A little over four years ago, Memory Lane generated headlines with the sale of a PSA 9 (mint) Mickey Mantle rookie card. Early Sunday morning, that record-setting $220,150 sale was blown away in the company’s Fall Auction when the same 1951 Bowman gem soared to $588,000. The iconic card topped bidding in Memory Lane’s Fall Classic Auction, which tallied over $3.5 … [Read more...]
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Notes: Ruth Collector; Black Swamp Find Notes; Autograph Collector; Oscar Gamble
He's bought some good stuff over the years but Jeff Jackson of JJ's Cards and Antiques in Red Lion, PA, has snared a couple of top shelf items in recent years. He now owns a 1916 Babe Ruth rookie card and a game model Ruth bat. He showed them off and talked about the appreciation for high-end cards and memorabilia with the York Record. A Defiance, OH newspaper … [Read more...]
Black Swamp Find House Torn Down
An old Ohio house that held a one of the greatest finds in sports collecting history was torn down last week. The Cresent-News of Defiance showed the beginning of the demolition process. The 19th century home on Perry Street is where about 700 1910 E98 cards in virtually pristine condition were found by relatives cleaning out the attic in 2012. The “Black … [Read more...]
Vintage Cards Shine in Memory Lane Sale
A 1933 Goudey Sport Kings Babe Ruth graded PSA 8 sold for $53,000 in Memory Lane’s recently concluded I Own It Now catalog sale. In all, 11 individual vintage sports cards sold for more than $10,000. The consignment event places items for sale at fixed prices for a set period of time, after which offers can be made. The selling prices reflect a 15% buyer’s … [Read more...]
Notes: Vintage Sales and a Find; Cobb Cards Featured; Ruth Auction
A PSA 7 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle sold on eBay this week via PWCC Auctions for $161,100. High-grade ’52 Mantle cards are now experiencing some wild price swings. Another PSA 7 sold for $227,050 in November via Heritage Auctions. Prior to those two sales, the last one had brought $46,250 in May of 2014—less than two years ago. The last three public sales of a PSA 6? … [Read more...]
High-Grade 1910 Standard Caramel Cards Coming to Auction
Rare high-grade examples of the 1910 Standard Caramel (E93) set will be offered at auction later this month, when Mile High Card Company kicks off its next major auction. Headlined by the only PSA 9 specimens in existence of Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Deacon Philippe, 17 of the 30 cards in the E93 series will presented individually for sale. Created in 1886 … [Read more...]
New TV Show Debut Includes Black Swamp Find Segment
The discovery of a long-forgotten stash of nearly 700 1910 E98 baseball cards that shook the hobby and made international headlines in 2012, is going back on stage Monday night. FOX Business Network (FBN) will debut Strange Inheritance, the new primetime story-driven reality series hosted by Jamie Colby, at 9:00 PM/ET. The first show includes a feature on the discovery of … [Read more...]
Hobby Pioneer’s Football Jersey Collection Up for Auction
While the name of John Kindler may be unfamiliar to all but the earliest football uniform collectors, the upcoming Heritage Signature Auction should shed some light on one of the best collections ever assembled. Auction Director Chris Ivy calls it “the most significant single owner assembly” ever presented at a public sports memorabilia auction. Here's the interesting part: … [Read more...]
Jeter’s Only All-Star Home Run Bat Joins Vintage Cards in Memory Lane Catalog
Memory Lane’s new I Own it Now catalog sale gets underway Thursday, highlighted by a signed and inscribed bat used by Derek Jeter to hit his only home run in All-Star Game competition.The familiar black P72 model is signed and inscribed in silver ink by the newly retired Yankees star. He used it to hit a homer for the victorious American League in July of 2001 at the new … [Read more...]
Original T206s, Colgans Chips Fall From Pittsburgh Home’s Rafters
Are there still decades-old baseball cards and other treasures hiding in America’s attics? Remarkably, the answer is yes—but at least some of them have just been found. It's not the 'Black Swamp Find' but this story is awfully cool. A Pittsburgh newspaper reporter refurbishing the old house he moved into ran across quite a find, although the monetary value won’t be … [Read more...]
