The young person who collected them a century ago made sure to lightly brand most of them as his own but that simple, light pencil script on the backs didn't deter bidders from chasing what's believed to be the only 1917 Collins-McCarthy baseball card set ever offered at auction. Lelands sold the complete set, issued by a San Francisco candy maker, for $107,460 early … [Read more...]
Vintage Game Jerseys Among Top Sellers at REA
Three 1960s-era game jerseys from former sports icons combined to sell for $240,000 in Robert Edward Auctions' Summer catalog sale Sunday night. It was REA's first Summer Auction after the company announced a move from two to three major catalog sales per year. A 1969 Ernie Banks pinstriped Chicago Cubs home jersey rated 9.5 by MEARS led the way at $99,000. … [Read more...]
Photo of the Day: Carl Horner’s Lens Captures Frank Bonner
Google the name "Frank Bonner" and your first results focus on the actor who played Herb Tarlek in the hilarious sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati from 1978-81. If baseball's Frank Bonner had taken his job a little more seriously, things might have been different. Born in Lowell, MA four years after President Lincoln's assassination, Bonner stood just 5'7 1/2" but worked his … [Read more...]
Historic Baseball Photos Generate Strong Prices in Hunt Auctions Sale
The market for high quality, original photographs continues to sizzle. Several classic and rare images brought five-figure prices in the Premier Live event conducted by Hunt Auctions on Wednesday. The sale of hundreds of photos was led by a Type III Ty Cobb image—the same one used to create one of his T206 cards—which sold for $44,062. A Carl Horner studio … [Read more...]
Original Carl Horner Image of Honus Wagner Hits Auction Block
You’re familiar with the artwork that became the most famous baseball card ever made, but what about the photograph? A few original images of Honus Wagner produced inside Carl Horner’s Boston studio in 1903 have survived to this day and one of them is on the auction block where bidders are already circling. The 3 ½ x 4 ¾” image of Wagner, dressed in his buttoned-up … [Read more...]
Copy of Ed Walsh’s T206 Photo Up for Auction
Photographer Carl Horner might be best known for taking the picture of Honus Wagner that became the world’s most expensive baseball card but that wasn’t the only Horner image to grace the T206 set. Another of those original images that became a card is on the block through RMY Auctions. A silver gelatin portrait of Chicago White Sox pitching ace Ed Walsh in uniform … [Read more...]