So, in 2018, I took a mostly random trip to Target to pick up some Bowman cards looking for a valuable Shohei Ohtani card. I mean, I struck out and all and I'm still not entirely sure what I was looking for. Nevertheless, it was kind of entertaining for this vintage collector that mostly stays out of the modern card market. With warmer-than-normal weather over the … [Read more...]
1933 Goudey Set Prominently Featured Last Washington Team To Reach World Series
These are happy times for the nation’s capital. The Washington Nationals’ four-game sweep against the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLCS means the World Series will be played in Washington, D.C., for the first time since 1933. Franklin D. Roosevelt was completing his first year in the White House in 1933, and Adolf Hitler was consolidating his power as chancellor of … [Read more...]
Ruth Proof, Copyright Cards from 1933 Goudey Set Coming to REA
When it comes to sports cards and memorabilia, Babe Ruth is the undisputed king of collectibles. Whether it’s the recent headline-making $5.6 million Yankees jersey, which now holds the record for most valuable piece of memorabilia ever sold, or his 1916 Sporting News rookie card, which routinely hammers into the six figures when up for auction, Ruth items capture the attention … [Read more...]
Fresh Card Find Includes 1916 Famous & Barr Ruth, Huge Pre-War Stash
They had been sitting in a box for decades. A small fortune in baseball cards, some collected over 100 years ago by a young Midwestern man who clearly loved baseball and the men who played it. He lived only 57 years and has been gone for 60, but the box remained as a sort of curious heirloom, appreciated by a family of sports lovers but tucked out of … [Read more...]
Top-Ranked Goudey Set Break Generated Multiple Records, $3.65 Million Total
Heritage Auctions says last month's sale of the top-ranked 1933 Goudey baseball set on PSA’s Registry netted $3.65 million, nearly doubling pre-sale estimates. Several new records were set in the card-by-card auction of a set in which each card was rated 8 or 9 by PSA. In general, the 1933 Goudey set, especially the Hall of Famers, has been generating a lot of interest … [Read more...]
Gehrig, Ruth Cards Pace Multi-Million Dollar 1933 Goudey Set Auction
Two PSA 9-rated cards of Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth combined to sell for over $1.1 million as Heritage Auctions completed the sale of what had been the finest 1933 Goudey set on PSA's Set Registry late Thursday night. The #160 Gehrig card was the highest selling of the 240 cards in the set, bringing $576,000 with the 20% buyer's premium. One of the four Ruth cards in the … [Read more...]
Notes: Bruce Paynter Passes; ’33 Goudey Auction; Miracle in Miami Ball Sells
Long-time collector Bruce Paynter, former president of the Chicagoland Sports Collectors Association and two-time host of the National Sports Collectors Convention passed away suddenly on Sunday. He was 67. Paynter’s shows at the Hillside Holiday Inn were among the hobby’s most popular events in the late 1970s and 80s, drawing collectors from around the Midwest and … [Read more...]
Top 1933 Goudey Set Being Broken Up; Sold at Auction
The old gang is breaking up. A 1933 Goudey set that's enjoyed a run as one of the hobby's best has hit the auction block with each of the 240 cards being offered separately. The set is being presented in a special catalog through Heritage Auctions. Every card in the set currently being offered, including all four Babe Ruth cards, both Lou Gehrig cards and the rare … [Read more...]
More Fake Pre-War Signed Cards Found
Collectors continue to cast a net in search of more fake autographs found on pre-War baseball cards. A problem that came to light with phony signatures on T206 cards last week does not appear to be confined there. The cards were discovered when the unsigned copies of the same cards were found to have been sold not long before they entered the market as … [Read more...]
4 Legendary Baseball Cards Lead New Mile High Auction
Four of the most iconic baseball cards ever produced will headline Mile High Card Company’s final auction of 2018, which opens on Monday. The company will offer one of the T206 set’s rare “Big Four,” a 1909-11 T206 Sweet Caporal Eddie Plank (PSA 1), Shoeless Joe Jackson’s 1909 E90-1 American Caramel Joe Jackson (PSA MK2), a 1933 Goudey #106 Nap Lajoie (SGC 6.5) and a 1952 … [Read more...]