Mile High Card Company is set to launch its latest auction on Monday, one that will include over 1, 500 lots, led by a 1929-30 era Babe Ruth bat and a long list of single cards, sets, lots and unopened material. Post-War vintage cards up for grabs will include several of the hobby’s top rookie cards and other popular issues, notably: 1948 Leaf #79 Jackie Robinson PSA 7 … [Read more...]
1933 Ruth Bat, Jimmie Foxx Cap, Mathews Crown Top All-Star Auction
It was back to live bidding at the annual All-Star Auction. Shifted strictly online last year because of the pandemic, the annual event held in conjunction with baseball's mid-season showcase wrapped up with a live finale at MLB's Play Ball Park in Denver as bidders chased hundreds of historic pieces of memorabilia and cards. One of the lead pieces … [Read more...]
Signed, Inscribed 1920 Babe Ruth Bat Set for Auction
While there weren't any giant catalog auctions or authenticators around, collecting game used bats has been around for 100 years. Proof of that comes in the form of an autographed relic from Babe Ruth--personalized to one such collector--that's coming to auction this summer. Heritage Auctions will offer the Ruth bat, dating to early in the young slugger's … [Read more...]
Early Career Ruth Bat at Auction Has Interesting History
He had retired nine years earlier and would be 50 years old in a few months but with World War II still raging, Babe Ruth answered the call to pick up a bat one more time and swing for the fences. Now, the bat he swung on that afternoon at Shibe Park in Philadelphia—at halftime of an NFL game—is on the auction block where it could sell for more than $1 million. The … [Read more...]
Joe Garagiola’s T206 Honus Wagner Card Up for Auction
He was a longtime supporter of the sports collecting community and now everyone knows Joe Garagiola owned the hobby’s most famous baseball card. A T206 Honus Wagner owned by the late catcher and Today Show co-host is the headliner in Heritage Auctions’ newly launched February Platinum Night Auction. Many years ago, Garagiola traded a package of memorabilia, … [Read more...]
Gehrig Jersey ($1.44 Million), Ruth Bat, High-End Cards Drive Hunt/Christie’s Live Auction
Even on a Wednesday afternoon during the holiday season, sports memorabilia buyers are ready to pounce. A private collection of historic baseball memorabilia and vintage cards was broken up and sold in a live auction format, with a 1931 Lou Gehrig game jersey setting the pace at $1.44 million. Dated to 1931, making it one of only a small number of surviving jerseys … [Read more...]
Fanatics Auction Includes Ruth Signed Bat, Grezky All-Star Jersey
Fanatics is back in the auction business and their first event since the company’s relaunch runs the gamut from Babe Ruth to Conor McGregor. The 50-lot online catalog includes some one-of-a-kind items that have never been made available to the public before, a smattering of vintage and modern trading cards and game-used memorabilia. The auction includes a signed Babe Ruth … [Read more...]
1921 Babe Ruth Bat Brings Nearly $1 Million
Game-used items from a pair of sports titans were among the highlights Friday night as Heritage Auctions continued its three-day Spring Sports Collectibles Catalog Auction. When bidding ended, the night’s tally was more than $3.5 million, far exceeding pre-auction estimates, according to Heritage. That’s on top of the more than $8 million realized 24 hours … [Read more...]
1921 Ruth Bat; Newly Discovered Old Mill Jackson Lead Heritage Catalog
Over 3,000 lots of historic memorabilia and trading cards are now on the block after Heritage Auctions opened its Spring catalog auction. Among the headliners: the bat Babe Ruth used to sock his 52nd homer in 1921 and the first Toronto Raptors championship ring to be offered at auction. The sale is expected to generate more than $10 million when bidding concludes … [Read more...]
Collector Matches Babe Ruth Bat To Famous 1921 Photo
The Photo Match Guy continues to hit the jackpot. Justin Cornett, who owns an oil brokerage firm in Houston, has photo-matched a Babe Ruth bat he bought at an auction two years ago to a famous International News Service image that was used for six different baseball cards produced from 1926 to 1937. “It’s like a lead pipe,” Cornett, 44, said of the bat, which measures 36 … [Read more...]