The exploits of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and the homer-happy 1927 Yankees captivated the country and the first widely known sports agent, Christy Walsh, wasn’t about to let an opportunity slip away. Walsh organized a nationwide barnstorming trip headlined by the two most famous Yanks. Ruth had broken his own record with 60 homers; Gehrig had launched 47. Hack Wilson was … [Read more...]
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He Didn’t Use it, But Kawhi Leonard’s Playoff Jersey is Being Auctioned
Kawhi Leonard’s absence from the San Antonio Spurs during the latter stages of the 2017-18 season was a source of consternation and mystery. Was he really still hurt? Couldn’t he have tried to play during the playoffs? If he truly wasn’t ready, did he communicate with the team as well as he could? Was he being unfairly targeted? During a players … [Read more...]
Photo of the Day: Gehrig Breaks Consecutive Game Record
It didn't receive nearly as much fanfare as when Cal Ripken Junior broke his record six decades later but there was a ceremony on August 17, 1933 when Lou Gehrig passed Everett Scott to establish a new mark for most consecutive games played. Evidence of that comes in the form of an original Acme Newspictures image of Gehrig receiving a commemorative trophy from E.G. Brands, … [Read more...]
Notes: Jeter SP Soars; MHCC’s New Auction; Live Case Break Opens Shop
A PSA 10 1993 Upper Deck SP Derek Jeter rookie card is on the auction block and has already set a new record for the grade, sitting at $66,200 with the auction not set to conclude until mid-week. The SP Jeter has become the future Hall of Famer’s most popular—and pricey-- rookie card and ranks is among the most valuable cards of a modern era in high-grade. There … [Read more...]
“He Disappointed No One”: DiMaggio Debut Photo at Auction
He was 21 years old, painfully shy and 3,000 hard miles from home. A kid, really, with none of the airs he would take on later. He'd been assigned number 18 that spring. They knew of Joe DiMaggio in St. Petersburg, Florida, though. Signed a year earlier, the hitting star of the Pacific Coast League was finally here and ready, maybe, to fill … [Read more...]
Jersey Signed by Teammates to Cancer-Stricken Jim Umbricht at Auction
Fifty-four years later, it remains one of baseball’s saddest stories. A talented athlete who had fought had to get to the big leagues, taken by cancer at age 33. Jim Umbricht was more than just a skilled reliever, though. He was among the most popular members of the young Houston franchise of the 1960s, a man his teammates would never forget. Now, what … [Read more...]
Don Lever’s Rookie Card – A Hobby Anomaly
Completing the 1972-73 O-Pee-Chee set is a monumental task for even the most savvy and patient of hockey card collectors. The first two series, comprising #1-209, is the easy part - even with cards of the day's biggest stars. Where the real challenge comes in is with the much scarcer third series and there is one card in it that has been quietly selling well above most … [Read more...]
First Ben Simmons Playoff Jersey Hits Auction Block
The first Ben Simmons playoff jersey to hit the auction block is expected to sell for a five-figure price. NBA Auctions is offering the Size 46 shirt from Game 5 of the Philadelphia 76ers’ first round clincher over Miami. The current high bid is $7,560. A jersey from Simmons’ first NBA regular season game sold in November for $35,020 and another from the Rising … [Read more...]
Notes: “The Missus Wants to Burn Them”; Stanton’s 1st Pinstripe Sells; Wagner Goes Poof; Collector Casting Call
North American sports fans don’t have a monopoly on collecting stuff that spills from one room to the next. “The Missus Wants to Burn Them All” screamed the headline in the Daily Mirror of London over the weekend. Their story was on a man who owns hundreds of thousands of football (soccer) programs—so many he’s had to find creative places to store them. From … [Read more...]
Super Hero Hockey Jerseys Are a Marvel for Colorado Collector
Take a trip to the basement of Tom Oltmans’ Littleton, Colorado home, and you might think, for a second, that you’ve been transported to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. The walls of the basement painted to look like dasherboards at an arena; a tribute to the sport appears in every inch of space the eye can see – skates, pucks, signage, and over 100 jerseys, that … [Read more...]
