A PSA 9 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky rookie card netted $114,000 via Goldin Elite Wednesday night.
Other notable sales in the Goldin auction:
- 1960 Hemmets Journal Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) signed rookie card – PSA/DNA 10 signature ($85,200)
- 1951 Bowman Willie Mays rookie card PSA 7 ($74,400)
- 1958 Alifabolaget #635 Pele signed rookie card – PSA VG-EX 4, PSA/DNA MINT 9 auto ($73,200)
- 1975 Topps Willie Stargell PSA 10 (1/4) ($51,466)
- 1933 Sport Kings Red Grange- PSA 8 ($43,201)
- 1933 Sport Kings Jim Thorpe PSA 8 ($43,200)
- 1951 Bowman Willie Mays rookie card SGC 7 ($33,600)
Full results are here.
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Jimmy Butler is willing the Miami Heat to a deep playoff run and prices for his memorabilia are starting to reflect it.
Butler’s jersey from the Heat’s first round, Game 1 stunner over the Milwaukee Bucks is the latest to hit the auction block.
Butler had a 35-point double-double to lead the Heat to a 130-117 win that night.
Dozens of other first round playoff jerseys are also up for sale through NBA Auctions, with listings closing on Thursday nights.
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Topps is taking a page from Panini’s book for the release of 2023 Bowman Sapphire. The Fanatics owned company plans to sell the product in a modified dutch auction format on Friday.
Boxes will have 32 cards with one guaranteed autograph from a group of 29 prospects. There’s a 150-card base set done on the usual blue-hued chrome stock.
Topps says Sapphire will offer more parallels than in the past.
The auction will start at $850 per box and drop $25 every five minutes. How long to wait until making a commitment to buy is what collectors will have to decide. Once all boxes have been sold at the prices of the claims, the auction ends.
More info is on the Topps’ website.
2023 Bowman Sapphire Baseball Checklist
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One of the 53 2018 Bowman Chrome Shohei Ohtani Rookie Autograph (batting variation) cards graded PSA 10 sold for a record price of $11,000 Wednesday via eBay Fixed Price. According to Card Ladder, it’s gone up in value about 78% since May of last year.
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PSA has now graded more than 100,000 copies of the 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card.
It’s the first card ever to reach that plateau at PSA.
Between all grading companies, the first card issued of the 19-year-old Mariners phenom reached the 120,000 graded milestone three years ago this summer.
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Tracy Hackler, who left his marketing job with Panini America in December 2021 to join Jimmy’s Roadshow Cards, is back with Panini and is with the company at the NFL Rookie Premiere event in Los Angeles this week.
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Fanatics has opened its second auction since a four month break to retool at the end of last year.
Auctions will close beginning Monday with over 180 items in all on the block.
Game-used items and modern cards are among the top lots on the block.
Among them:
- Mike Trout Autographed 2020 Topps Dynasty Jumbo Prime Patch Relic #DAP-MTR3 Card (SGC 9.5/10) – #4/5
- Chipper Jones Autographed 2014 Topps Heritage Red Ink #RAO-CJ Card (BGS 9/10) – #60/65
- Tom Brady Autographed Super Bowl LIII Game Ticket
- Joel Embiid Game-Used Nike Jersey vs. Oklahoma City Thunder on October 24, 2021
- J.T. Realmuto Game-Used Cleats vs. New York Yankees on July 21, 2021
- RJ Barrett Game-Used Knicks Jersey vs. Oklahoma City Thunder on March 6, 2020
- Ray Lewis & Ed Reed Baltimore Ravens Autographed & Inscribed Riddell Authentic Helmet – #20/20
- Tua Tagovailoa Game-Used adidas Cleats from 2021 NFL Season
- Paul Goldschmidt Autographed & Inscribed Game-Used Nike Cleats from 2018 MLB Season
- Auston Matthews Autographed & Inscribed Game-Used CCM Gloves from 2020 NHL Season
- David Ortiz Autographed & Inscribed Mitchell & Ness Cooperstown Collection 2004 World Series Jersey – Limited Edition #34/34
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Stacks of goal pucks from NHL games are on the block through MeiGray. Among them: the one shot by Connor McDavid for his 265th career tally.
Others from goals scored by Leion Draisaitl, Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak, Patrick Laine and a few dozen others who lit the lamp in Philadelphia, Boston, Nashville and Seattle are being offered,.
Each puck is an auction unto itself with bids starting at 50 bucks. The event runs through June 7.
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The Lelands Spring Focus Auction is set to open this Sunday, May 21 and runs through June 3.
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