The first PSA 9 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth sold for over $300,000 but that wasn’t the only record set in an auction that took place during the National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland. A Mickey Mantle Yankees cap, a Tom Brady jersey/uniform, a 1967 Roberto Clemente card, a 1979 Steeler Super Bowl ring, a football helmet and a 1914-15 Nap Lajoie bat … [Read more...]
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Autographed Card Collection Coming to REA Includes Near Complete Goudey Set
One of the hobby’s top collections of autographed baseball cards is coming to auction this fall, one that includes all but 16 of the 240 cards in the 1933 Goudey set. Robert Edward Auctions announced Tuesday that it has acquired on consignment more than 300 signed cards, each authenticated and encapsulated by PSA/DNA, spanning the years 1887 to 1969. All cards within … [Read more...]
Historic Memorabilia; High End Cards Coming to Goldin’s Live, Catalog Events
Eli Manning's 2008 Super Bowl helmet; a Wayne Gretzky rookie season jersey; Jim Palmer's 1976 Cy Young Award, bats from Cap Anson and Babe Ruth; the Mike Singletary Collection and more than two dozen high-grade rookie cards will be on the auction block next month through Goldin Auctions. The company will hold an 89-lot live event at the Cleveland Airport … [Read more...]
3rd Best 1959 Topps Set Brings Over $300,000 in Mile High Auction
One of the hobby’s top 1959 Topps baseball card sets is on its way to a new home—for a whopper of a price. Mile High Card Company sold the third ranked set on the PSA Registry for $301,907 in its catalog auction early Friday morning. Four cards in the 572-card issue are graded 10; eight, including Mickey Mantle rated 8 and the other 560 cards in the set are graded PSA … [Read more...]
Jim Bottomley Collection Among Mile High Headliners
He left school at age 16 to support his family and wound up winning two World Series titles on his way to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Now, 85 items from the life and times of Depression-era slugger Jim Bottomley are coming to auction. Bottomley Bounty Mile High Card Company will offer one of Bottomley’s 1926 World Series bats (graded PSA/DNA GU 10), his 1931 World Series ring … [Read more...]
Notes: Jeter SP Soars; MHCC’s New Auction; Live Case Break Opens Shop
A PSA 10 1993 Upper Deck SP Derek Jeter rookie card is on the auction block and has already set a new record for the grade, sitting at $66,200 with the auction not set to conclude until mid-week. The SP Jeter has become the future Hall of Famer’s most popular—and pricey-- rookie card and ranks is among the most valuable cards of a modern era in high-grade. There … [Read more...]
5 Budget Priced 1933 Goudey Hall of Famers
The 1933 Goudey set launched what eventually became the standard by which baseball cards were issued. They were a kids product so why wouldn't they be packaged with gum? Bubble gum and baseball cards went together like peanut butter and jelly. Kids chased multiple Babe Ruth cards, yelled when a Lou Gehrig popped out of a pack and dug Dizzy Dean. Over … [Read more...]
Four 1933 Goudey Ruth Cards Net $300,000 in Set Break
Scoffing at the Great Depression that held the nation in its merciless grip, the Goudey Gum company produced the first great trading card issue of the long-standing Bubble Gum Era in 1933, a set that holds sway as one of the hobby’s “Big Three.” Heritage Auctions sold one of the finest assemblies of that 240-card issue in a special auction that ended early Friday morning. … [Read more...]
1934 World Wide Gum Set A Curious Issue With Two Designs And Babe Ruth
In 1933, the World Wide Gum Company partnered with Goudey Gum to bring baseball bubble gum cards to Canada. The 1933 issue was similar, but slightly different from its American cousin. That trend continued in 1934 but with a few more differences than in the previous year. The 1934 World Wide Gum baseball card set wouldn't be their last set but would be their last … [Read more...]
Vintage Set Break of the Week: 1933 Goudey
It was the first mainstream baseball card set packaged with bubble gum, pioneering what would eventually become an American obsession. The 1933 Goudey set utilized dramatic color to present baseball as it was 83 years ago. Even if you can't afford a complete set, Burls Sports is offering collectors the chance to take home one of the dozens of Hall of Famers--including Babe … [Read more...]
