Wanna buy a vehicle once driven by a young Mike Trout? You can—and he’s even signed it for you.
Upon getting his driver’s license in 2007, the Millville, NJ native’s parents bought him a used 2000 Ford Ranger pickup. A couple of years later he was a first round draft pick and bought his own car. Trout then sold the truck to the parents of his girlfriend, who, just like Trout’s parents, gifted the truck to their son when he got his license in 2012.
That teenager was Aaron Cox, who became a pretty good player himself and was drafted by the Angels where he’s currently in the minors. Cox, like Trout, bought himself a new car after getting drafted and decided to get his future brother-in-law to sign the glove compartment and auction it off.
It’s now at Goldin Auctions with a $15,000 minimum bid.
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Stock in Collectors Universe, the parent company of PSA and PSA/DNA rose to a 52-week high late last week. The stock was trading at $21.56 per share before closing at $21.51. The 52-week low was $11.66 on August 24 of last year.
CU stock has risen 26.88% since December 22 according to various financial websites and is “trending up.” It has outperformed the S&P 500 by 20.45%.
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A PSA 6 T206 Eddie Plank sold via Heritage Auctions late last week for $239,000.
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A few other big-ticket cards are listed on eBay right now, including another 1963 Topps Pete Rose rookie card graded PSA 9. You can track the ‘most watched’ cards from all sports on eBay via this gateway.
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