The Heisman Trophy awarded to Texas running back Ricky Williams sold for $504,000 early Friday morning. The price, which included a 20% buyer's premium, was the most ever paid for any of the small number of Heisman awards that have sold at public auction. In December 2018, Tim Brown's trophy sold for $435,763 via Goldin Auctions. Williams sold several items … [Read more...]
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The New Gardner Minshew Bobbleheads are Pretty Great
Last Sunday may not have been his finest hour, but Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Gardner Minshew has already made the 2019 NFL season a lot more fun. Now, the rookie quarterback with the throwback look is being immortalized with a pair of new bobbleheads. FOCO is producing two different, full-sized bobbles because, well, you can’t properly capture his essence … [Read more...]
Holy Grail of Baseball Bobbleheads Hits Auction Block
It’s not Ruth, DiMaggio, Mantle, Maris or Jeter but for those who collect Yankees memorabilia, a 14-inch promotional item dating to the early 1960s is a jaw-dropper. Or maybe a head-bobbler. It’s the holy grail of baseball bobbleheads, a 14-inch tall doll created to promote a series of smaller versions that would be sold across the country. The oversized Yankees … [Read more...]
FOCO Bobbleheads Put Fun Spin on Sports News Cycle
They were once pretty simple. A cherubic, generic face planted with a spring atop a standard body and base. The only thing different from one to the next was often the team colors. Since those early days, bobbleheads have gotten more lifelike, more sophisticated and, thanks to one company, as fresh as the day's headlines. With new pieces put into production on a … [Read more...]
Bobble Bulletin: HOF Set to Open; Negro League Kickstarter; Big Bucks for Bobbles
Ed. Note: Welcome to the second edition of Bobble Bulletin, which provides updates on bobblehead collecting including news, significant sales, new releases and more. National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum Set to Open The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum is putting the finishing touches on the Museum for an opening in January. … [Read more...]
Notes: Ohtani and Acuna Cards; Big Bucks for Old Micks; Bobblepalooza; Rams, 49ers Jerseys to Help Fire Victims
Appropriate, maybe, since he was named Rookie of the Year about the same time, but the chase for the 1/1 2018 Bowman Chrome Ohtani Superfractor autograph ended on Monday when the card was pulled by a collector in southern California. Well, not the actual signed card. Unfortunately, it’s a redemption he’ll have to submit online but considering that the off-season … [Read more...]
Bobble Bulletin: Sister Mary Jo Gets Her Own Bobblehead; Museum Plans; New Issues; Auction Update
Ed. Note: Welcome to the second edition of Bobble Bulletin, which provides updates on bobblehead collecting including news, significant sales, new releases and more. Sister Mary Jo, who became an internet sensation after tossing the first pitch at the Chicago White Sox game on Saturday, is getting her own bobblehead. Sister Mary Jo, who teaches theology … [Read more...]
Infamous Billy Ripken Card Gets G-Rated Bobblehead
It was the baseball card that created a national stir—not that any of the newspapers that wrote about it could actually write what was written on the bottom of Billy Ripken’s bat 29 years ago. The Fleer card that began emerging from those pinstriped gray wax packs in early 1989 included two words written in felt-tip marker. One word was “Face” and the one above it … [Read more...]
New Study Reveals MLB Leaders in Freebies
If you go to a Dodgers or Rangers game this season, the odds are better than one in seven that you'll come home with a bobblehead. A new analysis tracked giveaways by all each MLB team, revealing which will treat their fans best with giveaways and special event nights this upcoming season. In the study, the promotional schedule for each team’s home games were compiled and … [Read more...]
Bobble Bulletin: Eagles Bobblehead Set is Big–and a Big Seller
Ed. Note: Welcome to the first edition of Bobble Bulletin, which will provide updates on bobblehead collecting including news, significant sales, new releases and more. The officially licensed, individually numbered Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl bobbleheads will go down as the most popular Super Bowl bobbleheads of all-time, and it hasn’t even been a month since the … [Read more...]
