Ordinarily, a T206 Honus Wagner card would headline just about any auction in which it appeared and the latest copy to come to market is on the cover of the catalog...but it's not the only hobby titan inside. The same sale also features one of the best Babe Ruth rookie cards in the world. Bidding for each has already pushed into seven figures with nearly three weeks … [Read more...]
Notes: HOF Election; Topps News; CSG Update, More
The 2021 Baseball Hall of Fame class will have no one in it. None of the candidates were named on enough ballots to garner the required 75 percent and so there will be no class of 2021. The inevitable bump in rookie card prices of potential new members heated up with pre-announcement talk that Scott Rolen might be elected, but the former Phillie and Cardinal third baseman … [Read more...]
Jeter to Get Transcendent Treatment
Topps' recent deal with Derek Jeter is spawning a new, high-end release but they won't exactly be widely distributed. The Topps Transcendent Captain's Collection will be limited to just 40 boxes with each containing a small mountain of Jeter-centric content including 14 autographs of the Hall of Fame shortstop. That would indicate Jeter has signed 560 total cards … [Read more...]
Humble Home to Hobby King: Fresh Aaron Rookie Hits Big Price in MHCC Sale
The consignor was looking to sell his collection and showed up unannounced at Mile High Card Company’s Denver area offices with binders full of nice vintage baseball card sets. Inside one of them was a 1954 Topps Hank Aaron rookie card that looked like it had been pulled from a pack that morning. Incredibly, the top of the valuable card was sticking out of … [Read more...]
Notes: Pittsburgh Show Postponed; SP Jeter Nets $140K; Rogers Pal Gets Prison
A fifth major sports card and memorabilia show is off the spring calendar in the wake of the Coronavirus. Mainline Autographs’ Jim DiCandilo, promoter of the Pittsburgh Show in Monroeville, announced Thursday that the event would be postponded following the latest recommendations from the CDC and Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf. The show will instead take place … [Read more...]
Topps’ Jeter Vault: Images from Earliest Baseball Card Shoot Up for Auction
Images taken by a photographer during Derek Jeter’s days as the New York Yankees top prospect are up for auction through the Topps Vault archives. Three 2 x 2-inch slide negatives of Jeter taken prior to the arrival of his first Topps cards in 1993 are among dozens of such items that are part of the company’s ongoing eBay sales. In one photo, a teenage Jeter is holding a … [Read more...]
Ranking Derek Jeter’s Rookie Cards as Yankee Icon Gets Hall of Fame Call
He was still only 18 when the photos for what became his first licensed baseball cards were taken and after a less than stellar start to his pro career, he was only the 44th best prospect in baseball in the spring of 1993. Derek Jeter rookie cards arrived that year and there were eight in all--more if you're willing to count the variations that don't officially get … [Read more...]
Notes: Jeter Card Brings $202k; NBA Draft Class Bobbleheads; New Shop; New Exhibit
It’s a 1990s name, but the price is definitely 2019. A 1996 Select Certified Mirror Gold rookie card of Derek Jeter graded PSA 10 sold for a whopping $202,102 at auction late last week. The first of two 10s awarded by PSA in the 23 years since the card was produced as a rare insert, the card generated 88 bids in an auction conducted by PWCC. Interested bidders … [Read more...]
Grading Companies Give Much Needed Boost to Junk Wax Era
Broadly defined as baseball cards produced from the late 1980s through the early 1990s, the "Junk Wax Era" is often cited as a primary reason for the crash of the industry felt in the late 1990s. The gist is that cards produced during that time were usually printed in far greater quantities than many collectors believed. As a result, supply became much greater than demand. That … [Read more...]
Notes: Jeter SP Soars; MHCC’s New Auction; Live Case Break Opens Shop
A PSA 10 1993 Upper Deck SP Derek Jeter rookie card is on the auction block and has already set a new record for the grade, sitting at $66,200 with the auction not set to conclude until mid-week. The SP Jeter has become the future Hall of Famer’s most popular—and pricey-- rookie card and ranks is among the most valuable cards of a modern era in high-grade. There … [Read more...]