A 1915 Boston Red Sox team photo with Babe Ruth—with a pose you may have never seen before—makes its Hobby debut next week. The photo featuring a young Ruth with his Sox teammates shows plenty of wear, but it’s the only known PSA Type I photo of its kind. It’ll be among the featured attractions in Mile High Card Company’s Summer Catalog Auction, set to open … [Read more...] about Newly Uncovered 1915 Red Sox Photo with Ruth, Vintage Greats to Headline MHCC Auction
E121 American Caramel
Cases of Modern Football, Ruth Cards Kick off Wheatland Sale
A dozen sealed cases of Panini’s higher end football products join nearly 500 other lots of vintage and modern cards and memorabilia in Wheatland Auctions’ first event of 2023. The Pennsylvania based company’s online catalog includes all four lower to mid-grade copies of the four Babe Ruth cards in the 1933 Goudey set, one of the highest SGC graded 1922 E121 American Caramel … [Read more...] about Cases of Modern Football, Ruth Cards Kick off Wheatland Sale
Notes: Free Money from eBay; Rare Ruth Sells; Gordie’s Old Neighbor Consigns Howe Red Wings Jersey
eBay is offering a holiday season gift to users. From now through December 28, those who buy a gift card in the amount of $100 will receive a $10 gift card free. The offer is limited to the first 120,000 customers and is only available in the U.S. The company says gift cards will be mailed within three days. You can check out the offer … [Read more...] about Notes: Free Money from eBay; Rare Ruth Sells; Gordie’s Old Neighbor Consigns Howe Red Wings Jersey
Heritage Hits Holiday with Sports Showcase Auction
It'll come to a close about as close to Christmas as any auction can. The final Sports Showcase Auction of the year at Heritage closes on Sat., Dec. 23, with a focus mostly on items in the $100 to $10,000 range. Despite the less pricey nature of the sale, there are plenty of icons and rare cards to be had. The catalog's top item is a 1921 E121 American Caramel Babe Ruth … [Read more...] about Heritage Hits Holiday with Sports Showcase Auction
New Stash Of Super Scarce 1921 Herpolsheimer Cards Found In Band-Aid Box Headed To Love Of The Game Auctions
Who knew that a stash from one of the hobby's rarest sets would be found in a Band-Aid box? A stack of 39 cards from the 1921 Herpolsheimer issue — including nine previously unknown examples — will be part of Love of the Game’s upcoming auction, which begins next week. Between the PSA and SGC population reports, only 105 Herpolsheimer's cards have been authenticated and … [Read more...] about New Stash Of Super Scarce 1921 Herpolsheimer Cards Found In Band-Aid Box Headed To Love Of The Game Auctions
New Record Prices for T206 Honus Wagner; Michael Jordan Card, Bryant Jersey
A T206 Honus Wagner sold for a record $3.75 million late Saturday, setting a new record price for the world's most famous baseball card, regardless of condition. The price for the PSA 2 copy offered by Goldin Auctions surpassed the $3.25 million paid for a PSA 3 Wagner in a private transaction conducted by Mile High Card Company last October. In February, a Wagner card … [Read more...] about New Record Prices for T206 Honus Wagner; Michael Jordan Card, Bryant Jersey
Yahtzee! 1914 Texas Tommy Find Includes Cobb, Jackson
Tucked away in an old Yahtzee game box for years, a fabulous new find of early 20th century baseball cards will come to auction this summer. SCP Auctions will offer the collection, which includes over 432 cards, highlighted by the first 1914 E224 Texas Tommy Ty Cobb ever to be graded and just the second graded Texas Tommy card of Shoeless Joe Jackson. The Jackson … [Read more...] about Yahtzee! 1914 Texas Tommy Find Includes Cobb, Jackson
Top-End T206 Plank, Other Vintage Cards Join Historic Photos at Auction
One of the hobby’s best known examples of the rare T206 Eddie Plank card has hit the auction block. Hunt Auctions is leading off its year-ending Premier Internet Auction with an SGC 5 (EX) example of one of the hobby’s most sought after pre-War cards with a pre-sale estimate of $250,000-$400,000. SGC has graded only one Plank at a higher level (a 5.5) while … [Read more...] about Top-End T206 Plank, Other Vintage Cards Join Historic Photos at Auction
Scoresheet from Wilt’s 100-Point Game, Big O’s Olympic Memorabilia Pace SCP Sale
A signed score sheet from Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game in 1962 sold for $214,579 early Sunday morning as SCP Auctions wrapped up its Spring Auction. Consigned by a friend of the late Toby DeLuca, who kept score for Philadelphia Warriors radio announcer Bill Campbell, the sheet chronicled Chamberlain's still unsurpassed scoring night from a game against the New York … [Read more...] about Scoresheet from Wilt’s 100-Point Game, Big O’s Olympic Memorabilia Pace SCP Sale
SCP Auctions Opens Spring Catalog with Oscar, Wilt, Ozzie, Vintage Cards
The newly-crowned finest set of 1922 American Caramel E121 baseball cards joins items from the collection of Basketball Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson and Baseball Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith among the headliners in SCP Auctions’ Spring Catalog Auction. The event kicks off the company's 40th anniversary. Launched Wednesday, the auction also includes a score sheet from … [Read more...] about SCP Auctions Opens Spring Catalog with Oscar, Wilt, Ozzie, Vintage Cards