Over 300 lots of unopened products join vintage and modern cards, autographs and game-worn material inside the new Collect Auctions catalog, which has been making its way to mailboxes around the world. In all, over 1,200 lots are in the catalog. The auction opens the only 1916 D381 Fleischmann Bakery Casey Stengel card with tab ever graded by PSA. Ferguson Bakery of … [Read more...] about Rare Pre-War Card, Vintage Unopened, Sets Highlight Collect Auctions Catalog
1969 Topps Supers
Family Heirloom: 1914 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson Brings Strong Price
A 1914 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson card with an interesting provenance sold through Love Of The Game Auctions early Sunday morning. Residing in the same family for over 100 years, the PSA 2 example sold for $60,580, a record price for the grade. According to LOTG founder Al Crisifulli, the card was originally among the possessions of a six-year-old boy who passed away … [Read more...] about Family Heirloom: 1914 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson Brings Strong Price
Hassan Cobb Advertising Piece, Newly Uncovered Items Headline LOTG Auction
A rare and highly sought after portion of an elaborate advertising display piece used to promote the 1912 Hassan Triple Folder set has arrived on the auction block. Ty Cobb is featured on the front of the thick cardboard sign, which is the headliner in the newly launched Love Of The Game Auctions sale. The last known time a Hassan Cobb advertising display … [Read more...] about Hassan Cobb Advertising Piece, Newly Uncovered Items Headline LOTG Auction
1971 Topps Super Baseball Set Ended Brief Era
It was one of many ideas drummed up by Topps decades ago to create more sales. There had been pins, stand-ups, posters, stamps and glossies. For two years, the company gave its standard cards the super size treatment, creating sets that filled up a good chunk of the shoebox. The 1971 Topps Super baseball set would be the end of the brief experiment. … [Read more...] about 1971 Topps Super Baseball Set Ended Brief Era
Topps’ “Other” 1969 Baseball Sets Were Small, Tall
Fifty years ago, collectors were beginning to pull the first of what would be Topps' biggest set to date at 664 cards. Baseball was expanding and so, too, were the number cards you needed to make a set. Still issued by series, the collecting would continue for the next several months but in addition to its standard bubble gum card set with the famous (or infamous) … [Read more...] about Topps’ “Other” 1969 Baseball Sets Were Small, Tall
1970 Topps Super Football Set is Big, Thick, Affordable
It still stands as one of the most star-studded “one and done” football sets ever created—and one of the thickest. The 1970 Topps Super football set was what cards would be if they could have been injected with a heavy dose of human growth hormone. You would have to have stacked about eight regular 1970 Topps football cards together to match the thickness and the 3 … [Read more...] about 1970 Topps Super Football Set is Big, Thick, Affordable
1969 Topps Supers a Rare Test Issue
Topps has some excellent regular issues in the 1960s. One overlooked set, though, is the 1969 Topps Supers test issue. The cards are not only appealing, but much more difficult to find than the standard Topps issues from that time period. 1969 Topps Supers Basics The 1969 Topps Supers are a drastic change from the company's regular issue produced that year. The 1969 Topps … [Read more...] about 1969 Topps Supers a Rare Test Issue