One of what are likely less than 100 T206 Honus Wagner cards in existence is on the eBay auction block. Memory Lane Inc. is offering the PSA 2 example from a long-time private collection that was recently broken up and sold. This Wagner shows a moderate crease across the bottom along with some edge and corner wear but is one of the more respectable examples to come up for … [Read more...]
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Wheldon Benefit Auction Raising Huge Cash
The first part of an eBay auction to raise money for the family of the late IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon came to an end late last week with hundreds of thousands of dollars raised from the sale of donated memorabilia from sports stars, teams and organizations. Wheldon died in the final race of the IndyCar season when his car went airborne and slammed into a face during a … [Read more...]
2011 Topps Chrome Superfractor Cam Newton Rookie Card on eBay
What has become the year's most sought after football card is back on the auction block. The 2011 Topps Chrome Autographed Superfractor Cam Newton was pulled from a pack in Arizona recently. The seller placed it on eBay last week with Buy It Now price of $22,000. The seller was also taking offers on the card, which is a 1-1. The seller told Sports Collectors Daily he thought … [Read more...]
Auction of Large Cuban Baseball Card Collection Continues
More vintage baseball cards from the Richard Merkin Collection are on the auction block. Items from the collection brought record prices during the last auction conducted by Hake’s, including $25,255 for a 1928 Pittsburgh Crawfords Negro League Team photo that featured Josh Gibson and was signed by Harold “Hooks” Tinker along with a number of rare Cuban baseball cards such as … [Read more...]
1926 Ruth Bat Up for Auction…in Ireland
A bat Babe Ruth traded to the leader of an Irish all-star hurling team that came to the United States in 1926 is going on the auction block after being consigned by the family of the original recipient. In May of that year, Frank McGrath brought an intercounty team of hurlers they called the Gaelic Athletic Association to New York at the urging of Jimmy "Beau James" Walker, … [Read more...]
MLB Pink Bat, Gear Auction Underway
It's a pink out on Major League Baseball's ongoing auction platform. Bidding is now under way for many of those pink hued game -used and game-worn items that were in play on Mother's Day. All proceeds go to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The number of players participating in the program has increased in each of the seven years of the program. Dozens of items have … [Read more...]
Hockey Hall of Famer Robitaille Selling
Some pieces of modern NHL history are on the block as the greatest scoring left winger in league history sells off part of his collection. Luc Robitaille, who scored 668 goals and passed out 726 assists, has consigned numerous game-worn and game-used items to Classic Auctions. Proceeds, according to Robitaille and his wife Stacia, will go to Echoes of Hope, a foundation for … [Read more...]
Selling Dad’s Things Difficult for Roberts Family
There are dozens of items from Robin Roberts' career going on the auction block Tuesday night. It doesn't scratch the surface of what the Hall of Fame pitcher had accumulated during seven decades in and around sports. From trophies he earned as an outstanding college basketball player to valuable rings he earned and was given...even a signed Babe Ruth baseball he got as a … [Read more...]
Signed Babe Ruth 702nd Home Run Ball Brings $264,500
Over 700 pieces of baseball memorabilia went on the block before a live audience in Louisville Saturday with Babe Ruth's 702nd home run ball soaring to $264,500 before the gavel fell. The ball, signed by Ruth after that July game in Chicago, easily topped all items sold in the 7th annual Louisville Slugger Factory and Museum event conducted by Hunt Auctions. The ball had … [Read more...]
Louisville Slugger Museum Auction Returns
700 lots of vintage sports and history memorabilia will be on the block this Saturday when the Louisville Slugger Factory and Museum hosts its annual auction. From vintage baseball cards to century-old game-used bats, Vada Pinson's personal collection and stacks of game and event-worn jerseys, Hunt Auctions will again have its hands full. The auction takes place Saturday at … [Read more...]
