Air Jordans were announced Tuesday as a lot in the joint auction … [Read more...]
Jimmie Foxx Collection Headlines Huge Heritage Event
More than a dozen items from the personal collection of baseball great Jimmie Foxx, including the Hall of Famer’s game-used bat and his 500th home-run ball, are now on the auction block as Heritage Auctions kicks off its final catalog auction of 2020. The items from Foxx’s personal collection are being offered for the first time. They include everything from a 1934 … [Read more...]
Vintage Mantle, Signed Goudey Ruth and Gehrig, Jordan Inserts Headline MHCC Auction
2020 has been a wild ride for sports cards and memorabilia but the final blitz of major auctions is just starting. Mile High Card Company will be the next to launch, with its December auction set to launch Monday. There are some heavy hitters in the lineup, including a PSA 8 1952 Topps card of Mickey Mantle and a signed Cap Anson bat from the 1880s. A pair of … [Read more...]
Massive REA Sale Will Include Newly Uncovered Cobb Photo
The new Robert Edward Auctions catalog is about to arrive and we'd recommend bending down before you try to lift it off your doorstep to avoid back strain. The 720-page behemoth is the company’s largest ever. Bidding is set to open Friday and run through December 6. More than 3,400 lots will be up for sale in the company's third and final auction of 2020 … [Read more...]
1985 Shattered Backboard Jersey Part of MJ-Only Auction
The jersey Michael Jordan was wearing in the only game in which he shattered a glass backboard is going on the auction block. The news comes five months after the shoes he was wearing that day-with tiny pieces of glass still embedded in the soles-- sold for $615,000. The jersey is one of several items being sold by Sotheby’s in an auction dedicated to Jordan-abilia … [Read more...]
Historic Items from Sports Immortals Collection Heading to Collectable Platform
Items from one of the world’s top sports memorabilia collections are going to be available for fractional ownership through a new partnership. Sports memorabilia investment platform Collectable announced Monday it had reached agreement on a new multi-year partnership with Sports Immortals that will offer partial ownership of items from the private collection via shares … [Read more...]
Gehrig Jersey, Ruth Bat, High-End Cards Highlight “Home Plate” Auction
A 1931 Lou Gehrig game jersey, a Babe Ruth bat dating to early in his career dozens of other items from a high-end one-owner collection are set to sell during a live auction scheduled for December 16. As we reported last month, Christie’s and Hunt Auctions have partnered for the event, called Home Plate: A Private Collection of Important Baseball Memorabilia.” Details on the … [Read more...]