If you had money to invest 30 years ago, you could have put it in any number of places, depending on your willingness to take on a risk or two. The stock market. Real estate. Precious metals. You may have been the subject of much derision if you had opted to put at least some of it in baseball cards, but it wouldn’t have been a bad idea, as long as it wasn't 1989 … [Read more...]
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Editor’s Blog: Trickle Down Effect of Major Hobby News Stories
Several years ago, there were so many stories, columns, blog posts and TV reports about the “dying sports card industry” that it kind of become a running joke. The theme was pretty much always the same. Most of the people writing those words fell into three camps: 1) they collected as kids in the late 1980s or early 90s, were now discovering their cards weren’t worth … [Read more...]
PSA 8 Mantle Brings $420,000 as Heritage Wraps 2-Day, $8.6 Million Sale
About 24 hours after a PSA 8.5 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle sold for $810,000, another example the same card deemed a half-grade lower brought a price about half that amount as Heritage Auctions wrapped up its Summer Platinum sale late Sunday night. The sale illustrated the demand for the card at the highest levels. While 34 unqualified 8s exist on PSA's Population … [Read more...]
1964 Mantle Jersey Sells for $1.32 Million
The smoking hot market for high-end memorabilia and trading cards continued late Saturday night when Heritage Auctions sold a 1964 Mickey Mantle road jersey for $1.32 million, a record price for any Mantle jersey. Last year, Heritage sold a signed 1968 Mantle road jersey for $486,000 and a 1954 road flannel for $432,000. Matched to Mantle's last two World Series … [Read more...]
Goldin Auctions Summer Sale Nets $4 Million
Michael Jordan, Mickey Mantle and Mike Trout were the athletic stars during the Goldin Auctions 2018 Summer Live and Premium Auction that ended Saturday night, but American politicians also shared center stage. The 900 lots of sports, historical and entertainment memorabilia combined to net $4 million in sales. A 1997-98 game-used and signed home jersey worn by … [Read more...]
Notes: Bobby Shantz at NBCD; Winning a ’52 Mantle; Gilmore Book Signing; Funny Stories
By most accounts, hobby shops saw good traffic for Saturday's Topps National Baseball Card Day promotion. The free packs and individual promotions came on the heels of the National Sports Collectors Convention where it got an added dose of free publicity. Giving away special packs, some of which included autographed cards, is good--but Carl's Cards in … [Read more...]
Notes: NSCC Likely Staying Put; ’52 Mantle Winner; Old Bowman Relic
There will soon be a vote on the future schedule for the National Sports Collectors Convention and indications are that it's not going to venture out of the "C" zone. Next year's show has already been set for Chicago and the 2020 event will be in Atlantic City but there has been no word on where the show might land after that. It's believed that NSCC management will be … [Read more...]
Baseball History on Display at NSCC
They weren’t for sale, but several valuable pieces of sports memorabilia and high-end cards had a museum-like showcase at the National Sports Collectors Convention. SGC gathered them together and created a display in the corporate area, complete with glass showcases for each and video displays telling the story of the player and the memorabilia. Security guards were … [Read more...]
Retiree Talks of Seven-Figure Collection With 5 1952 Topps Mantle Cards
We've written about that incredible childhood collection that included five 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle cards and other high-grade beauties from the early 1950s. Consigned to Heritage Auctions, many of them have already sold and a PSA 8.5 Mantle--one of the hobby's best-- is among those currently on the block where it's expected to surpass $1 million. It … [Read more...]
Top Mantle Card from Crazy ’52 Find Now at Auction
Fifty years after his final season, a trio of Mickey Mantle lots are expected to be among the big sellers in Heritage Auctions’ Summer Platinum sale. Two high-grade 1952 Topps Mantle cards, including one from a remarkable find on east coast earlier this spring, are on the block. Part of a virtually untouched early 1950s childhood collection consigned in April, … [Read more...]
