A 1951 Bowman Willie Mays rookie card sold for a record $390,935 late Sunday night as Robert Edward Auctions closed out its Summer Catalog Auction. Eleven bids were entered for the card—the highest graded example to appear on the auction block in more than 15 years. There are no PSA 10 Mays rookie cards and only eight 9s. The sale comes just a week … [Read more...] about Willie Mays Rookie Card Sells for Record $390,935
1933 Goudey Nap Lajoie
Notes: Namath Rookie Card Photo Brings $197,640 While Modern Slides; Fanatics Auctions’ 1 of 1s; November Grading Numbers
The only known PSA Type I photo used to create Joe Namath’s 1965 Topps rookie card–an image taken in a hospital hallway–sold for $197,640 at Goldin Auctions Saturday night. The 8x10 photo was taken by Bob Olen, the New York Jets team photographer as Namath recovered from knee surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital. “I'd lost 27 pounds,” Namath recalled in an appearance on the … [Read more...] about Notes: Namath Rookie Card Photo Brings $197,640 While Modern Slides; Fanatics Auctions’ 1 of 1s; November Grading Numbers
Program from First World Series Among Record Setters in $6.7 Million Memory Lane Auction
A scored program from the first game of the first modern World Series in 1903 sold for a record $171,484 early Sunday in Memory Lane’s Winter Rarities Auction. One of only a small number of known surviving examples from the entire series, the program’s original owner chronicled the 7-3 Pittsburgh Pirates victory over Cy Young and the Boston Americans at the Huntington Avenue … [Read more...] about Program from First World Series Among Record Setters in $6.7 Million Memory Lane Auction
Mickey Mantle Rookie Card Sells for Record $3,192,000
One of the nine 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle rookie cards graded PSA 9 sold for $3,192,000 early Sunday morning, setting a new record price for the first trading card ever issued of the Yankee icon. The price achieved by in Memory Lane's Fall Rarities Auction more than quadrupled the old record of $750,000 set with the last sale of a mint PSA graded Mantle in April of … [Read more...] about Mickey Mantle Rookie Card Sells for Record $3,192,000
Goudey Lajoie, Bird-Magic Signed Final 4 Ticket Among Showcase Items at Heritage
Heritage Auctions has opened its March Spring Showcase Auction, with one of the hobby’s most coveted pre-War rarities joining dozens of complete sets, popular rookie cards, unopened material and key ticket stubs in the lineup. Over 1,000 items are up for grabs, including a 1933 Goudey Nap Lajoie graded PSA 4 that’s expected to sell for $50,000 or more. Bidding was … [Read more...] about Goudey Lajoie, Bird-Magic Signed Final 4 Ticket Among Showcase Items at Heritage
High-Grade 1933 Goudey Group Up for Grabs
A pair of high grade Babe Ruth cards and about 20 other high end or rare examples from a stash of 1933 Goudeys have made their way to Heritage Auctions’ Fall Sports Collectibles catalog. According to the company, it’s a group that was consigned by the descendants of a Goudey employee who brought them home from the factory decades ago. All of the cards were recently … [Read more...] about High-Grade 1933 Goudey Group Up for Grabs
1933 Goudey Lajoie, Other Pre-War Cards Top Hunt Live Auction
Goudey kept kids hunting for a card that didn’t exist in 1933. Nearly 88 years later, the gambit to gain more sales that resulted in a make-good filler of a guy who had long since retired is still being chased by collectors. The 1933 Goudey Nap Lajoie was sent to collectors who wrote the company after the season, wondering why the heck they couldn’t pull a #106. … [Read more...] about 1933 Goudey Lajoie, Other Pre-War Cards Top Hunt Live Auction
Hunt Auctions Event Includes Vintage Cards, Autographs; Gwynn Silver Bat, More Bench
Stacks of vintage cards including Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, autographs from long ago Hall of Famers and more items from the collection of Johnny Bench headline the newly launched January 2021 Premier Live Internet catalog from Hunt Auctions. Over 500 lots of vintage and modern baseball and basketball memorabilia and cards are on the block, culminating with a live online … [Read more...] about Hunt Auctions Event Includes Vintage Cards, Autographs; Gwynn Silver Bat, More Bench
1986 Fleer Basketball Boxes from Storage Unit Find Bring Big Price (Empty Case, Too)
Would you pay nearly $1,000 for an empty box? Someone did late Wednesday night. It wasn’t just any old box, though. This one was a bit of a collector’s item. The rare container held boxes of 1986-87 Fleer basketball cards. The winning bidder shelled out $922 at Goldin Auctions, which also sold seven full boxes of the product that contains what’s … [Read more...] about 1986 Fleer Basketball Boxes from Storage Unit Find Bring Big Price (Empty Case, Too)
Wild Tale of the “All-Star Cafe” Wagner Subject of New Story
It’s a crazy story involving a T206 Wagner, a 1990s sports restaurant, a chef, Charlie Sheen, Mr. Mint, the FBI…and presidential pardons. If you know the story of the “All-Star Café Wagner,” you probably don’t know all of it. While the Gretzky-McNall Wagner has had its own taste of federal law enforcement, this Wagner card is one with a story that’s even more … [Read more...] about Wild Tale of the “All-Star Cafe” Wagner Subject of New Story