You can imagine the challenges faced by the Topps Company as it plotted some drastic changes in its 1965 football card product. Having settled for the AFL as it watched Swell’s Philadelphia Gum take over the much more desirable NFL trading card contract, Topps must have felt like it needed to make its product stand out. Instead of the 2 1/1” x 3 ½” dimension that had … [Read more...]
Evers Autograph Collection; Mantle Rookie Photo in Huggins & Scott Sale
A collection of signed items from a long-time autograph collector and a rare rookie contact photo of Mickey Mantle—wearing number 6— highlight Huggins and Scott’s 2018 Spring Auction, which is set to run through May 10. The 186-page catalog features the collection of Charles Evers, a New York native who hunted autographs from the 1940s through the early … [Read more...]
PSA 9 Namath Rookie Card to Hit Auction Block
There are more high-grade examples of the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle than there are of the 1965 Topps Joe Namath rookie card. While one could argue Mantle’s impact and popularity among card collectors is greater than that of Broadway Joe, the simple issue of scarcity is just one reason there’s likely to be a major buzz around a card that’s heading for the auction block next … [Read more...]
Notes: 1986-87 Fleer Box Break Back On; Beer Box Auction Update
Remember that find of 1986-87 Fleer basketball boxes we wrote about during the National? As we mentioned back then, one of the seven boxes was purchased by VintageBreaks.com, which was offering those 36 packs in a $2,000 per spot break. Plans to break the box live at the show didn’t materialize when it didn’t sell out. Two months and change later, the break … [Read more...]
Wheatland Fall Holiday Auction Underway with 700+ Lots
Wheatland Auction Services is putting the wraps on its 2016 auction schedule with its latest online catalog that includes cards from the early 1900s to the present day. The auction, which includes over 700 lots, features sets, lots and single cards from all sports along with a selection of autographs and display items. Collectors of vintage cards will find complete sets … [Read more...]
1965 Topps Football Set is More Than Just Broadway Joe
Youngsters used to seeing packs in a standard size wax wrapper found something completely different on the shelves of their local drug store in the late summer of 1965. For the second year in a row, the nation’s only baseball card maker had created a set of players from the American Football League players but this time, the packs were huge. The 1965 Topps … [Read more...]
Mile High’s 1952 Topps Set Could Be One for the Ages
The third best 1952 Topps Baseball set and the number one All-Time Finest 1965 Topps Football set on the PSA Registry are among the headline items up for bid as Mile High Card Company kicks off its Spring Auction. The 1952 Topps set had already reached $227,500 in the first 12 hours of bidding. “The ’52 Topps Mantle and the 1965 Namath rookie card are probably the two … [Read more...]
Remember the AFL Honors League (and its Football Cards)
In 1959, eight wealthy businessmen, unable to break into the closed ranks of the National Football League, agreed to start their own—calling it the American Football League. None could have foreseen the wild ride that followed. From 1960 through 1969, when the league merged with the NFL, the AFL captured the imagination of the country, who loved the colorful uniforms, the more … [Read more...]