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...]
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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...]
Memory Lane’s I Own it Now Sale Includes 3 High End Babe Ruth Signed Baseballs
Three ultra-high grade baseballs signed by Babe Ruth are among the featured attractions in Memory Lane’s upcoming I Own it Now catalog sale of top end sports memorabilia. The baseballs, which date from the late 1930s through the final year of the baseball legend’s life, represent three of the best single-signed Ruth baseballs in the hobby. Lot #1 is an official American … [Read more...]
E98s in Black Swamp Find Auction Already Past $350,000; Visit NBC Today Show
Bidding is underway for the lots of 1910 E98 baseball cards from the so-called Black Swamp Find in northwest Ohio and judging by the opening activity, there's plenty of interest. The ultra high grade near set of 27 cards put together out of the 700-cards found in a Defiance, OH attic has a high bid of $203,150 with more than two weeks of bidding left, including the final … [Read more...]
Long-Time Vintage Memorabilia Collection Will Be Sold
We don’t have any statistics to prove it, but it’s fair to say Dave Chaffin has one of the biggest collections of sports memorabilia in the Midwest. The Wichita, Kansas restaurant owner has an extensive stash that includes game-worn jerseys and helmets from Hall of Fame football players, autographed pieces, Hartland statues, programs, ticket stubs and even a fight-worn … [Read more...]
