Sports Collectors Daily

Sports collecting news - Sports cards and sports memorabilia industry news.

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network and Amazon.com.

You are here: Home / Around the Hobby / REA Encore Auction Opens with 3,000+ Lots

REA Encore Auction Opens with 3,000+ Lots

By

Over 250 unopened boxes and packs are part of the action in Robert Edward Auctions’ first event of 2023. The company’s Encore Auction includes more than 3,000 items.  The auction opened Thursday.

The unopened material ranges across every major sport as well as non-sports items.  Cello and rack packs from the 1970s and 80s join a 1979 Topps Baseball cello box, a 1981 Topps Football cello box, three wax boxes of 1986 Topps Football and a 1981-82 Topps Basketball wax box.

Also included are hundreds of pre-war trading cards from dozens of different sets. A 1911 T3 Turkey Red Walter Johnson (SGC 4.5), two T206 Ty Cobb (Red Portrait), a PSA 8 T206 Eddie Cicotte and a Christy Mathewson Dark Cap (SGC 5), a 1911-1914 D304 Butter Krust Bread Cy Young PSA 6 and a 1922 E120 American Caramel Babe Ruth are among the offerings.

 

In all, there are 952 lots of pre-War cards and 34 lots of 19th century cards. 

Other highlights include an autographed 1952 Topps Willie Mays and graded copies of some of the hobby’s most well-known rookie cards.

“We’re coming off one of the most substantial years of growth the trading card and memorabilia industry has ever seen,” REA President Brian Dwyer remarked. “The major grading companies graded almost 15 million items last year, including about 9.5 million sports cards, according to Sports Collectors Daily. There’s a very positive outlook for our hobby in 2023.”

There are over 100 lots of baseball autographs including a 1926 Chicago Cubs payroll check signed by Grover Cleveland Alexander.

All items in REA’s January Encore Auction have a starting bid of $10. Bidding will be open through Sunday, January 22.

Related Stories:

Long-Time Collector’s T206 Set Gets Solo Auction Spotlight REA Auction Set to Open with 3,400 Lots MJ, Griffey Debut Tickets, Vintage Cards Among Heritage Lots Complete 1922 E120 American Caramel Set, Ruth Rookie Headline Goldin Vintage Sale 40 Years Later, High-Grade Ozzie Smith 1979 Topps Rookie Cards High in Demand Heritage Auction Includes Dozens of Vintage Unopened Boxes Notes: Kid’s 2004 LeBron Pull Now Worth a Small Fortune; New ’51 Topps-Style Set; Uzit Cobb a Hit Vintage Cards, Topps Test Issues Among Wheatland Lots

About Rich Mueller

Rich is the editor and founder of Sports Collectors Daily. A broadcaster and writer for over 40 years and a collector for even longer than that, he's usually typing something somewhere. Type him back at [email protected].