You've read plenty of stories about the T206 Honus Wagner. The hobby's most famous cards has an interesting, if not totally understood back story, and the famous colorful Carl Horner image that's known even by those who don't own a single baseball card. It is not, however, Wagner's rarest card. Not by a long shot. Other Wagner cards arrived on the market … [Read more...] about T20-Who? Rare Breisch-Williams Wagner Coming to Auction
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Notes: Goldin Results; LeBron vs Giannis; REA Encore Opens; PSA-Whatnot on Funko Deal
The “Hand of God” ball is not changing hands. For the second time in a few months, the controversial ball Diego Maradona knocked into the net at the 1986 World Cup to help Argentina beat England didn’t meet its seven-figure reserve price. Goldin Auctions did sell a 2003-04 Topps Chrome Gold Refractor #111 LeBron James Rookie Card (#02/50) graded PSA 10 for … [Read more...] about Notes: Goldin Results; LeBron vs Giannis; REA Encore Opens; PSA-Whatnot on Funko Deal
Family’s Long Search for Rare Card of Great Grandfather Ends Happily
One Oregon family’s history includes a relative that played big league baseball more than 100 years ago. William “Klondike” Douglass had a baseball card, too. The trouble is, it was part of one of the rarest, most desirable pre-War sets ever made. In fact, you can count the known number of 1903 Breisch-Williams cards of the Philadelphia Phillies catcher on … [Read more...] about Family’s Long Search for Rare Card of Great Grandfather Ends Happily
Pre-War Standouts Headline Memory Lane Spring Break Rarities Auction
A T206 Old Mill Ty Cobb PSA 8, a near set of the hobby’s “monster” and a rarely offered PSA 9 1939 Play Ball Ted Williams rookie card will lead off Memory Lane’s Spring Break Rarities catalog when bidding opens this week. That trio of lots is just the start of a 1,000 item auction that has everything from rare Babe Ruth cards to Tom Brady rookies. Bidding is set to … [Read more...] about Pre-War Standouts Headline Memory Lane Spring Break Rarities Auction
1903 Breisch-Williams Honus Wagner Much Rarer Than T206
Think ‘rare Honus Wagner card’ and your thoughts may immediately steer toward the famous T206 Carl Horner image and the well-known commentary that always accompanies it. Yet there’s another Wagner card from that first decade of the 20th century that might change your definition. And one of them is up for auction now. The 1903 Breisch-Williams E107 Wagner offered by Robert … [Read more...] about 1903 Breisch-Williams Honus Wagner Much Rarer Than T206
M101-4 Ruth, 1933 Goudey Break Up Headlines MHCC Auction
Mile High Card Company’s latest catalog auction opens Monday, featuring a 1916 M101-4 Sporting News Babe Ruth rookie card graded SGC 60, a high-grade 1933 Goudey Baseball set including the rare Nap Lajoie that will be sold card-by-card and the second best 1961 Topps Baseball set on PSA’s Set Registry. The Ruth card is well-centered without the print lines that are present on … [Read more...] about M101-4 Ruth, 1933 Goudey Break Up Headlines MHCC Auction
Grammar Police No Match for Wee Willie’s Cards
There is word many of us use that is sure not grammatically correct. That word is ain’t and it has been a bane for educators and other erudite people for a long, long time. In baseball terms, the word “ain’t” shows up in two of the most famous quotes in history. The first is probably a bit apocryphal as after giving testimony before a Chicago grand jury in 1920 … [Read more...] about Grammar Police No Match for Wee Willie’s Cards
For E107 Collectors, Big Ed Equals Big Bucks
Much is still unknown about the humid early July night on which Ed Delahanty met his sudden and untimely end. However, one thing is for certain, as 'Big Ed' tumbled down Niagara Falls the last thing on his mind was how it would affect his trading card prices in the century to come. Delahanty holds a special place among pre-war card collectors, and now 110 years after his death, … [Read more...] about For E107 Collectors, Big Ed Equals Big Bucks