The Baseball Hall of Fame’s collection of more than 2,000 baseball cards exhibited in its Shoebox Treasures exhibit has some new additions. Opened in May of 2019, the permanent exhibit showcases the history of baseball cards with displays and pullout drawers featuring some of the game’s memorable players and their cards. It’s now been updated to include 29 key new cards, … [Read more...]
Fractional Flashes: Rally Gets $17 Million; Collectable to Offer $100K Jordan
Rally, one of the fractional ownership platforms for pricey sports cards and memorabilia, has just received a $17 million cash injection from investors. According to Tech Crunch, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian is one of those who have pumped cash into Rally, which has nearly 200,000 users who use an app to buy shares of ownership in things like classic sports cars and … [Read more...]
Goldin Auctions Summer Tally: $11 Million
Summer officially ended Tuesday morning and the final “Summer Auction” of 2020 is over, too. Goldin Auctions closed out its two-day catalog sale late Monday night, with the sale of a 2009 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects Mike Trout Orange Refractor Autograph Card for $196,800. Numbered 24/25, the card was graded BGS 9.5/10. Its closing price followed … [Read more...]
New Goldin Auction Includes Over 1,600 Lots with 1/1 Giannis
Barely a week after the close of its Elite catalog, which netted the much publicized sale of the 2009 Bowman Chrome Mike Trout SuperFractor, Goldin Auctions has launched its next event. Their Late Summer Premium Auction opened Monday and is set to close over a two day period, September 20 and 21. This time, there are 1,643 lots, including hundreds of modern and … [Read more...]
Notes: All-Star Auction Still On; Trout on SuperFractor Sale, More
There’s no MLB All-Star Game this year but the annual All-Star Live auction event will go on. Delayed a couple of months, the 16th annual catalog sale will again be conducted by Hunt Auctions. It will include the personal collections of Vin Scully and Barry Larkin. Bidding will go live online Friday August 28 with the auction ending on September 23. We'll … [Read more...]
Goldin Set Company Record With 2-Day Elite Auction
Bidders spent $14 million at Goldin Auctions over the weekend, snapping up everything from Babe Ruth memorabilia to Zion Williamson's shoes. The record-setting two-part “Elite Auction” concluded on Sunday night, grossing about $14 million in sales for just 359 lots. The 2009 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects Mike Trout Superfractor was responsible for a large … [Read more...]
Mike Trout SuperFractor Becomes Highest Priced Sports Card Ever Sold
The title of world’s most expensive sports trading card changed hands late Saturday night when the 2009 Bowman Chrome SuperFractor Mike Trout card sold for a whopping $3.84 million. The card was sold by Goldin Auctions as part of its first “Elite” auction that included over 200 high-end sports cards and sports memorabilia items. There was no immediate word of the winning … [Read more...]
Numbers Game: Modern Cards Keep Crushing It
There was a time--not that long ago, really--when the most expensive baseball cards were old ones. Whether it was 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005 or even 2015, "record price" headlines were the unchallenged domain of T206 Wagners, Ruth rookies, '52 Mantles or Goudey Lajoies. No more. If you've been paying attention, you knew that already. The weekend sale of the … [Read more...]
Notes: NBC Chicago on Hot Hobby; CT Show; Topps Digicon; Vegas Dave on Trout
Sports card shops in small towns and big cities continue to do a brisk business. The hobby's booming start to the 2020s was the subject of a story on the newscast of the NBC affiliate in Chicago, which stopped by Elite Sports Cards. For the first time in five months, there was a show at the VFW in Plainville (CT) on Saturday. Local card show going on today … [Read more...]
Notes: Topps 3D Set; Beckett Grading Price Hike; Lucky Zion Pull; Auction Updates; Ali Torch Donation to IOC Not “The” One
Topps has produced a 3D set, featuring 100 cards from Series 1 and 2. It was posted on the company’s website Thursday afternoon and 12,500 packs of eight cards sold out in less than an hour. Like similar issues of the past, the cards are printed using lenticular technology, giving the illusion of movement. There are image variations for ten of the base … [Read more...]