Pieces of multiple long-time private collections—many coming to auction for the first time—are headlining Hunt Auctions’ newly launched April Premier Live Auction. Leading off the sale is the third installment of the “Texan Collection” of historic sports cards. Curated over a 40-year period, the collection is one of the finest assembled of its type with the initial two … [Read more...] about Rare Vintage Cards, Pack Collection, Game Used Items Part of Hunt Auctions Sale
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Vintage Mantle, Signed Goudey Ruth and Gehrig, Jordan Inserts Headline MHCC Auction
2020 has been a wild ride for sports cards and memorabilia but the final blitz of major auctions is just starting. Mile High Card Company will be the next to launch, with its December auction set to launch Monday. There are some heavy hitters in the lineup, including a PSA 8 1952 Topps card of Mickey Mantle and a signed Cap Anson bat from the 1880s. A pair of … [Read more...] about Vintage Mantle, Signed Goudey Ruth and Gehrig, Jordan Inserts Headline MHCC Auction
“Uncle Jimmy Collection” Gets PSA Pedigree
The authentication, grading and marketing of one of the hobby’s most remarkable, yet quietest private collections continued in recent weeks and collectors will soon have the chance to see more of it. The “Uncle Jimmy Collection” we wrote about last month included a wide range of baseball cards, autographs and photos collected throughout one New Jersey man’s entire … [Read more...] about “Uncle Jimmy Collection” Gets PSA Pedigree
No Arms; No Problem: Amazing Matt Stutzman Signs for Topps
Matt Stutzman signed autographs for one of Topps’ upcoming products recently. If that name doesn’t ring a bell, it’s OK but watching him do it will make you want to know more about him. An archer who competes for the United States as one of the most accurate archers in the world, Stutzman is an athletic hero in every sense of the word. A Paralympic medalist in 2012, he’ll … [Read more...] about No Arms; No Problem: Amazing Matt Stutzman Signs for Topps
2016 Topps Tier One Baseball Preview and Checklist
2016 Topps Tier One Baseball will mark the return of an “all hits” product to the mid-season calendar with two autographs and a relic card in each one-pack box. 2016 Tier One should land at $90-110 per box upon release June 8. A preview gallery of sample cards is below along with a full checklist. Among the ‘relic’ inserts in will be pens (or maybe pieces of the pens) that … [Read more...] about 2016 Topps Tier One Baseball Preview and Checklist
What’s Hot in the Shop: Collectors Clamoring for Clear Vision
What? Did you really think there was any chance that I could offer up some alliteration with the letter V? Among the challenges of owning card store is trying to predict the future. Fortunately for the sake of staying in business, I've been able to channel my inner Nostradamus a favorable amount of the time. When the order form came out for 2015 Panini Clear vision, the … [Read more...] about What’s Hot in the Shop: Collectors Clamoring for Clear Vision
2015 Topps Gypsy Queen Arrives
Gypsy Queen Baseball 2015 is hitting the market with two autographs and two relic cards per box, plus a special 10-card mini box. A full checklist is linked below. GQ's 300-card base set includes veterans, rookies and retired greats. Fifty of the cards will be short printed, falling at an average of one in every four packs. There will be photo variations of 50 different … [Read more...] about 2015 Topps Gypsy Queen Arrives
Collection of Vintage Autographed Cards at Auction
A huge collection of nearly 500 individual autographed trading cards, all encapsulated and authenticated by PSA/DNA, is up for auction card-by-card. Dating from the late 1930s through the recent past, the cards are being offered by New Jersey-based Just Collect. “We started assembling them back in the summer and early fall, when we bought two very large autograph … [Read more...] about Collection of Vintage Autographed Cards at Auction
Ramblings: Stamped Buybacks, Autographs and Other Heritage Thoughts
For the past few years beginning with the 2008 Heritage set, Topps has bought back cards of the year they were honoring in that series, stamped them with gold foil and put them in packs. Now, I do realize it may be a bit sacrilegious to say those cards are a good thing (many don’t like them at all) but I believe they truly are. There are a couple of reasons I feel this … [Read more...] about Ramblings: Stamped Buybacks, Autographs and Other Heritage Thoughts
Low Frills 2014 Elite Extra Edition Baseball Sticks to the Formula
One of the strangest quirks of this hobby is two-fold. First, many collectors say they only want to collect league-licensed releases which have team and league logos and trademarks. Secondly, products featuring leading baseball prospects are always very popular. So, even after Donruss-Playoff (now Panini) lost their MLB license at the end of the 2005 season, they have continued … [Read more...] about Low Frills 2014 Elite Extra Edition Baseball Sticks to the Formula