Descendants of a former Goudey employee are feeling like the person who wins a lottery two times. The employees’ grandchildren found more than 20 high-grade Babe Ruth cards from a stash of 1933 Goudeys that were auctioned off in mid-November. Recently they struck gold again, stumbling into more than 150 Goudeys from 1933 and 1934 in two plastic cases that were hidden in an … [Read more...] about Spectacular Find of 1930s Goudey Cards Includes Lajoies, Ruth, Gehrig
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Notes: Cabrera’s 3000th Hit Ball, NOW Cards; Raw Goudeys; Nashville Show; Shop Burglary
Miguel Cabrera is now a member of the 3,000 hit club. Thankfully for the Tigers, the hit didn't come on a homer into the stands but a single in the first inning and so the ball was quickly recovered. History made in Detroit. Miguel Cabrera’s 3,000th career hit has been collected and authenticated. Welcome to the 3,000 Hit Club, Miggy! … [Read more...] about Notes: Cabrera’s 3000th Hit Ball, NOW Cards; Raw Goudeys; Nashville Show; Shop Burglary
Notes: Brady, Stafford Records; Heritage Total; Home Renovation Reveals Card Wall
Tom Brady officially called it quits on Tuesday, hanging it up after a career no one could have imagined for a sixth round draft pick. Brady’s cards have been the hobby’s hottest in recent years with new records falling on a regular basis. A BGS 9.5/10 2000 Brady Contenders Championship Rookie Ticket Autograph numbered to 100, sold for a record $2.3 million via … [Read more...] about Notes: Brady, Stafford Records; Heritage Total; Home Renovation Reveals Card Wall
Notes: Found in Shoebox, Kobe-LeBron Card Nets $312,000
It sat in a shoebox for years but over the weekend, one of the 50 copies of the 2008 Topps Chrome Gold Refractor Kobe Bryant--the card that shows him being guarded intensely by LeBron James--sold for a whopper of a price. The card was brought to last summer's National Sports Collectors Convention by a collector who had opened packs just stuck them away. He … [Read more...] about Notes: Found in Shoebox, Kobe-LeBron Card Nets $312,000
Family’s Century Old Baseball Set Headlines Upcoming Memory Lane Auction
Collected by a New England teenager more than 100 years ago and passed down through the generations, a near complete set of 1916 M101-5 baseball cards makes its auction debut later this month when Memory Lane opens its Sets and Set Breaks Auction. The valuable group includes Babe Ruth’s rookie card along with most of the other deadball era stars and will be … [Read more...] about Family’s Century Old Baseball Set Headlines Upcoming Memory Lane Auction
Babe Ruth Card From High School Memories Book Sells for $235,000
Her life was cut short, but an Iowa woman left her descendants a valuable gift--something she could never have imagined when she placed it into a book about 100 years ago. The 1917 Collins-McCarthy baseball card of Babe Ruth was an innocent gift from Walter Stivers to Lillian Glenn. On Wednesday afternoon, that little token of a courtship between teenagers sold … [Read more...] about Babe Ruth Card From High School Memories Book Sells for $235,000
Arizona Collector Finds 1959 Mexican League Cards with Josh Gibson
An Arizona collector who enjoys Negro Leagues cards hopes a trove of rarely seen cards from Mexico that he bought is the real deal. Andy — who asked that his last name be kept anonymous — bought 10 cards on eBay from Estrellas Del Diamonte: Coleccion de Cromos a Color, a baseball tribute set issued by the Mexican publication La Aficion in 1959. The cost was $614, but one … [Read more...] about Arizona Collector Finds 1959 Mexican League Cards with Josh Gibson
1917 Babe Ruth Card Found In Memory Book Heads To Hunt Auctions Sale
A cherished memory from nearly a century ago could be memorable for a Nebraska businessman. A 1917 Collins-McCarthy (E135) card of Babe Ruth was lovingly mounted in an Iowa woman’s memory book, a reminder of a date with a man who would eventually become her husband. The Ruth card, graded 2.5 by PSA, will be part of Hunt Auctions’ Fall Premier sale. While collectors … [Read more...] about 1917 Babe Ruth Card Found In Memory Book Heads To Hunt Auctions Sale
Family Heirlooms: 1908 Rose Company Postcard Find Includes Young, Mathewson
They sat in a closet in an apartment above an old department store on the east coast for decades. Mixed in with other old postcards, no one gave the old baseball players a second thought. Even the 1982 death of the man who likely acquired them more than 70 years before that didn’t result in a trip to a baseball card dealer. Now, however, they’re about to … [Read more...] about Family Heirlooms: 1908 Rose Company Postcard Find Includes Young, Mathewson
Jackpot: Old Storage Unit Buy Surrenders a Gem
Sometimes spending that extra five bucks is worth it. Just ask Sandy Healy. The New Hampshire realtor and her husband opted to outbid another person at a storage unit auction in Nashua eight years ago. They made the buy because Sandy’s husband saw the word “Bowman” on one of the storage boxes inside the unit and recognized it as a baseball card … [Read more...] about Jackpot: Old Storage Unit Buy Surrenders a Gem