A quartet of iconic sports cards and an unprecedented ticket stub collection dominated the action in Mile High Card Company’s July Auction which closed early Friday morning. Leading the way was a pair of rare Babe Ruth cards with a 1916 D350-1 Standard Biscuit #151 Babe Ruth PSA 2 selling for $125,443 and a 1917 H801-8 Boston Store #147 Ruth SGC 3.5 bringing in $124,473. … [Read more...]
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Fresh Card Find Includes 1916 Famous & Barr Ruth, Huge Pre-War Stash
They had been sitting in a box for decades. A small fortune in baseball cards, some collected over 100 years ago by a young Midwestern man who clearly loved baseball and the men who played it. He lived only 57 years and has been gone for 60, but the box remained as a sort of curious heirloom, appreciated by a family of sports lovers but tucked out of … [Read more...]
Ad from 1916 Touts Baseball Card Giveaway at Everybody’s Department Store
While they're best known as a set issued by The Sporting News, the 1916 M101-4 baseball cards were distributed in several different ways by several different companies. Clothing stores that sold boys apparel were one popular outlet. We've seen ads for Gimbel's in Milwaukee, which offered groups of cards from the 200-card issue over a period of … [Read more...]
Ruth Rookie Card Found in Piano Brings 6-Figure Price
In terms of hobby lore, it was a hard story to beat. Avid collectors of one of the hobby's most iconic cards jumped on the chance to bid on a 1916 M101-4 Babe Ruth rookie card that had been found inside a very old piano. The auction closed in the wee hours of Friday morning with a final price of $130,054 including the buyer's premium. Goodwin & Co. Auctions sold … [Read more...]
Babe Ruth Rookie Card Found in Old Piano Now at Auction
Baseball card finds have turned up in all kinds of places over the years. Inside walls. On dusty garage shelves. Under floor boards and in countless old desks and dressers. Add one more to the list. Inside an old piano. It's not a new find, but one you've probably never heard about because it's been under wraps since the 1990s. The 1916 M101-4 Babe Ruth blank back … [Read more...]
Ruth Bat, Rookie Card Top REA Sale
Everyone wants a Babe. From game bats to cards to signed baseballs and everything in between, the top name on the list of auction sold prices is Ruth more often than not. Late Sunday night, it proved true again with some fabulous Babe-a-bilia topping the Robert Edward Auctions Spring Catalog Auction. In all, auction sales totaled $7.85 million. A … [Read more...]
REA Auction Opens; Bidding Frenzy Ensues
Robert Edward Auctions' first of three sales in 2019 kicked off with a whirlwind of activity in the opening 24 hours. More than 10,000 bids were placed by a record-number of first-day bidders, according to the company. In total, more than $3 million in bids were placed on opening day. Featuring more than 2,800 lots, the auction includes popular and rare cards … [Read more...]
The Wayback Collector: Mount Rushmore of Vintage Cards
Recently on Twitter, PSA posed an interesting question: What would be on your Mount Rushmore of baseball cards? After giving it a bit of thought, I've at least got my own list. As a bit of a disclaimer here, my Mount Rushmore is more about the most popular and prestigious cards, not necessarily the most expensive. These, to me, are the biggest cards in the hobby. While … [Read more...]
Babe, Mick Dominate REA’s 2018 Top 10 List
As the year winds down, we’re taking a look at the top-selling sports cards and memorabilia sold through major auction companies in 2018. Since 2012, Robert Edward Auctions has gone from one giant auction per year to announcing plans for a third in 2019. The size of REA's catalogs hasn't suffered with the increase in frequency. The tomes that land on collectors' … [Read more...]
Ruth Rookie, High-Grade T206 Cobb Top Memory Lane Auction
Even in lower grades, Babe Ruth’s rookie card is still a big draw. A blank back 1916 M101-5 Ruth graded Fair brought the top price in Memory Lane’s Summer Auction early Sunday morning when it sold for $79,200. Featuring The Babe as a Red Sox pitcher, it’s the first card issued during his big league career. The auction was also headlined by a T206 Ty Cobb Red … [Read more...]
