Several high-grade Topps sets and single cards are on the block as Heritage Auctions offers hundreds of lots from the Henri Nuber Set Registry Collection. A long-time collector of PSA graded cards, Nuber has built numerous high-end post-War vintage sets that are now on the block. A total of 675 lots are up for bid through Thursday, June 18 including set breaks … [Read more...]
Vintage Set Break(s) of the Week: 1961 and 1962 Topps
The 1961 baseball season was marked by the Yankees duo of Mantle and Maris chasing Babe Ruth’s home run record. Maris ultimately accomplished the feat on the final day of the regular season. It's an easy record to recall: 61 in '61. The following year saw the Yankees repeat as World Series champions while the National League expanded to match the two new teams the American … [Read more...]
Vintage Set of the Week: 1961 Topps Baseball
In the years that followed their buyout of the rival Bowman Gum Company in 1956, Topps treated collectors to a gaudy variety of designs as they tried to settle on "the" standard that they hoped would keep them on top of the hobby for decades. When Little Leaguers tore open their first packs of 1961 Topps baseball, they may have been disappointed at first by the subdued cards … [Read more...]
Ruth Rookie Tops $90,000 in Mile High Auction
A 1916 M01-4 Babe Ruth topped bidding in Mile High Card Company’s Spring 2015 auction, with a PSA 5 (EX) example soaring to $90,053 in bidding that closed early Friday morning. Increasing in popularity with collectors and investors, the card had sold for $77,675 in another auction just four months ago. A run of 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth cards in high grade sold for more than … [Read more...]