Some things don't change. Yankee legends and high-grade vintage cards still attract a crowd of eager bidders. Items associated with Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle were among the big ticket items in Heritage Auctions' Winter Platinum Night sale. One of ten copies of the 1968 Topps Mickey Mantle graded PSA 10 blew past its $200,000 … [Read more...] about Ruth Rookie Card and Photo, 1968 Mantle, Gehrig Bat Among Top Sellers at Heritage
1916 M101-4
SGC 7 Ruth Rookie at Heritage Auctions Could Set Record
One of the highest graded copies of the 1916 M101-4 Babe Ruth rookie card is on the block at Heritage Auctions where it's expected to sell for $3 million or more when bidding ends later this month. A blank back PSA 7 Ruth sold in Nov. 2021 for $2.4 million. The card offered by Heritage carries an ad for The Sporting News on the back and is the highest SGC example ever … [Read more...] about SGC 7 Ruth Rookie at Heritage Auctions Could Set Record
Ruth Rookie Card; Jackie Robinson’s 1949 All-Star Bat Among Goldin’s Million Dollar Sellers
A 1916 Sporting News Babe Ruth rookie card sold for $1.5 million Saturday night at Goldin Auctions. The price for the PSA 6 example set a record for the grade. The Ruth card was one of three items that sold for over $1 million in the opening night of the company’s Jackie Robinson 75th Anniversary Auction. The catalog included numerous Robinson items, topped by a bat … [Read more...] about Ruth Rookie Card; Jackie Robinson’s 1949 All-Star Bat Among Goldin’s Million Dollar Sellers
Upcoming Mile High Auction More Than Just Honus
There was plenty of buzz around the news that the T206 “All-Star Café” Wagner was coming on the market for the first time in several years. Now we know that Honus and his rare T206 cousin, the Joe Doyle “NY Nat’l” rarity aren’t the only stars in the hobby’s next major auction, set to begin later this week. The Wagner and Doyle cards are actually part of a T206 set … [Read more...] about Upcoming Mile High Auction More Than Just Honus
After Selling $2.4 Million Babe Ruth Card, MHCC Offering Another
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
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