eBay has released its annual list of the 'Most Interesting and Expensive Purchases' of the year, one that included a couple of sports cards. A PSA 10 Tom Brady 2000 Autographed Playoff Contenders Championship Ticket, which sold over $400,000, set the record for highest-sum ever paid for a football card and a 1/10 Michael Jordan 1997 Metal Universe Precious Metal Gems … [Read more...]
Finds and Revelations: 2019 Sports Collecting Year in Review (Part I)
There were phenomenal finds and disturbing discoveries. Record revenue and sensational selling prices. No matter the month, there was something collectors were talking about this year. In the first of a two-part series, we look back at the last year in the hobby with some happenings from the first half of 2019. The year began in strange fashion with the viral … [Read more...]
12 Tom Brady Cards That Won’t Bust Your Budget
In February 2019, a Tom Brady rookie card sold for a record price of $400,100, the highest price paid for a football card via auction. The 2000 Playoff Contenders Championship Ticket autograph card was just one of 100 that were produced. There a few dozen Brady rookie cards and over 1,600 different Brady cards in all listed on PSA's Master Checklist. While prices for … [Read more...]
Early Babe Ruth Cards Pace Mile High Auction
A quartet of iconic sports cards and an unprecedented ticket stub collection dominated the action in Mile High Card Company’s July Auction which closed early Friday morning. Leading the way was a pair of rare Babe Ruth cards with a 1916 D350-1 Standard Biscuit #151 Babe Ruth PSA 2 selling for $125,443 and a 1917 H801-8 Boston Store #147 Ruth SGC 3.5 bringing in $124,473. … [Read more...]
Pair of Rare Ruth Cards; Huge Ticket Stub Collection Kick Off MHCC Auction
Mile High Card Company kicked off its Summer Auction Monday, one that features a mix of rare century-old cards and some high-end modern issues as well as a huge array of milestone ticket stubs. Among the vintage rarities--a 1916 D350-1 Standard Biscuit #151 Babe Ruth card graded PSA 2 GOOD and a 1917 H801-8 Boston Store #147 Ruth rated SGC 3.5 VG. Among the current era … [Read more...]
Brady Rookie Ticket Auto Pushes Higher
It's not the Championship Ticket version numbered to 100, but another record-setting sale of a Tom Brady 2000 Playoff Contenders autograph card is in the works. Heritage Auctions is offering a PSA 10 Rookie Ticket auto in its current catalog and bidding has already reached $140,000 ($168,000 with the buyer's premium factored in). It's already the most ever paid for … [Read more...]
Notes: Studebaker to Join Beckett; Tobacco Pack Breaks Planned; Big Bucks for Brady (Again); Baseball Card Bar Top
SGC Senior Autograph Authenticator Larry Studebaker is joining Beckett Authentication Services. A source confirmed to us Tuesday night that Studebaker is expected to start his new job as an authenticator for BAS in April. He had been working for SGC since 2013. Beckett opened its autograph authentication business in the fall of 2016, led by former PSA … [Read more...]
Notes: Brady Responds; Burbank Busy; Crosby Card Catches $80K; 2 Rice Rookies in One Pack
What did Tom Brady think of the $400,000 sale of that 2000 Contenders Championship Ticket card? He (or his social media person) responded on Instagram... Brady will actually add some straight cash to his bank account next month when he does another private signing for TRISTAR Productions. Autographs start at around $1,000 each. When Burbank … [Read more...]
2000 Tom Brady Contenders Autographed Rookie Card Sells for $400,100
The record for the highest priced modern trading card ever sold at public auction didn't even last a week. A 2000 Playoff Contenders Championship Rookie Ticket Autograph card, one of only 100 produced and rated 9 by Beckett Grading was listed as sold for $400,100 in a 10-day eBay auction that ended Monday night. It's the most ever paid at auction for a football … [Read more...]