Robert Edward Auctions is preparing its 2012 catalog, and unveiling a few items that collectors can expect to find in the phone book sized book when it hits doorsteps in April. Among the high end pieces that will be up for grabs are a 1916 Babe Ruth rookie card, the Babe’s last will and testament and a bat that dates from the 1923-25 period. REA raises the possibility that … [Read more...]
Over 4,000 Vintage Baseball Cards Offered in Big Set Break
Vintage card collectors will have a chance to put some serious dents in their want lists starting today when Memory Lane Inc. opens a special I Own it Now sale featuring over 4,000 PSA-graded cards from some of the hobby’s most iconic sets. It’s believed to be the largest private offering of such cards ever offered for sale. The cards span eight different decades—from the … [Read more...]
Super Collector’s Vintage Baseball Card Sets Now on the Market
Looking for a holiday gift for…yourself? Memory Lane has just launched a special I Own it Now catalog, featuring dozens of the finest decades-old baseball card sets ever pieced together. They are being made available for the first time and likely represent the highest graded group of vintage sets to be offered at one time. Consigned from of one of the hobby’s … [Read more...]
Dr. J Items Bring $3.5 Million; Gehrig Bat $403,664 for SCP
Over 140 items from Julius Erving's career sold for $3.5 million in SCP Auctions' latest catalog. The auction was scheduled to close Saturday night but finally concluded after aggressive bidding in the extended period pushed into the early morning hours of Sunday. In all, the auction generated $6.5 million and featured several one-of-a-kind pieces of baseball memorabilia as … [Read more...]
Editor’s Blog: Gehrig Bat, Yankee Stuff, Tainted Ring
What may be the last Yankee home run bat used by Lou Gehrig has been bid up past $107,000 in SCP Auctions' catalog sale. The bat, used in spring training 1939, was given to Bing Russell, grandfather of actor Kurt Russell and a young regular in the team dugout immediately after Gehrig crossed the plate on a trip north just prior to the start of what would be his final regular … [Read more...]
T206 Doyle Error to Be Auctioned
The collection of a long-time hobbyist who passed away last year has been consigned to Robert Edward Auctions and will be offered in the company's spring 2012 catalog. The Joe Pelaez (1931-2010) collection includes a rare T206 "Slow Joe" Doyle "N.Y. Nat'l" error card. One of less than ten believed to exist, the card has been graded PSA 3 and is part of a large accumulation of … [Read more...]
Are You a Coollector? New Site Offers Free Listings, Organizing
You can add another new marketplace for organizing buying, selling and trading collectibles online. Coollectors.com (that's an extra 'o') launched earlier this month, offering its activity free of charge. The site is targeting the general collectors' community as well as professionals looking to expand their collection or to sell collectibles. Several different types of … [Read more...]
1933 All-Star Game Unused Ticket Tops Memory Lane Auction
The only known unused ticket from Major League Baseball’s first All-Star Game, played in 1933, sold for $19,136 early Sunday morning in Memory Lane’s Summer 2011 Auction. The ticket cost the original buyer who couldn’t make it to the game that day $1.65. It carried PSA authentication and began with a $3500 minimum bid when the auction opened earlier this month. The ticket … [Read more...]
SCP Will Begin Monthly Auctions
One of the hobby's major auction houses will launch a new division next week. Southern California-based SCP Auctions says it will start holding monthly online auctions to complement its regular catalog events. SCP says it will expand its range of auction services with the evolution of “SCP Monthly.” “While SCP continues to strive to bring collectors the best of the best … [Read more...]
T206 Eddie Plank Brings $193,768
One of the ten best T206 Eddie Plank cards known to exist sold for nearly $200,000 in Goodwin & Company's latest catalog auction. The card, considered one of the four scarcest cards in the famed T206 set, generated 20 bids including a $20,000 opener before selling for $193,768 including the company's buyer's premium. It's among the highest prices ever paid for a card … [Read more...]