Sam Droganes’ business pedigree includes confectionaries and fireworks. And after Heritage Auctions’ Fall Sports Catalog Auction ended Friday night, the Kentucky businessman had scored a sweet five-figure profit worth celebrating. Three boxes of 1950s Topps cards consigend by Droganes, 53, in the two-day auction, including 36 unopened cello packs from the fourth series … [Read more...]
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Trio of Cards from Top Leaf Baseball Set Brings Over $1 Million
It pays to be first. The finest PSA-graded 1948-49 Leaf Baseball set was broken up and sold in Heritage Auctions' latest catalog sale and it took just three cards to push the combined total realized price to over $1 million. Many of the cards in the set had either never been offered at auction before or hadn't been available for a long time. A PSA 8 copy of the rare … [Read more...]
Hot Dog! Nice Find of Uncirculated 1954 Wilson Franks Cards
It’s one of the most popular regional sets ever issued, a challenging and somewhat quirky collection of 20 different subjects that were packaged with hot dogs in what some refer to as the ‘golden era’ of baseball cards. The 1954 Wilson Franks set had folks eating a lot of weiners, but not nearly enough to satisfy the demand of today’s experienced … [Read more...]
Top SGC-Rated Near Set of E98 “Black Swamp Find” Cards Coming to Auction
The best SGC-graded "near set" of the ultra-desirable E98 "Set of 30" baseball cards - issued in 1910 and known to hobbyists as part of the famous 2012 "Black Swamp Find" - is being offered at auction for the first time ever in the Goldin Auctions 2018 Holiday Auction. The sale of the near set (25/30), which holds the #1 ranking on the SGC Set Registry, runs from Nov. 19 … [Read more...]
House Cleaning Job Yields Cardboard Gold
Who hasn’t dreamed of wandering through an old abandoned house or estate sale and uncovering a stack of old baseball cards? It’s happened plenty of times, after all, but luck definitely has to be on your side. While not everyone finds a couple million dollars worth of Ty Cobb cards, it would be nice to find something besides 1990 Fleer, wouldn’t it? For one Baltimore … [Read more...]
Second Ball with Autographs from 11 Original Hall of Famers Heads To SCP Auctions
What began as an adventurous trip by a rabid baseball fan nearly 80 years ago will likely end in a big payday for his descendants. In August, a ball signed by the 11 living members of the first Hall of Fame class fetched $623,369 in an SCP Auctions sale. Now, SCP is selling what it calls “the second finest known” autographed ball from that June 1939 ceremony in … [Read more...]
2019 Bowman Baseball Preview
After hibernating from 1956-1988, the Bowman brand made its return just in time for the chaos that was the late 80s and early 90s baseball card market. Has it really been 30 years? 2019 Bowman Baseball marks the anniversary with some throwback cards and even some buyback autographs of guys who appeared on that oversized 1989 set. Scheduled for … [Read more...]
VIDEO: Slugger Auction Preview Includes Groat, Ott, Massive World Series Collection
Hunt Auctions employees were busy Wednesday. After traveling from their home base in Eastern Pennsylvania to Kentucky, they spent several hours putting hundreds of items in display cases in time for the opening of the preview for Saturday's Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory Auction. It's one of the hobby's signature events, now in its 15th year, with bidders … [Read more...]
SGC Launches Uncut Sheet Cutting Service
SGC is working with a professional printing company on an uncut sheet cutting service that will be offered publicly in the first half of next year. In partnership with a commercial printing company, SGC has been testing the process for more than two years and plans to offer it to collectors who are considering cutting cards from their full or partial sheets. Costs … [Read more...]
2018 Topps All-Rookie Team Named; NOW Cards Go Up
They made their debut in 1959 and Topps continued the tradition Tuesday with the announcement of the players who’ll get the All-Star Rookie cup on their 2019 baseball cards. You can also snare autographed Topps NOW versions right now. Twelve top newcomers were named to the 2018 Topps MLB All-Star Rookie team, with three teams nabbing two spots apiece. Dual threat … [Read more...]
