The final quarter of 2016 is underway and if the opening weekend of one auction is any indication, the market for high-end vintage baseball cards is still on fire. In the first 24 hours of Robert Edward Auctions’ fall catalog, more than 6,000 bids totaling over $2.6 million were placed. The auction still has three weeks to go. Three lots quickly eclipsed six figures on … [Read more...]
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Sterling Sports Opens October Auction
A Mickey Mantle rookie card, some pre-War rarities and hundreds of low cost lots are among the pages of Sterling Sports Auctions’ latest online catalog. There are 460 lots in the sale including sports and non-sports cards, autographs and other items. The auction is highlighted by a 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle rookie card graded SGC 35. There’s also a 1973 Mike Schmidt … [Read more...]
One of Earliest Mantle Yankees Photos at Auction
“He’s the greatest prospect I’ve seen in my time and I go back quite a ways,” said Bill Dickey, a Hall of Fame catcher who was coaching for the New York Yankees. The quote led off an Associated Press article carried in newspapers across the country on March 23, 1951. The subject? A young slugger from Oklahoma named Mickey Mantle. As the world began to wake up to the newest … [Read more...]
Mile High Giving Away Mantle Rookie at NSCC
Mile High Card Company gave away a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card at last year’s National Sports Collectors Convention. This year, one lucky consignor will again be leaving with a big time bonus. “Due to the fantastic response we received at last year’s National, we’ve decided this year that one of our loyal consignors will be the proud owner of a 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle … [Read more...]
1952 Topps Mays Tops Bidding in $11 Million Auction
The record-breaking sale of a 1952 Topps Willie Mays card propelled Heritage Auctions to a three-day auction total of $11 million last weekend. It’s the first eight-figure auction of 2016 in the sports collectibles arena. The Mays card, graded PSA 9, sold for $478,000 and was one of several records set in the auction. "In less than three months, we have dropped the … [Read more...]
Clemente and Mantle Cards, Gehrig Trophy Pace Auction
The market for high-grade vintage baseball cards continues to sizzle. A 1955 Topps Roberto Clemente rookie card graded PSA 9 (mint) sold for a record-setting $478,000 Saturday night while a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle also topped the half million dollar mark. The two iconic cards were among the heavy hitters in a live sale conducted in New York by Heritage Auctions that … [Read more...]
Mantle Cards Crush Records in MLI Auction
Highlighted by an ultra-high grade run of Mickey Mantle cards, Memory Lane’s Winter Classic Auction tallied over $2.1 million and set several hobby records when bidding wrapped up early Sunday morning. The Empire State Collection, a remarkable run of every basic Mickey Mantle card from his career (1951-1969), sold for a combined $759,100. Fourteen of the 21 cards in the … [Read more...]
Notes: Mantle Still on Fire; Collector is Theft Victim; Cool Canucks Cave
The last PSA 8 rated 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle sold at auction was less than three months ago when Mile High Card Company sold one for over $99,000—more than three times the auction level from just three years earlier. It’s possible that record will be shattered this month. Bidding for another 8 at Memory Lane is now at around $85,000 with the buyer’s premium and there are … [Read more...]
Photo of the Day: “Number 6, Mickey Mantle”
Like Ruth’s number 3, Jordan’s 23 and Gretzky’s 99, Mickey Mantle is forever identified with wearing number 7. He put it on early in his career and kept it until his retirement in the spring of 1969. In the days before his rookie season, however, Mantle had actually been assigned number 6 and a rare early photo from his career now at auction shows him in action, wearing that … [Read more...]
Early Mantle Cards Top Mile High Auction
Four high-grade early Mickey Mantle cards sold for nearly one half million dollars combined as Mile High Card Company wrapped up its Fall Catalog Auction over the weekend. The top price went to a PSA 8 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle which brought a final price of $313,483. The last three ’52 Mantle cards sold at auction this year have brought an average price of $365,611. A … [Read more...]
