REA has kicked off its first auction of the new year with over 3,000 lots of vintage and modern cards and memorabilia.
It’s the company’s first sale on the company’s new bidding platform and under its shortened moniker.
The January auction is led by one of the 28 1980 Topps Rickey Henderson rookie cards that have been graded Gem Mint 10 by PSA. The sale comes less than a month after the beloved Hall of Famer’s untimely passing in December. PSA has evaluated over 40,000 Henderson rookie cards since its launch in 1992.
Also featured: a 1952 Topps #311 Mickey Mantle SGC VG 40 and a 2000 Playoff Contenders #144 Tom Brady Rookie Ticket Autograph BGS MINT 9 with a GEM MINT 10 signature.
Numerous PSA and SGC graded cards form the 1948-1949 Leaf set are part of the sale, including Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, and the rookie cards of Jackie Robinson, Satchel Paige, Larry Doby, and Hal Newhouser.
Vintage collectors will see a complete mid-grade set of 1951 Topps Connie Mack’s All-Stars that includes all eleven cards, from Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth to Christy Mathewson and Honus Wagner.
Modern era rookie card collectors will see a 2005-2006 Upper Deck Hockey #443 Alexander Ovechkin rookie card graded PSA 10.
Some of the other notable lots of REA’s January Auction include:
- 1915 E145 Cracker Jack #103 Joe Jackson SGC Authentic
- 1968 Topps 3-D Roberto Clemente SGC FAIR 20
- 1910-1911 M116 Sporting Life Ty Cobb Pastel Background SGC VG/EX 4 (Nagy Collection)
- Honus Wagner Original Oil Painting by Ron Stark
- 1895 N300 Mayo’s Cut Plug Cap Anson SGC GOOD 2
- 1976 Topps #316 Robin Yount PSA GEM MINT 10
- Michael Jordan Signed Photograph – PSA/DNA
“It’s been a busy but very exciting week for us as we launched the new branding and website on Monday, and we’re now underway with our first auction on our new state of the art bidding platform,” says REA President Brian Dwyer. “This is an incredibly exciting time for REA, and we’re eager to kick off a year in which we’re unveiling a number of other initiatives aimed at improving our customer experience at all points.”
The auction will run through Sunday, January 19. Initial bids must be placed by 9:00 PM ET in order to qualify for extended bidding.
REA will have a variety of items from its January Auction on display at the White Plains Show in New York from January 17-19 and will be offering free appraisals on site as well as accepting consignments for upcoming auctions.
