Collect Auctions will be offering one of the finest 1966 Green Bay Packers team signed footballs ever to hit the hobby in its winter auction, which begins Nov. 14 and ends Dec. 1. Fifty-three members of the 1966 Packers team, which went on to win Super Bowl I, have signed the near-perfect tan leather football. Among the signatures are 11 members of the Pro Football Hall of … [Read more...]
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Fan Trades Freese Home Run Ball for Signed Bat, Ball
The rush for David Freese's World Series game-winning home run ball may have looked spontaneous on Thursday night, but Dave Huyette and his friend Jeremy Reiland (a Cubs fan) had already been making plans. The duo was sitting in a pair of outfield bleacher tickets they had purchased on StubHub and knew that each batter in the St. Louis Cardinals' wild 10-9 win over Texas … [Read more...]
eBay Expanding Completed Search Function
It's probably the best way to track the value of sports cards and sports memorabilia--or anything else for that matter. Guide books may be out of date and just an average or estimate of selling prices. eBay's "search by completed items" function enables users to look at what items actually sold for. Unfortunately, those searches will only take you back 15 days worth of … [Read more...]
Blog: No Bids on Buckner Ball, Hall & Smithsonian Treasures
Four days remain in the eBay listing for the Buckner ball but so far...no bids. Owner Seth Swirsky put the ball Mookie Wilson hit past Bill Buckner in the 1986 World Series on eBay with a $1 million minimum. He'd promised to turn over part of the proceeds to the Baseball Assistance Team (BAT). The ball got some media attention when the auction was announced a couple of … [Read more...]
Autographed Baseball Collection Just Part of ‘Little Cooperstown’
Semi-retired mobile home executive Dennis Schrader's passion for baseball knows no bounds. The enthusiastic collector has gotten nationwide publicity over the last week or so--ever since the Guinness Book of World Records people deemed his stash of 4,000+ autographed baseballs the biggest in the world. The 65-year-old Florida resident's collection started when he was nine … [Read more...]
Dinner, Game Used 1986 World Series Ball on Block
Twenty-five years after one of baseball's most famous plays, the two principals will sit down to dinner with the high bidder and three friends in a special auction. Bill Buckner and Mookie Wilson have agreed to dine and watch a World Series game with the person who wins an auction being run through New York's Gotta Have It! Collectibles. Minimum bid is $5,000 with no … [Read more...]
Buckner Ball Bouncing Back to Market
One of baseball's most famous errors is about to be for sale. The 1986 World Series ball that turned the tide of a World Series and turned a highly respected hitter into a target for merciless fans. The ball hit by Mookie Wilson that trickled through the legs of the hobbling Red Sox first baseman in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series will go on eBay this month priced at $1 … [Read more...]
Time for Teams to Stop Pretending Home Run Balls Have Little Value
Editor's Blog At the end of August, Chipper Jones hit his 450th home run. 450 isn't 500. Beyond Atlanta, there wasn't much of a countdown. Heck, even a lot of Braves fans didn't realize he was one home run away when he came to bat against the Houston Astros August 31. Ashantenay Cotton and members of her church group who were sitting in the bleachers that night apparently … [Read more...]
MnM Auction Includes Ruth Advertising Piece, Dozens of Signed Baseballs
MnM Sportscards launches its next auction this Saturday with items available from nearly every decade of 20th century professional baseball. Included are a collection of 30 high-grade team signed baseballs, many from from the 1950’s and 60’s, a Babe Ruth Lee overalls advertising piece,a 1914 Lord Lonsdale Middleweight Championship Belt awarded to Champion Tommy Mullen, a … [Read more...]
Punk Steals Grandpa’s Autographed Ruth Baseball
Police in Ocean Pines, Md., arrested three men and a female juvenile earlier this month for burglary and theft after an autographed Babe Ruth baseball and other collectibles were stolen from a man's home. The Worcester County Bureau of Investigation worked with the Ocean Pines PD to arrest the four individuals after they tried to pawn it to local pawnshops and jewelers. … [Read more...]
