A PSA 9 1915 Cracker Jack Ty Cobb, a 1916 Famous & Barr Babe Ruth rookie card and a mint Hank Aaron rookie are among the vintage trading cards up for grabs in the Heritage Premium Sportscard Auction. The Cobb is one of only three Mint 9s in existence and carries a current high bid of $190,000 with 11 days left in the bidding. It's expected the card will sell … [Read more...]
Five Key 1915 Cracker Jack Cards Not Found In 1914 Set
The E145 Cracker Jack 1914 and 1915 sets are very similar and are two of the more iconic baseball card sets ever produced. A recent consignment of a previously unknown collection of 1914 cards put the focus back on these back-to-back sets. The '14 set was only available in boxes of Cracker Jack while the '15 set could be ordered through a mail-in offer. Both sets … [Read more...]
MHCC’s Amped Up Extra Innings Auction Includes Nearly 600 Lots
Mile High Card Company launched its latest ‘Extra Innings’ auction on Wednesday afternoon, but this one is a little different. “Our Extra Innings auctions are usually targeted to the more modest collector,” said MHCC President and CEO Brian Drent, “But we’ve acquired such a large amount of advanced material recently that some consignors have requested we promote their … [Read more...]
Behold! 5 Hobby Holy Grail Alternatives for Budget-Minded Collectors
Unless Santa owes you a really big favor or you have a really close, really wealthy friend who wants to give you the gift of a lifetime, you’re probably not going to find one of the most valuable baseball cards under your tree tonight or tomorrow. So maybe your significant other can’t afford to give you a T206 Honus Wagner for Christmas nor can you afford to buy one with … [Read more...]
Cobb, Young, Wagner, Mantle Highlight New Just Collect Auction
Dozens of rare and high grade vintage cards, including a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle, T206 Cy Young and 1915 Cracker Jack Ty Cobb are being offered at auction this week as Just Collect brings some of its major recent purchases to market. The company’s auction runs through Sunday night on eBay, with bidding now underway. Many of the cards being offered originated in the … [Read more...]
Build a Great Lou Gehrig Collection on a Budget
The name Lou Gehrig evokes so many different thoughts -- his streak, his speech, his bravery. He is revered by collectors and casual fans alike, making him one of those rare players with appeal inside and outside collecting circles. The wide-ranging interest and fascination, high-demand by collectors and non-collectors as well as very few items which bare his likeness – … [Read more...]
High Grade Sets and Near Sets, Staubach Navy Jersey Highlight Mile High Auction
Colorado-based Mile High Card Company launches its annual holiday Premium Catalog auction today featuring a game-used Roger Staubach Navy football jersey and a hundreds of high grade and rare sports cards and sports memorabilia. The catalog auction marks the first time Mile High has ever conducted four catalog auctions in a single calendar year. “It truly has been a fun … [Read more...]
Editor’s Blog: $15 Cracker Jack Find Sells for $46K; New Card Shop Opens; Leaf’s New Hire
Remember that near set of 1915 Cracker Jack cards that we wrote about last month? Found in a Kansas farm auction in 1979, the cards stayed with the couple who uncovered them inside an old board game until just a few weeks ago. Now living in the state of Washington, they consigned them to a local auction house. Word got out and Tuesday night, the collection of primarily low … [Read more...]
Acquired in Local Auction for $15, 1915 Cracker Jack Set Will Bring Thousands
It’s one of those hidden treasures stories that seemed oh so common a few decades ago. A husband and wife driving across the Midwest, stop at an auction in Kansas. They buy a stack of board games no one else wants for $15, get home and open them up and come across a collection of really old baseball cards stuck in the bottom of one of the boxes. Not sports memorabilia … [Read more...]
The Cracker Jack Collection Book Celebrates Sweet Treat and Its 2 Card Sets
If you loved caramel, the first part of the 20th century was a good time to collect baseball cards. The little pictures of ballplayers were the early premiums of their day, handed out with purchases of the sweet confection. In 1914 and ’15, you also got one in a box of Cracker Jacks. One of the earliest ‘food issues’, the square cards picture some of the greatest players of … [Read more...]