A forgotten cache of unopened boxes and packs of decades-old baseball, football and basketball cards turned turned into a high six-figure windfall for a Tennessee-based consignor early Friday morning as Mile High Card Company's auction came to a close. As we first reported last month, the group was headlined by a one-of-a-kind partial box of 19 packs of 1948 … [Read more...]
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Huge High-Grade 1950s Find Includes Crazy Haul of HOFers
It's the kind of find that will make a vintage card collector drool. Someone inherits a stash of 1950s baseball cards but doesn’t want them. You can tell they came from the original collection of a kid from the 1950s, because even the superstar cards like Ted Williams have rubber bands bundled around them. Dealers buy 1950s era cards from the public on a regular basis … [Read more...]
Partial Box of 1948 Bowman Baseball Discovered; Set for Auction
What appears to be the only surviving partial box of 1948 Bowman baseball packs has been discovered and consigned to Mile High Card Company’s June Auction. The ’48 Bowman packs are the headliner in a one-owner collection that certainly stands among one of the most significant finds of unopened material ever offered. Mile High President and CEO Brian Drent … [Read more...]
Sheriff Discovers Uncle’s Hidden Collection
We think we know our family members but sometimes they have secrets we don’t discover until after they’re gone. Rodney Wright was helping family members sort through his late uncle’s estate when he came upon a safety deposit box. What was inside led him to discover his uncle was a passionate sports collector—and not just the kind who had monster boxes full of junk era … [Read more...]
Notes: Vintage Sales and a Find; Cobb Cards Featured; Ruth Auction
A PSA 7 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle sold on eBay this week via PWCC Auctions for $161,100. High-grade ’52 Mantle cards are now experiencing some wild price swings. Another PSA 7 sold for $227,050 in November via Heritage Auctions. Prior to those two sales, the last one had brought $46,250 in May of 2014—less than two years ago. The last three public sales of a PSA 6? … [Read more...]
Million Dollar Find in a Paper Bag
The population of one of the rarest baseball cards in the world has grown by seven after an amazing discovery in the rural South. Only about 15 of the rare 1909-1911 T206 Ty Cobb variation, distributed only in tins of the short-lived Ty Cobb Tobacco product, were known to exist until a family began going through the belongings of a family’s deceased great-grandfather. While … [Read more...]
Notes: Fanatics’ Churchill Deal; Old Baseball Stuff Found; Graphers Miffed
Churchill Downs has reached a multi-year agreement with Fanatics to exclusively operate both online and on-site retail for the Kentucky Derby race weekend, starting with the 2016 event. Fanatics, which holds several sports card shows around the country each year and has exclusive autograph deals with several star athletes, will aim to increase sales by adding additional … [Read more...]
Elements of ‘Tucson Find’ in Small Traditions’ Football Only Auction
Part of a massive collection of nearly 4,000 binders full of complete sets and singles consigned by a long-time Arizona collector is on the auction block. Colorado-based Small Traditions is handling the modern era portion of the collection, a comprehensive hoard that includes multiple sets, complete with all inserts, errors and other variations, spanning all brands from all … [Read more...]
Landing Deals Close to Home Can Be Profitable
Sports card collecting and dealing often go hand in hand. From an early age, our cardboard obsession has taught us to place a value on certain pieces, and then trade them for something that we would rather have. For many, collecting has served as a gateway drug to dealing in cards. After a ten year hiatus from the hobby, I got back into it for the love of it all. Before I … [Read more...]
Notes: Abandoned Cards, Building Sold at Auction
Remember that old building in Michigan where dozens of pallets and boxes of abandoned sports cards were discovered? It’s been sold—contents included. While pictures and follow up stories by local media seemed to indicate there wasn’t a lot of valuable material, some local “entrepreneurs” who had been helping themselves apparently did find some stuff they were able to … [Read more...]
