Few players in baseball history who aren’t in the Hall of Fame resonate like Curt Flood. Flood won seven consecutive Gold Gloves with the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1960s before achieving his greatest contribution by refusing to report for the Philadelphia Phillies following a December 1969 trade. His subsequent challenge of the game’s long standing Reserve Clause made it … [Read more...] about Recounting Curt Flood’s Career Through his Baseball Cards
1962 Topps baseball set
Notes: Top Notch 1962 Master Set Break; Super Bowl Auction; Everyone’s Grading Wemby; HOF Photos in Iowa
One of the hobby’s top 1962 Topps baseball collections is being broken up and sold over the next week. The 610-card group, with variations, is being offered by vintage card specialist Steve Novella. The set carries a GPA of 8.10 and includes over 500 PSA 8 graded cards, 57 PSA 9s and nine PSA 7s. Only seven cards are missing from a complete master … [Read more...] about Notes: Top Notch 1962 Master Set Break; Super Bowl Auction; Everyone’s Grading Wemby; HOF Photos in Iowa
Cards from Lionel Carter Collection, 1962 Topps Box Among Heritage Lots
Cards from one of the hobby’s legendary collections, an impossibly rare 61-year-old unopened box of baseball cards and game-used items from long ago Baseball Hall of Famers are among more than 2,800 lots in Heritage Auctions’ Spring Sports Catalog Auction. Se to close over three nights next month, the catalog includes a group of 73 high-grade 1952 Topps baseball cards … [Read more...] about Cards from Lionel Carter Collection, 1962 Topps Box Among Heritage Lots
1963 Topps Peel-Offs Set Filled With Baseball Hall Of Famers
The 1960s are a haven for insert collectors. Posters, decals, game cards... you never knew exactly what Topps was going to toss into its packs as a free bonus. The 1963 Topps Peel-Off set offered a bigger, bolder, more colorful look than the stamps that had accompanied the 1961 and '62 cards. This insert set gave collectors some big names, with 41% of the subjects … [Read more...] about 1963 Topps Peel-Offs Set Filled With Baseball Hall Of Famers
Vintage Pack Facts: 1962 Topps Baseball
Ten years after it made baseball card history with its 407-card oversize debut set, Topps had settled into a regular pattern as the sole provider of bubble gum packs that kept kids busy collecting, trading and flipping from early spring through the last gasp from the final series that arrived in the fall. This week's edition of Vintage Pack Facts takes us back to the "wood … [Read more...] about Vintage Pack Facts: 1962 Topps Baseball
Record Price for ‘Authentic’ T206 Wagner Highlights $2.7 Million Memory Lane Auction
A restored copy of the famed T206 Honus Wagner sold for a record price of $420,000 early Sunday morning, as Memory Lane wrapped up its Holy Grail Rarities Auction. Graded ‘Authentic’ by PSA, the card’s history can be traced back some 50 years. It last sold in a public auction in 2011 for $188,000. The price attained by Memory Lane makes this copy the most … [Read more...] about Record Price for ‘Authentic’ T206 Wagner Highlights $2.7 Million Memory Lane Auction
T206 Wagner Headlines New Memory Lane Auction
The first T206 Honus Wagner card to be offered at auction in nearly 18 months has hit the auction block as Memory Lane Inc. opens its year-ending ‘Holy Grail Rarities’ auction. It’s one of over 1,000 sports card and memorabilia listings in the auction, which runs now through December 15. Graded Authentic by PSA, the Wagner card has been restored on two occasions, … [Read more...] about T206 Wagner Headlines New Memory Lane Auction