Packs aren't scheduled to arrive until next week but it looks like 2019 Topps baseball cards are trickling into the market. At least a couple of eBay sellers have posted cards previously unseen in promotional images and taken away the mystery of which player will be card #1 in the set. That honor has gone to Ronald Acuna Jr. A seller posted front and back images … [Read more...]
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Rookie Cards of New Hall of Famers Are Plentiful, Cheap
You've got a young man in street clothes. A 25-year-old prospect sitting on a dugout bench. A posed shot of a pitcher in a minor league uniform. Some of the rookie cards of the 2019 Hall of Fame class are not exactly artistic gems but they won't cost you much either. All of them date from the "junk wax" era of the late 1980s and early 90s, when there seemed … [Read more...]
PSA/DNA Phases Out Blue Labels for Encapsulated Autographs
Say goodbye to PSA/DNA’s blue labels for encapsulated autographs. The company announced Tuesday that it has done away with the familiar style it’s used since the late 1990s and will now use red labels for both trading cards and autographs. You’ll also need to opt for Dual Authentication if you want that label to include identification of exactly what’s in the … [Read more...]
Upper Deck to Retain NHL Trading Card License, Signs Eichel, Hischier
New products, new deals and some tips for store owners were part of the first full day of Upper Deck's Certified Diamond Dealer Conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The company is hosting hobby shop owners, online sellers and others closely associated with its business at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel. According to Upper Deck, attendees are from the U.S., Canada, … [Read more...]
Long-Time Hobby Fixture Paul Fusco Passes Away
Paul Fusco, owner of Fusco Auctions and promoter of the annual Ohio Sports Collector Show died unexpectedly Sunday according to family members and friends. He was 65. In 2008, Fusco revived what was once one of the country's biggest annual shows at the Holiday Inn Select in Strongsville. Co-sponsored by Lelands, the show has once again become a popular event … [Read more...]
No San Francisco TRISTAR Show This Spring
TRISTAR Productions has held a spring show in San Francisco since the 1990s but that streak has come to a halt. The company has announced it won't be holding its annual show at the Cow Palace this year. A statement released on social media doesn't close the door on a return, however, stating: The San Francisco Bay Area, one of the country’s premier … [Read more...]
Most Expensive Sports Memorabilia Auction Items of 2018
Once upon a time (but not really that long ago) any piece of sports memorabilia that sold for $100,000 was a pretty big deal. Now, it doesn't even come close to making a list of the most expensive pieces of sold in a given year. "The hobby" is growing up. The top six items alone totaled $7 million. More records fell in 2018 and once again, the usual … [Read more...]
PSA 10 ’52 Topps Mantle Returns to Denver Exhibit
It arrived--again--by armored car. There would be no chances taken with what would most certainly be the world's most valuable single baseball card should it ever cross the auction block. Just as it did earlier this year, one of the three PSA 10 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle cards is drawing a crowd to History Colorado in Denver. While once again very short, its … [Read more...]
Mantle Jersey Sells for $575,912 at Auction
A jersey worn by Mickey Mantle during the 1953 World Series and 1954 season sold for $575,912 in the last major catalog auction of 2018. The jersey, signed by Mantle on the front, was graded A10 by Dave Grob during his MEARS tenure. It’s believed to be the second highest auction price ever paid for a Mantle jersey, trailing only the $1.32 million paid for a 1964 Mantle road … [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...]
