Items from Lou Gehrig’s personal life—from toddler to teenager to New York city motorist—are among the unique highlights in the newly launched Heritage Platinum Night Auction. Saved and consigned by family members who inherited them, the collection includes everyday items like signed personal checks and a register with personal notes, but also a game-worn Yankees cap that’s … [Read more...]
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Bats From All 27 Members of 500 Home Run Club Coming to Mile High Auction
Babe Ruth was the first member and David Ortiz is the last, but no matter which member of the 500 home run club you name, there’s going to be a game bat for it in Mile High Card Company’s March Auction. The company is undertaking a hobby first: a bat from all 27 players who’ve reached the milestone. Each will be offered as an individual lot when the auction opens … [Read more...]
Top 10 Selling Items of 2018 at Goldin Auctions
As the year winds down, we’re taking a look at the top-selling sports cards and memorabilia sold through major auction companies in 2018. The Babe still draws a crowd. He's the subject of a current best-selling book and still the number one attraction in the world of baseball memorabilia. Four of the top ten selling items at Goldin Auctions this year dated from … [Read more...]
Big O’s Collection, 1970s Cards Among Top 10 Sellers at Lelands in 2018
Oscar Robertson attended this year's National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland and while he was there to sign autographs, he also stopped by to check on his collection. The Basketball Hall of Famer consigned 51 items, including his championship rings, to Lelands as part of the company's Summer Invitational Auction. Three of them made the list of Lelands' top ten … [Read more...]
Millions for Mickey: 1952 Topps Mantle Tops Heritage Auctions 2018 Top 10 List
As the year winds down, we’re taking a look at the top-selling sports cards and memorabilia sold through major auction companies in 2018. He's been gone for over 20 years but Mickey Mantle is still setting records. Last spring, one of only six 1952 Topps Mantle cards graded 9 by PSA became the most expensive post-War trading card ever sold at auction when Heritage … [Read more...]
Packed with History and Intrigue, 1924 Babe Ruth Home Run Bat Now at Auction
No matter how many stories have been spun about Babe Ruth, there always seems to be another one waiting to be told. Here’s one with an intriguing history. The bat used by Ruth when he hit his first home run of the 1924 season was awarded to a high school senior who won a batting title in the Los Angeles area. The bat was an heirloom that was bought by a relative when the … [Read more...]
Babe Ruth Bat Paces All-Star FanFest Auction
A circa 1918-1920 Babe Ruth professional model baseball bat sold for $117,500 in the annual auction during MLB's All-Star FanFest on Tuesday afternoon. The "George Babe Ruth" facsimile signature impressed in the barrel is the earliest version employed on Ruth game bats and was in use from mid 1918 through 1922. The bat was graded 8.5 by PSA/DNA. It … [Read more...]
Hold Babe Ruth’s Bat at Slugger Museum
He received $100 and a set of golf clubs made by the company. In return for Babe Ruth’s signature 100 years ago Monday, Hillerich & Bradsby received the endorsement of baseball’s most exciting new player. One of the bats made for him during his long association with the company goes on display at the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory Monday—but you can do more … [Read more...]
Historic Memorabilia; High End Cards Coming to Goldin’s Live, Catalog Events
Eli Manning's 2008 Super Bowl helmet; a Wayne Gretzky rookie season jersey; Jim Palmer's 1976 Cy Young Award, bats from Cap Anson and Babe Ruth; the Mike Singletary Collection and more than two dozen high-grade rookie cards will be on the auction block next month through Goldin Auctions. The company will hold an 89-lot live event at the Cleveland Airport … [Read more...]
Ruth 60th Home Run Bat Sells for $660,000
The Baseball Hall of Fame claims to own the bat Babe Ruth used to hit his record-setting 60th home run in 1927 but prominent collectors believed The Babe's weapon of choice that day is the one found in Heritage Auctions' Spring catalog. Inscribed to Ruth friend Joe E. Brown, a nationally known actor-comedian who was among the first celebrity sports collectors, the bat … [Read more...]
