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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
M101-4/5 Baseball Card Craze Included Department Stores
The M101-4 and M101-5 baseball cards are often referred to as the Sporting News sets. Created by Felix Mendelsohn in 1916, these two similar black and white sets included some iconic cards, including what is generally recognized as Babe Ruth's major league rookie card. The sets have mostly the same checklists but include some variants in terms of who is included in each one and … [Read more...]
Record Price for ‘Authentic’ T206 Wagner Highlights $2.7 Million Memory Lane Auction
A restored copy of the famed T206 Honus Wagner sold for a record price of $420,000 early Sunday morning, as Memory Lane wrapped up its Holy Grail Rarities Auction. Graded ‘Authentic’ by PSA, the card’s history can be traced back some 50 years. It last sold in a public auction in 2011 for $188,000. The price attained by Memory Lane makes this copy the most … [Read more...]
1917 Boston Store Set a Close Relative to E135 Issue
In 1917, there weren't many baseball cards being produced. With World War I occurring, production on sets had slowed dramatically. One release that did make its way into the public was the 1917 Boston Store issue. 1917 Boston Store Set Basics The 1917 Boston Store cards featured black and white card fronts with action photos. This was one of several releases from around the … [Read more...]
Baseball and … Agriculture? M101 Successful Farming Set Combined The Pair
Baseball and ... Farming? Outside of, say, Field of Dreams, that isn't a combination you'd expect to hear much. But in 1916, the pair were indeed linked by two sets distributed by an agricultural publication called Successful Farming. The basis for the cards came from the M101-5 set that is often referred to as the Sporting News issue. But while Sporting News did use the cards … [Read more...]
1916 Ruth Rookie Card Soars to New Heights in $10.9 Million REA Auction
Back in 2015, some collectors and dealers probably felt spending $80,000 or $90,000 on a PSA 5 Babe Ruth rookie card was a lot of money. After all, the card had sold for about half that—or less—just six years earlier. It may have turned out to be not only a shrewd investment, but a steal at under six figures. As Sunday turned to Monday, a new bar was set for … [Read more...]
Mendelsohn M101-4 and M101-5 Sets More Than Just Sporting News
The Felix Mendelsohn M101-4 and M101-5 baseball card sets are two of the more interesting pre-war issues. The sets are often called the 'Sporting News' sets but in reality, they belong to a host of different companies and businesses that used them for marketing purposes. Felix Mendelsohn M101-4 and M101-5 Basics Felix Mendelsohn was the maker of the M101-4 and M101-5 cards … [Read more...]