Lelands is opening 2018 with a new series of auctions designed primarily for old school collectors working with a modest budgeet. “The Monthly” will feature a variety of sports cards and memorabilia, most with opening bids of $100 or less. The company describes the new platform as “a continuing series of hobby friendly auctions that takes you back to the good old … [Read more...]
New Wave of Rare, Vintage Unopened Packs Coming to Auction
The improbable “Beer Box Find” that brought a treasure trove of rare vintage unopened boxes to the market several weeks ago has a sequel in the works. Mile High Card Company will offer several more vintage unopened wax boxes in its September auction--including one full AND one nearly full 1965 Topps Football wax box--all originating with the same Tennessee family that had … [Read more...]
Were 1948 Bowman Packs a Reasonable Deal?
If the new owner of the hobby’s most expensive unopened packs would opt to open just one, he could probably sell tickets to the viewing party. While the 1948 Bowman set isn’t the most attractive piece of hobby history, the story of the find and the resulting auction is the stuff of legend. Opening a 69-year-old time capsule you never knew existed is great … [Read more...]
1948 Bowman Baseball Packs Sell for $521,180
A forgotten cache of unopened boxes and packs of decades-old baseball, football and basketball cards turned turned into a high six-figure windfall for a Tennessee-based consignor early Friday morning as Mile High Card Company's auction came to a close. As we first reported last month, the group was headlined by a one-of-a-kind partial box of 19 packs of 1948 … [Read more...]
Notes: Vintage Box Auction Update; Tarasenko Signs; Judge’s Blast Gets a Card
Factor in the buyer’s premium that the buyer will pay and Bidding for the 17 packs and display box of 1948 Bowman baseball has pushed past the $200,000 threshold as the Mile High Card Company auction enters its final days. The one-of-a-kind partial box is the headliner in Mile High’s current auction but the consignor who called the company this spring with the improbable … [Read more...]
More ’48 Bowman Pack Pictures…and the Box That Held a “Promo Pack”
The newly discovered 1948 Bowman unopened partial wax box has generated what might be the biggest buzz of the year so far. No boxes—no packs, even—were known to exist until Mile High Card Company received the partial box on consignment from someone in the south. The box that will be in their upcoming auction held 19 of the original 24 packs. The ’48 Bowman set was … [Read more...]
1948 Bowman Musial Rookie Card: In Color
Bubble gum cards made their return three years after the end of World War II with Bowman launching its first set. Printing in black-and-white may have saved some money at a time when color printing was still a costly challenge and acceptance from youngsters was no sure thing, but it leaves today's collectors a bit disappointed. The 1948 Bowman set includes a few key rookie … [Read more...]
Remembering ‘The Man’: Six Great Cards Of Stan Musial
Stan Musial played in his final major-league game on September 29, 1963, ending a 22-year career that saw him retire as the National League’s career hits leader. Consistent to the end, Musial gave the hometown St. Louis fans a 2-for-3 afternoon. Both hits came off Cincinnati Reds starter Jim Maloney, who was going for his 24th win of the season. The first … [Read more...]
No Shortage of Yogi Berra Baseball Cards, Memorabilia
It would be easy to say baseball lost an icon with the passing of Yogi Berra. In truth, the world lost one. His death at age 90 was deemed newsworthy by the BBC, among other media outlets overseas. His fame elsewhere had more to do with his image as a little old man who said funny things but true baseball fans knew that his true greatness was as a player. For millions … [Read more...]
1948 Bowman Baseball Set Launched Post-War Card Market
After a flurry of colorful and interesting issues released just as the Great Depression began to lift in the late 1930s, baseball cards disappeared from the American landscape after 1941 thanks to the ravages and rations of World War II. Seven long years later, and nearly three full years after our troops came home, the 1948 Bowman baseball set gave the hobby a tentative … [Read more...]