December is traditionally the busiest month of the year for major sports memorabilia auctions, with a non-stop parade of events wrapping up at holiday time. Among the first catalogs that will arrive as the calendar turns to 2023 is one that will be thick with cardboard--some of it in its natural state. The Heritage Auctions Winter Sports Card Auction will open Jan. 5 … [Read more...] about Stacks of Wax Coming to First Heritage Auction of 2023
1975 Topps baseball set
2nd Ranked 1975 Topps Baseball Set Brings $600,000
The second ranked 1975 Topps Baseball set on PSA's Set Registry sold for $600,000 Sunday night at Goldin Auctions. While most ungraded higher quality 1975 Topps sets in can be had for under $1,000, this one required a lot of work. Painstakingly pieced together, all but two cards in the 660-card set are graded either Gem Mint 10 (308) or Mint 9 (350). Only … [Read more...] about 2nd Ranked 1975 Topps Baseball Set Brings $600,000
Early Ruth Card, PSA 10 Carlton Rookie Among Big Winners in LOTG Sale
A low grade 1917 Collins-McCarthy Babe Ruth sold for $111,440 to top Love of the Game’s final auction of 2021 early Sunday morning. The PSA 1 example generated 32 bids after opening at $25,000. It’s a tough early Ruth issue--one of only 14 ever examined by PSA with 10 rated by SGC. One of the eight 1965 Topps Steve Carlton rookie cards on PSA’s Population … [Read more...] about Early Ruth Card, PSA 10 Carlton Rookie Among Big Winners in LOTG Sale
Collins-McCarthy Ruth, Rare Old Programs Headline LOTG Auction
While America ponders what will be on their Thanksgiving table next week, Love of the Game Auctions is already serving up a tasty feast of sports cards and memorabilia. The company’s newly launched Fall Auction includes some very popular vintage rookie cards and rarities, the usual stacks of pre-War cards, hundreds of vintage programs, ticket stubs, photos and display … [Read more...] about Collins-McCarthy Ruth, Rare Old Programs Headline LOTG Auction
Remembering the Topps Sports Club
Subscription programs like Topps' "Montgomery Club" may have gotten more sophisticated, with exclusive cards, early access and other perks, but the roots of a Topps "club" go back a long way. If you’ve seen a Topps wrapper from the mid-1970s you may have seen an ad for the “Topps Sports Club.” For $2.50 and a wrapper, they promised a newsletter and some … [Read more...] about Remembering the Topps Sports Club
Vintage Pack Facts: 1975 Topps Baseball
The white borders were gone. In their place was a rainbow of colors. Ten cent wax packs were gone, too, replaced by a 15 cent price tag. 1975 had brought changes to the world of bubble gum cards but Topps kept the presses rolling and there was plenty of unopened material to be had, even decades after the set that brought us a multitude of Hall of Fame rookie … [Read more...] about Vintage Pack Facts: 1975 Topps Baseball
The Good That Came from a Stolen 1975 Topps Set
John Staples turned 54 earlier this month, but the card shop owner from Phoenix, Arizona, was doing the gift-giving. “Big John,” who also runs a Facebook page for vintage card traders, coordinated “a fun project I’ve always wanted to do”— building and completing a vintage set for a young collector. And doing it for free. Tim Tush, a 16-year-old high school sophomore in … [Read more...] about The Good That Came from a Stolen 1975 Topps Set
Robin Yount Rookie Card Turns 40 as ‘Kid’ Turns 60
To the young people who watched someone barely older than themselves become a teenaged big leaguer, the realization that he is 60 years old will be hard to fathom. “The Kid,” just 18 when the photo for his first baseball card was taken, is approaching his senior years. The player hits the big six-oh on Wednesday and the Robin Yount rookie card itself is 40 this year, a … [Read more...] about Robin Yount Rookie Card Turns 40 as ‘Kid’ Turns 60