A Babe Ruth rookie card passed down through four generations of one family and offered publicly for the first time sold for $355,600 Monday night at Sotheby’s. The card was part of a collection of 1916 M101-5 Sporting News cards originally collected by a Chicago teenager as Ruth was beginning his major league career with the Boston Red Sox. Passed down to his daughter, who … [Read more...] about Family Heirloom: Babe Ruth Rookie Card Nets $355,600
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Notes: Ruth Rookie Card Makes Hobby Debut; One-of-a-Kind Ohtani Items; Bowman Blasters; Wild Gear; Uecker Hockey Jerseys
A fresh-to-the-Hobby example of Babe Ruth’s rookie card is on the auction block. Sotheby’s is offering the 1916 Sporting News Ruth in a small auction of high-end sports cards that closes Monday. According to the auction house, it’s been in the same family for four generations, traveling from Chicago to New York and to Boston as part of a larger collection of M101-5 … [Read more...] about Notes: Ruth Rookie Card Makes Hobby Debut; One-of-a-Kind Ohtani Items; Bowman Blasters; Wild Gear; Uecker Hockey Jerseys
Notes: Ruth Photo, Signed Mantle RC Pace Auction; Topps’ New Ohtani Only Product; New Detroit Shop
A 104-year-old photo of Babe Ruth striding to home plate in his New York Yankees pinstripes sold for $64,800 early Sunday. The 6.5" x 8.5" Paul Thompson Studios photo, with a handwritten period caption on the back, was given a Type I designation by PSA/DNA. It was among the top items at Love of the Game Auctions. The photo is one of 14 shot in a single day at … [Read more...] about Notes: Ruth Photo, Signed Mantle RC Pace Auction; Topps’ New Ohtani Only Product; New Detroit Shop
Ruth Rookie, Terrific T206s, Unopened Unicorns, Signed Stars Lead Off Heritage’s First 2024 Auction
The first major sports auction to launch in the new year is offering up a hobby history lesson, with stacks of T206 cards sharing space with a Babe Ruth rookie card, some freshly uncovered 1960s and 70s unopened boxes and an uncut sheet of 1986-87 Fleer basketball cards. Heritage Auctions' Winter Sports Card Catalog Auction offers a sizeable 2,800 listings and closes over … [Read more...] about Ruth Rookie, Terrific T206s, Unopened Unicorns, Signed Stars Lead Off Heritage’s First 2024 Auction
Notes: MJ Debut Ticket Owner; SGC’s Big Day; Ruth Rookie Update; Edmonton Expo; Topps Party; Fitterman’s WWE Deal
People used to discover baseball cards in their basements and attics that were worth a nice chunk of change. Well, they still do sometimes, but now the ticket market has its first “holy grail” find. We recently wrote about the 1980s Northwestern college student who couldn’t get anyone to go to the Bulls opening game back in 1984 so he took the unused ticket and stuck it … [Read more...] about Notes: MJ Debut Ticket Owner; SGC’s Big Day; Ruth Rookie Update; Edmonton Expo; Topps Party; Fitterman’s WWE Deal
Babe Ruth Rookie Card Kicks Off Memory Lane’s First 2022 Auction
One of the finest known copies of Babe Ruth’s 1916 M101-5 Blank Back rookie card headlines next month’s Memory Lane Winter Rarities Auction, one that also includes some fresh-to-the-hobby finds and thousands of in-demand vintage and modern cards. The SGC 5.5 Ruth card stands alongside only two other examples as the highest rated M101-5 Blank Back copy authenticated and … [Read more...] about Babe Ruth Rookie Card Kicks Off Memory Lane’s First 2022 Auction
Family’s Century Old Baseball Set Headlines Upcoming Memory Lane Auction
Collected by a New England teenager more than 100 years ago and passed down through the generations, a near complete set of 1916 M101-5 baseball cards makes its auction debut later this month when Memory Lane opens its Sets and Set Breaks Auction. The valuable group includes Babe Ruth’s rookie card along with most of the other deadball era stars and will be … [Read more...] about Family’s Century Old Baseball Set Headlines Upcoming Memory Lane Auction
Jordan Jersey from Penny Marshall Collection Topps REA Sale
One of the last Chicago Bulls jerseys worn by Michael Jordan in a regular season game sold for $240,000 late Sunday night as Robert Edward Auctions closed out its latest catalog sale. The jersey, worn in an April 7, 1998 win over the Washington Wizards in which Jordan scored 30 points, also carries his autograph. It was originally purchased at a 2005 Bulls charity … [Read more...] about Jordan Jersey from Penny Marshall Collection Topps REA Sale
REA Tally in Auction’s First 24 Hours: 10,000 Bids, Nearly $3 Million
Robert Edward Auctions opened its first auction of the year on Friday with collectors hunkered down at home diving into the first of three giant catalogs set for release this year. They weren't shy about placing bids either. The company says it took in nearly $3 million during the first 24 hours of the auction. The sale leads off with a newly discovered W600 … [Read more...] about REA Tally in Auction’s First 24 Hours: 10,000 Bids, Nearly $3 Million
1917 Collins-McCarthy Set Brings $107,460 in Lelands Sale
The young person who collected them a century ago made sure to lightly brand most of them as his own but that simple, light pencil script on the backs didn't deter bidders from chasing what's believed to be the only 1917 Collins-McCarthy baseball card set ever offered at auction. Lelands sold the complete set, issued by a San Francisco candy maker, for $107,460 early … [Read more...] about 1917 Collins-McCarthy Set Brings $107,460 in Lelands Sale