If you missed out on the $2 million 1916 Sporting News Babe Ruth rookie card last week, Mile High Card Company is offering another chance to land another …and this one won’t cost quite as much. The company has a PSA 3 Ruth listed set to roll into its final auction of 2021 as the centerpiece of its “Extra Innings” auction set to open next week. The card is part … [Read more...] about After Selling $2.4 Million Babe Ruth Card, MHCC Offering Another
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High-Grade 1916 M101-4 Babe Ruth Rookie Card Coming to Auction
One of the best known examples of Babe Ruth’s rookie card is about to be sold to the highest bidder. Mile High Card Company will offer one of the six blank back Ruth cards graded PSA 7 from the 1916 M101-4 set in its November auction. The company believes it will sell for at least $3.5 million. A $3.75 million sale would put it among the top ten priciest cards ever … [Read more...] about High-Grade 1916 M101-4 Babe Ruth Rookie Card Coming to Auction
Babe Ruth Rookie Card Traded for 1975 Topps Mini Set Brings $328,800 at Auction
It was Nolan Ryan for Jim Fregosi. Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas. Lou Brock for Ernie Broglio. All may have seemed like good ideas at the time for the teams that gave up the guys who wound up in the Hall of Fame, but in the end went down as a lopsided giveaway. At some point in the 1980s, when one collector traded away his 1916 Babe Ruth … [Read more...] about Babe Ruth Rookie Card Traded for 1975 Topps Mini Set Brings $328,800 at Auction
Gretzky Rookie Card Sells for $1.29 Million
A1979-80 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky rookie card graded Gem Mint 10 by PSA has broken its own record as the most valuable hockey card ever sold. Heritage Auctions sold one of the two copies of the card for $1.29 million early Friday morning. The card last sold in 2016 for $465,000. Part of an auction of over 3,700 lots of sports cards and memorabilia playing out … [Read more...] about Gretzky Rookie Card Sells for $1.29 Million
Rare, Original Conlon Photo of Ty Cobb Slide Nets $390,000 to Top REA Sale
One of two known original copies of the famous Charles Conlon photo of Ty Cobb sliding hard into third base during a game about 110 years ago sold for $390,000 as Robert Edward Auctions wrapped up its final catalog sale of 2020. Recently discovered by REA in an old-time collection, the photograph is the better condition of the two known; the other example transacted … [Read more...] about Rare, Original Conlon Photo of Ty Cobb Slide Nets $390,000 to Top REA Sale
Babe Ruth Rookie Card Part of “Florida Baggie Find” of M101-4 Gems
An artist from Florida found a masterpiece. And like any great work of art, it will be heading to auction, where it is certain to fetch a nice price. "Sue" did not realize what she had until she showed a sports-loving friend a baggie filled with 176 cards from the 1916 M101-4 Sporting News set. The pile included plenty of Hall of Famers, including a Babe Ruth rookie … [Read more...] about Babe Ruth Rookie Card Part of “Florida Baggie Find” of M101-4 Gems
1916 Herpolsheimer’s Ruth; Second-Ranked 1956 Topps Set Bring 6 Figures at Auction
A rare example of Babe Ruth’s 1916 rookie card sold for a record-setting $110,612 as RR Auction wrapped up its latest sports card and memorabilia auction. The card, under the umbrella of M101-4, was distributed by Herpolsheimer’s clothing store in Grand Rapids, MI and is one of only four graded by PSA. While M101-4 cards were produced by The Sporting News and … [Read more...] about 1916 Herpolsheimer’s Ruth; Second-Ranked 1956 Topps Set Bring 6 Figures at Auction
Famous & Barr Set from Huge St. Louis Find Now Up for Grabs
Collected through a department store promotion more than 100 years ago and part of one of 2019’s top discoveries, a near set of 1916 Famous & Barr baseball cards has arrived on the auction block. Heritage Auctions is offering the group of 197 cards in its Trading Card Auction that will run through December 5. Consigned to auction earlier this year by members … [Read more...] about Famous & Barr Set from Huge St. Louis Find Now Up for Grabs
Newly Uncovered Holmes to Homes Bread Babe Ruth Rookie Coming to Auction
The list of great hobby finds for 2019 has just gotten a little bigger and this one is a doozy. The first known example of a 1916 Holmes to Homes Bread Babe Ruth rookie card has been uncovered and will be offered at auction next month. Mile High Card Company has secured the Ruth card along with five other M101-5s with the scarce Holmes to Homes backs from a family in … [Read more...] about Newly Uncovered Holmes to Homes Bread Babe Ruth Rookie Coming to Auction
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...] about Ad from 1916 Touts Baseball Card Giveaway at Everybody’s Department Store