His story has made the rounds now. Andrew Goldberg’s quest to collect a ticket or stub from every one of Michael Jordan’s NBA games first appeared on Yahoo Sports. We took you to that story last week and USA Today picked it up this week. To get to know the collection really well, though, you need to see it. Will Manso of WPLG-TV in Palm Beach caught up with him for a … [Read more...]
Notes: MJ Ticket Collector; Wax Pack Book Now No. 1; Giants Archives
You can collect his cards (which are smoking hot right now), his autographs (still pretty pricey) or his store bought shoes (a totally different market). Andrew Goldberg collects Michael Jordan ticket stubs. The Chicago native and Miami-based marketing consultant grew up watching Jordan and even went to a few games but it wasn't until adulthood that he … [Read more...]
Lone Complete Run of MLB All-Star Tickets Could Fetch Six Figures
A complete run of 1933-2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game tickets, never before presented for sale, will be offered during Heritage Auctions’ Platinum Night Auction next month. The complete run in the PSA Set Registry is comprised of tickets for 83 years of All-Star Game history, as well as all Home Run Derby and workout events from recent years, and the double games … [Read more...]
Rescued from Dumpster, Historic NFL Ticket Heads to Auction
To someone with no sense of history it was just junk—a ticket to a football game long since passed. To collectors, it might be the holy grain of pro football tickets. Serious collectors of pre-war football memorabilia will get a chance to own it in February as Heritage Auctions offers the only known full ticket from the 1933 NFL Championship game, the very first playoff … [Read more...]
New Book A Big Ticket For Stub Collectors
For ticket collectors, Russ Havens’ new self-published book is the ultimate stub hub. The “2016 Illustrated Ticket Stub Price Guide” was released last month. It’s a colorful, 136-page book that displays a cross-section of more than 700 event tickets throughout history. The subject matter is mostly sports — the World Series, Super Bowl, college bowl games, championship boxing … [Read more...]