Theft happens at card shows, but one dealer was the victim of a major heist at last weekend's East Coast National show at the Westchester County (NY) Center when someone walked off with his 1955 Topps Roberto Clemente rookie card graded PSA 8. The card is worth $20,000-$30,000. It was inside an unlocked case on the dealer's table at the show when the incident took … [Read more...]
PSA 9 Clemente Rookie Expected to Fetch Big Price
One of just 11 1955 Topps Roberto Clemente rookie cards to land a PSA 9 grade will hit the auction block this summer. Heritage Auctions will offer the card in its July 19-20 Summer Sports Card Auction. It carries a pre-sale estimate of $350,000 or more, but that could be a modest figure. The last two sales of mint Clemente rookies took place in 2016—one selling … [Read more...]
Mint Koufax Rookie Part of Set Registry Auction
Two of the best 1950s card sets ever assembled will be broken up and sold as part of an upcoming auction. The 1955 and 1958 Topps sets, which rank second and fourth, respectively, on the PSA Set Registry will be sold as individual single-card lots in the Extended Bidding format sale. Among the cards on the block is a PSA 9 (mint) 1955 Topps Sandy Koufax rookie card that … [Read more...]
Big Price for Century-Old Cracker Jack Poster; Cobb, Mantle Shine
An ultra-rare 1915 Cracker Jack baseball card advertising poster discovered in a Wisconsin barn sold for $61,741 in Mile High Card Company’s Spring 2016 auction early Friday morning. The poster promoted Cracker Jack’s second set of cards and featured images of the game’s greatest stars including Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner and Shoeless Joe Jackson. While clearly showing the … [Read more...]
Big Price for Century-Old Cracker Jack Poster; Cobb, Mantle Shine
An ultra-rare 1915 Cracker Jack baseball card advertising poster discovered in a Wisconsin barn sold for $61,741 in Mile High Card Company’s Spring 2016 auction early Friday morning. The poster promoted Cracker Jack’s second set of cards and featured images of the game’s greatest stars including Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner and Shoeless Joe Jackson. While clearly showing the effects … [Read more...]
Sale of Mint Clemente Rookie to Proceed After Challenge
The sale of a PSA 9 1955 Topps Roberto Clemente rookie card will continue this weekend after a legal challenge by one auction company against another. Heritage Auctions is selling the card, which is expected to sell for a price well into six figures. The current high bid is over $290,000. Bohemia, NY-based Lelands had gone to court in an attempt to halt the sale, saying … [Read more...]
Notes: Big Vintage Prices, Broncos Super Fan, Exclusive Helmet
A 1955 Topps PSA 8 Roberto Clemente sold Monday night for $45,100, yet another strong price for one of the hobby’s hottest cards. One sold via Goldin Auctions last week for $58,560. For much of 2014, you could have purchased one for less than $15,000. A 1954 Topps Hank Aaron rookie card, also graded 8, brought $36,102. Two years ago, they regularly changed hands for … [Read more...]
Clemente Still Revered By Fans and Collectors
Roberto Clemente was a great baseball player, but his throwing arm was extraordinary. I know. I saw it happen. And Joe Morgan was the victim. On July 21, 1970, at the Astrodome, Clemente’s Pirates were facing Houston. Jesus Alou was on first base in the bottom of the first when Morgan sent a stinging line drive single to right field. Alou went to third on the play, and … [Read more...]
Vintage Cards Set Records in Memory Lane Auction
The hobby’s first major catalog auction of 2015 came to a close early Sunday when. Memory Lane’s Past and Present auction closed with hundreds of top end sports cards and collectibles changing hands. Among the headline items was a 1933 DeLong Gum Lou Gehrig, graded PSA 8, which sold for a record-setting $45,410. Post-War vintage cards of Hall of Famers can be … [Read more...]