Collectors and fans have bought a mountain of Pete Rose memorabilia since word of the baseball icon’s death began circulating late Monday afternoon.
on eBay, over 75 1963 Topps Rose rookie cards sold between Monday and mid-afternoon Tuesday, including a PSA 8 that was priced at $15,000 and a BGS 8.5 that was snatched up for $10,000.
An autographed full ticket to the game in which he passed Ty Cobb on the all-time hit list in 1985 sold for $1,399.
Rose,83, died of a heart ailment, according to the Clark County (NV) coroner. He was found unresponsive in his home Monday after returning from a weekend trip to Nashville where he signed autographs at a show.
Newsweek chronicled Rose’s final public appearance at a show where he’d been a regular guest over the past few years.
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SCP Auctions has launched a new sales platform for items it has available in a straight sale format.
The company’s ‘Buy it Now’ platform enables users to register and select items they want to purchase from consignors. An invoice is then generated and once paid, the item is removed from the sale page.
The items currently offered include a high-grade Babe Ruth autographed baseball, Rick Barry’s 1978 NBA All-Star Game jersey, Hall of Fame ring and 50 Greatest Players ring, a 1916 Boston Red Sox championship pocket watch, a game-used and signed Brock Purdy jersey and other pieces.
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A game-used Shohei Ohtani jersey is on the block at Fanatics Auctions this week. The jersey dates to a 2022 road game in Philadelphia. The current high bid as of Tuesday afternoon was $10,000.
Other Ohtani autographed items are also part of the auction, which includes over 250 items in all.
A signed ticket from Bryce Harper’s MLB debut against the Dodgers on April 28, 2012 is also among the memorabilia up for grabs.
Other items include a signed Tom Brady 2000 Upper Deck Black diamond rookie card and a signed 2013 Topps Museum Cal Ripken Jr. box topper numbered to 5.
Another item set to sell for a minimum four-figure price is a one-of-a-kind 20”x24”Caleb Williams art piece, signed with the former USC quarterback’s “He13man ’22” inscription—a play on Williams’ number 13.
Bidding runs through Monday, Oct. 7.
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