A Jackie Robinson rookie card was stolen from a St. Louis area sports card shop but thanks to the efforts of alert collectors, it was recovered the next day in a Missouri shop. Jim Miller, owner of Collector’s Corner in Belleville, IL, says the surveillance footage revealed a man reaching over a display case, sliding open the back door, pulling the card out and … [Read more...] about Collectors on Alert Help Recover Stolen Jackie Robinson Rookie Card
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Vintage Unopened, Baseball Icons, Selection of Sets Among Collect Auctions Headliners
Time machines do exist. The best kind transport you back to a time when sports cards were a penny apiece. Packaged decades ago, they remain in their original form, with shiny gloss and crispy corners. Sometimes they come up for sale. Lots of them. Ever seen (or heard of) a 1964 Topps Baseball sixth and seventh series vending box? How … [Read more...] about Vintage Unopened, Baseball Icons, Selection of Sets Among Collect Auctions Headliners
Vintage Leaf Cards Light Up Antiques Roadshow
If old furniture, paintings or other antiques don't float your boat, PBS' long-running Antiques Roadshow series usually mixes in some interesting sports memorabilia from time to time. The current episode is one of those. Filmed in Sturbridge, MA last June, one segment of the show featured a New England woman who was going through her father's closet and discovered an old … [Read more...] about Vintage Leaf Cards Light Up Antiques Roadshow
T206 Wagner Authentic Fetches $1.9 Million in Mile High’s September Auction
The holy grail of baseball cards set another record this week. A T206 Honus Wagner card with a Sweet Caporal back, graded as Authentic by PSA, fetched nearly $2 million in Mile High Card Company’s September 2023 Auction. The final gaveled price, after 52 bids were submitted, was $1,968,000 including the buyer’s premium. It was one of several high-ticket items that sold at … [Read more...] about T206 Wagner Authentic Fetches $1.9 Million in Mile High’s September Auction