Whether performing at home or on the road, Ernie Banks always believed it was a beautiful day to play baseball. Game-worn jerseys of the beloved Chicago Cubs star generate interest when they come to auction, and SCP Auctions is offering a flannel from the bittersweet 1969 season. The road jersey will be part of the company's 2019 Summer Premier sale in … [Read more...] about Newly Uncovered 1969 Ernie Banks Jersey Coming to SCP Auctions
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Illinois Shop Owner Hits Jackpot with Purchase of Ultimate Cubs Card Collection
Brad Parvin is not a fan of the team, but the Illinois card shop owner now owns of the most incredible collections of Chicago Cubs cards, team-issued photos, pins and other memorabilia. From Cap Anson to Kris Bryant, including Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown and Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance, and from the 1887 Old Judge set to modern-day Topps, it’s all there. Virtually every … [Read more...] about Illinois Shop Owner Hits Jackpot with Purchase of Ultimate Cubs Card Collection
Items from Christie’s Baseball Auction on Display in Chicago
Millions of dollars worth of vintage baseball memorabilia goes on the block next month when Christie’s hosts “The Golden Age of Baseball” memorabilia auction. Now, select items from a pair of catalogs being distributed to bidders is out on tour. The private collection of artifacts includes over 250 items plus another catalog with rare, original baseball … [Read more...] about Items from Christie’s Baseball Auction on Display in Chicago
Ernie Banks’ Hall of Fame Ring, Other Memorabilia at Auction
Ernie Banks never earned a World Series ring, but next weekend some of the other awards from his career will be up for grabs after a lengthy legal battle over ownership. Banks’ 1977 Hall of Fame induction ring is among several pieces being sold to the highest bidder by Heritage Auctions. The items are being sold by the estate of “Mr Cub,” who died at … [Read more...] about Ernie Banks’ Hall of Fame Ring, Other Memorabilia at Auction
Weekend Notes: Red Sox Fan Can’t Stomach Valuable Yankee Ball
Quite a story behind an autographed baseball we’ll see come to auction later this spring. It involves a young boy’s visit to a big league clubhouse in the early 1960s where he met two icons despite his allegiance to the Boston Red Sox and autographed baseball he gave away that miraculously boomeranged back to him more than 45 years later. David Seideman caught up … [Read more...] about Weekend Notes: Red Sox Fan Can’t Stomach Valuable Yankee Ball
PSA 10 Mikan Rookie, DiMaggio Uniform, Gehrig Bat Top SCP Auctions Catalog
SCP Auctions’ 2015 Fall Premier online auction opened for bidding Wednesday, highlighted by a 1948 George Mikan Bowman rookie card, the only one of its kind that’s been graded Gem Mint 10 by PSA; Joe DiMaggio’s 1951 game-worn Yankees road uniform from his final season; a previously unknown and impeccably preserved Ernie Banks 1969 Cubs Roads jersey; and a one-of-a-kind 1957-58 … [Read more...] about PSA 10 Mikan Rookie, DiMaggio Uniform, Gehrig Bat Top SCP Auctions Catalog
Ball from ’92 US Dream Team Sets Auction Record
A basketball signed by members of the 1992 U.S. Olympic Dream Team from the Chuck Daly Estate Collection sold for $230,041 to tally the highest bid in SCP Auctions’ Mid-Summer Classic, which concluded early Sunday morning. The multi-signed, painted basketball (autographed by 11 players including Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird plus Coach Daly) was used in the U.S. … [Read more...] about Ball from ’92 US Dream Team Sets Auction Record
Banks, Williams Jerseys, Championship Awards Part of SCP Booth Display
One of the best things about the National Sports Collectors Convention is the opportunity to see some rare and interesting items up close. At this year’s Chicago extravaganza, SCP Auctions will display more than a dozen high-end pieces. In addition to Ernie Banks’ photo-matched and very well- preserved 1968 Chicago Cubs home jersey, the display will include the bat Mr. Cub … [Read more...] about Banks, Williams Jerseys, Championship Awards Part of SCP Booth Display
PSA to Give Away Mint Jordan Rookie Card at NSCC
PSA will give away a 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan rookie card and signed items from two other local sports icons at this year’s National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago. PSA will also have high-grade master card collections focusing on Jordan, Walter Payton and Ernie Banks on display and offer special rates for items submitted at the show for authentication and … [Read more...] about PSA to Give Away Mint Jordan Rookie Card at NSCC
Ernie Banks Baseball Cards: 14 Great Ones to Remember Him By
For 18 seasons, his face was somewhere inside those wax wrappers, perched below a powdery stick of bubble gum. Ernie Banks baseball cards were as certain in summer as cookouts, cutoffs and car washes. His career began just three years after Joe DiMaggio’s ended and wrapped up a year before Mike Schmidt’s began. To heck with Honus Wagner. For Cub fans, his … [Read more...] about Ernie Banks Baseball Cards: 14 Great Ones to Remember Him By