Last year, we wrote about author Laurie Gwen Shapiro stumbling across a story from 1930 that’s the stuff of every sports collector’s fantasy. In researching another topic through old newspaper archives, she saw coverage of Bloomingdale’s department store placing a time capsule inside the cornerstone of their new building in Manhattan. By itself, that was an … [Read more...]
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Notes: Stefano Joins Goldin; Dying Babe Sends Baseballs; Green Jacket Dispute
Goldin Auctions has named sports marketing and collectibles industry veteran Jim Stefano its new Director of Marketing and Business Development. The move allows Stefano to return to his New Jersey roots after spending four years as Senior Director of Product Development at Panini America in Texas. Previous to that he spent five years at Access Sports Media in New York … [Read more...]
Ruth’s Visit to Gonzaga in 1926 Produced Treasured Heirloom
We don’t know what happened to every baseball signed by Babe Ruth but we do know they were usually treated as treasured heirlooms. One such baseball has been associated with Gonzaga University in Washington since The Babe visited the area as a player. The ball was signed by Ruth and given to Art Dussault, a center for the Bulldogs football team in 1926. Ruth had … [Read more...]
Notes: Fed vs. Card Market; $100K MJ Update; ’27 Yankee Ball; Montreal Collection
Prices for high-grade vintage sports cards, especially rookie cards, have been rising like a helium balloon over the past couple of years. Is it because they were undervalued for so long? Is it new collectors with money entering the hobby? Are prices being manipulated? Or are continuing low interest rates to blame? One financial columnist with an eye on one card is … [Read more...]
FDR Baseball, Babe Ruth Items Featured In Mile High Auction
Mile High Card Company officials are feeling sky high about the items the Colorado-based business is offering in its August Catalog Auction. The biggest highlights: a baseball signed by Babe Ruth, and a ball inscribed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith in 1937. In addition, a graded 1952 Topps set rated No. 10 on the PSA registry … [Read more...]
Gibson, Other Negro Leaguers on Autograph Page at Auction
A newly-discovered 1944 Who’s Who in Baseball autograph page bearing the rare signature of baseball legend Josh Gibson and several other notables went on the auction block Monday in Huggins & Scott’s first auction of 2015. Discovered inside a trunk inside a Washington, D.C. row house by surviving relatives of a man who recently passed away, the 5-7/8 x 9” page is signed in … [Read more...]
Ruth Signed Ball, E102 Wagner, Vintage Unopened Packs Highlight LOTG Auction
A 1946 Babe Ruth signed baseball, a high grade 1908 E102 Honus Wagner card, a beautiful group of unopened football packs from the 1950s, and a big assortment of autographs and memorabilia are among the highlights in the latest Love of the Game auction. “This auction is easily our biggest and most diverse,” said LOTG Auction Director Al Crisafulli. “We’re featuring a large … [Read more...]
High Grade Babe Ruth Baseball Tops Bidding in $1.6 Million Memory Lane Auction
A boldly signed and well-preserved Babe Ruth autographed baseball sold for $60,617, leading the way in Memory Lane Inc.’s Winter Extravaganza Auction, which closed last Friday. Having presumably taken care of others on their holiday list, collectors decided to use the latter part of the holiday shopping season on themselves. Over 1,300 lots featuring rare and high grade … [Read more...]
1929 Ruth Signed Baseball Comes with Video Proof
In the world of autographs, there is sometimes a leap of faith involved. If you didn’t see it happen, did it really happen? As skilled as authenticators may be, when it comes to items signed decades ago, actual provenance is often elusive. That is not the case with the signed Babe Ruth baseball being offered by Memory Lane in its upcoming catalog auction, appropriately … [Read more...]
High Grade Autographed Babe Ruth Baseball Sells for $97,000
When it comes to vintage baseball cards or autographs, the Bambino is still king. One of the best surviving single-signed Babe Ruth baseballs topped Memory Lane Inc's recently closed I Own It Now catalog sales. Authenticated by PSA and JSA and signed on the sweet spot in blue fountain pen, the autograph on the official American League (William Harridge) ball, generated a … [Read more...]
