We've screened the HBO Real Sports segment on the collecting boom that's scheduled to air tomorrow night. It runs about 14 1/2 minutes and is probably worth your time. Correspondent Jon Frankel talks with Adam Ripps, a recent high school graduate who built a $3 million collection over the last six years by buying and re-selling cards, starting with Giannis … [Read more...] about Notes: HBO Collecting Story Preview; $2 Million Brady; Heritage Bullish After Auction; Dodgers Collection, USFL Miscuts
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Notes: Bloomberg on Hobby Topics; HOF Happenings; Heritage Hires Maddalena
Found money. Found big money. The hubbub over Michael Jordan rookie cards is going to put some cash into the pockets of folks who may have forgotten they had one. Bloomberg News caught up with one such 50-year-old in a story that also examined the financial ends of cards as alternative investments, the somewhat controversial buyout proposal for Collectors … [Read more...] about Notes: Bloomberg on Hobby Topics; HOF Happenings; Heritage Hires Maddalena
Dodgers World Series Championship Memorabilia, Gift Guide
Even if you're an arch-rival, you can't argue. L.A. is the city of champions in 2020. Earlier in the month, the Lakers broke through for the first time in ten years and now, after 32 years, the city's baseball team has another title. Not surprisingly, it's expected there will be plenty of Dodgers World Series championship memorabilia and merchandise sold … [Read more...] about Dodgers World Series Championship Memorabilia, Gift Guide
Notes: Topps’ Now Dodgers Sets; New KY Card Shop, Top NBA Jersey Auctions, More
Topps Now has released several cards commemorating the Dodgers’ Game 6 victory in the World Series (and yes, there’s one of Blake Snell). They’re available until Thursday afternoon. There are relic card versions and autographs from World Series MVP Corey Seager, but those could be gone by the time you read this. They also released details on the … [Read more...] about Notes: Topps’ Now Dodgers Sets; New KY Card Shop, Top NBA Jersey Auctions, More
Dodger Fan’s Collection Takes Over His House
Collecting Dodgers stuff has been a lifelong passion for one man. Allen actually grew up right across the street from Ebbets Field, then wound up in Southern California. It started with baseball cards and programs and grew into something that has essentially taken over his home: 250,000 pieces in all. Bob DeCastro of Fox LA did a live segment for the station’s … [Read more...] about Dodger Fan’s Collection Takes Over His House
Vin Scully Talks Career Memorabilia on CBS Sunday Morning
Vin Scully understands there are important pieces of baseball history in the auction containing over 300 items from his decades-long broadcasting career. He’s been a witness to some and been a part of others. “It’s not just a collection of cold, inanimate objects,” Scully told the Associated Press recently. “There are things that mean a great deal to me, but now … [Read more...] about Vin Scully Talks Career Memorabilia on CBS Sunday Morning
Vin Scully Collection Up For Bid In All-Star Auction
Without a doubt, Vin Scully is the gold standard for baseball broadcasting. His 67-year career calling play-by-play for Dodgers games, first in Brooklyn, and then in Los Angeles, is testament to that. “The Fordham Thrush with a .400 larynx,” Los Angeles Times columnist Jim Murray once wrote. “The best ever,” fellow broadcaster Ernie Harwell said in 2009. In addition to … [Read more...] about Vin Scully Collection Up For Bid In All-Star Auction
Decades-Old Dodgers Financial Documents at Auction
A trove of financial documents for the Dodgers from 1924-1965 which belonged to minority owner James A. Mulvey are on the auction block. Consigned to Nate D. Sanders Auctions directly by the Mulvey family, the never before seen data includes reports prepared by the Dodgers' accounting firm, with detailed income statements and balance sheets, usually on a quarterly or … [Read more...] about Decades-Old Dodgers Financial Documents at Auction
Notes: Collector Has 250,000 Dodgers Items; HOF’s Card Giveaway; Harden’s Chinese-Style Gamer
He grew up near Ebbets Field in Brooklyn so there really was no doubt which big league baseball team he’d root for, but decades later, he’s still connected to the Dodgers through a collection that’s hard to beat. He lives in Riverside, CA now and is a collector who has a lot of everything, from rare baseball cards (vintage and current) to historic programs to bats and the … [Read more...] about Notes: Collector Has 250,000 Dodgers Items; HOF’s Card Giveaway; Harden’s Chinese-Style Gamer
Notes: Black Sox Photo Sells; Ruth Letter; Ali Collection to Auction; Dodgers Museum
An original Charles Conlon photo of the 1919 Chicago Black Sox outfield including Joe Jackson sold for $16,450 early Sunday in RMY Auctions’ online auction. The 6 ½ x 8 ½” image also showed fellow gambler Happy Felsh as well as clean players Nemo Leibold and Shano Collins, posing together before the start of the ill-fated series. A similar photo of the Sox infield, … [Read more...] about Notes: Black Sox Photo Sells; Ruth Letter; Ali Collection to Auction; Dodgers Museum