If you’ve ever chased a baseball player for an autograph, there’s a new book out that you might want to put on your summer reading list. “Waiting for a Sign” was written by Kevin Keating, a long-time collector/dealer and the current Principal Autograph Authenticator for PSA/DNA. A native of suburban Chicago, Keating spent much of his youth acquiring … [Read more...]
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Ruth 60th Home Run Bat Sells for $660,000
The Baseball Hall of Fame claims to own the bat Babe Ruth used to hit his record-setting 60th home run in 1927 but prominent collectors believed The Babe's weapon of choice that day is the one found in Heritage Auctions' Spring catalog. Inscribed to Ruth friend Joe E. Brown, a nationally known actor-comedian who was among the first celebrity sports collectors, the bat … [Read more...]
Serena Williams Signs Autograph Deal with Upper Deck
Upper Deck already has some of the biggest names in sports under exclusive autograph deals. Now, they've added the greatest women's tennis player of all-time. On Thursday, the company announced what it called "a multi-year" arrangement with Serena Williams. Upper Deck will produce authenticated memorabilia and release limited-edition prints with Williams' … [Read more...]
NFL Rookie Premiere Set to Open; Includes Autograph, Photo Sessions
Forty rookies from the 2018 NFL Draft are gathering in Los Angeles Wednesday through Sunday for the 2018 NFLPA Rookie Premiere. Part of the four-day gathering is to help teach the business of football and jumpstart the players’ off-the-field careers. For collectors, it’s where some of the first football cards showing rookies in their NFL uniforms are created and … [Read more...]
New Book Chronicles Exhibit and Other Sports Arcade Cards
You can find them online and at larger card shows. Checklists exist, too, but there is much more to know and understand about Exhibit and other arcade-type cards that went into production in the early 1920s and were an American mainstay for decades. Collector Adam Warshaw hopes to broaden the hobby’s knowledge base with a newly published book. Exhibit and Related … [Read more...]
Sandy Koufax 1963 Game Jersey Sells for $429,625
A game-worn 1963 Sandy Koufax Los Angeles Dodgers road jersey sold for $429,625 on Saturday night in Goldin Auctions' 2018 Spring Online Auction. "The rarity of Koufax game-worn memorabilia combined with its impeccable authenticity and the fact that it was from perhaps his greatest season when he captured the Cy Young, N.L. MVP Award and the World … [Read more...]
Topps Living Set Acuna Card a Huge Seller
Fans and collectors bought more than 46,000 "Living Set" cards of Atlanta Braves' rookie Ronald Acuna during the seven-day sales period that ended early Wednesday afternoon, setting a record for the newly launched on-demand platform and nearly tripling the number of the biggest selling Topps NOW card to date. Acuna, the 20-year-old who made his MLB debut late last month, was … [Read more...]
Free Grading for Ohtani Superfractor as Bowman Sales Boom
If you pull the Shohei Ohtani Superfractor autograph card from the 2018 Bowman boxes, Beckett says it will grade and authenticate the card for free. Earlier this week, Blowout Cards offered $60,000 for the 1/1 issue that lies somewhere inside a box of Bowman that was released to hobby shops, Wal-mart, Target and through online retailers today . The offer was for … [Read more...]
Record Price for Mint 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle
One of the six 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle cards graded PSA 9 (mint) has a new owner--at a new record price. Late Thursday night, the card offered through Heritage Auctions sold for $2.88 million including the buyer's premium. It's the most ever paid for a post-World War II trading card. Owned for about two years by collector/dealer/former NFL lineman Evan Mathis, … [Read more...]
Headed to the National? Here Are 5 Things You Should Already Be Doing
This year's National Sports Collectors Convention (a.k.a., the National) isn't until later this fall. The event will be held at the I-X Center in Cleveland, Oh. from August 1-5. We're still a few months away but that doesn't mean you should be sitting on your hands. Do you need to be making arrangements for what you're going to wear? That might be going a little overboard. … [Read more...]
