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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]