Two siblings from a Minnesota family and a card dealer from a small town in the Gopher State are celebrating after a gem-mint rookie card of basketball Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain was sold for $1.7 million. According to Goldin Auctions, which brokered the private sale, that is the highest price ever paid for a Chamberlain card — rookie or otherwise. The New Jersey-based … [Read more...] about Long Forgotten Wilt Chamberlain Rookie Card Sells For $1.7M
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Barn Restoration Yields Play Ball Collection
Old properties are still surrendering long lost collections of sports cards. A restoration in New Hampshire has revealed a collection of what appears to be 1939 and 1940 Play Ball baseball cards that wound up in the walls of a barn next to a home that's been in the same family for decades. Among the 52 cards was a 1939 Ted Williams rookie card. The home owned by Toni … [Read more...] about Barn Restoration Yields Play Ball Collection
New York Shop Owner Bought Yankee Doodle Dandy Of A Collection
Before Eric Biletzky opened his sports card shop in upstate New York, he was in the wine business. But he never saw this kind of vintage before. Vintage baseball cards of the New York Yankees. Modern ones, too. The 51-year-old bought a collection assembled by a man who owned every mainstream Yankees card produced from 1952 until his death in 2021--and that wasn't … [Read more...] about New York Shop Owner Bought Yankee Doodle Dandy Of A Collection
Large, Newly Uncovered Pre-War Collection at Paul McInnis to Benefit Scholarship Fund
Hundreds of pre-War baseball tobacco and gum cards are making their auction debut after a find that’s now being sold through Paul McInnis Auctioneer in North Hampton, NH and proceeds are going to help college students. The Harry W. O’Brien Collection also includes some valuable vintage comic books, coins and other collectibles. Harry O’Brien grew up in Manchester, NH, his … [Read more...] about Large, Newly Uncovered Pre-War Collection at Paul McInnis to Benefit Scholarship Fund
Collector Finds His Elusive Chase Card from 1988 Foot Locker Slam Fest Set
For more than four years, collector Ben Abrams was looking for the 1988 Foot Locker Slam Fest Mike Conley redemption card. He had never seen it in person and was working off a tip from a dealer he met at a show. The only digital footprint of the card was from an eBay listing that ended a year before Abrams started looking. Abrams put the card on his eBay alerts. He … [Read more...] about Collector Finds His Elusive Chase Card from 1988 Foot Locker Slam Fest Set
1963 Stat Back Exhibit Packs Net Nearly $150,000
A collection of four fresh to the hobby unopened packs containing around 2,000 1963 Exhibit Baseball “stat back” cards has sold for $107,311, several weeks after they were consigned to Las Vegas based Memorabilia Experts. The cards remained, quite literally, in their plain brown wrappers, with the “Exhibit Supply Company Chicago” identification printed on the … [Read more...] about 1963 Stat Back Exhibit Packs Net Nearly $150,000
Georgia “W” Card Find Includes Stack of Babe Ruth Cards
It was the kind of walk-in collection that turns an ordinary Thursday into one you don’t soon forget. The kind that card shop owners go to sleep dreaming about and wake up hoping it might actually happen. Sometimes it does. A fresh find of about 600 sports and non-sports "strip" cards from a century ago won’t make anyone a millionaire but it’s more proof that there are … [Read more...] about Georgia “W” Card Find Includes Stack of Babe Ruth Cards
Only Known Case of 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Set to Fetch Millions
It's the type of once-in-a-lifetime find collectors, dealers and auction houses can only imagine: a long forgotten stash of decades old unopened boxes. This time, though, it wasn't just any old product--or just a couple of boxes. A recent phone call to Heritage Auctions led to a hobby unicorn: the only known full case of 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee hockey cards … [Read more...] about Only Known Case of 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee Hockey Set to Fetch Millions
Time Capsule: Still Wrapped Bricks of 1963 Stat Back Exhibit Cards Uncovered
Unlike their bubble gum card counterparts, they came--literally--in plain brown wrappers. There's nothing common, though, about this find. Four fresh to the hobby unopened bricks of about 2,000 1963 Exhibit "stat back" baseball cards spread across four sealed packages have been uncovered thanks to a social media post that included a photo of a machine similar to those … [Read more...] about Time Capsule: Still Wrapped Bricks of 1963 Stat Back Exhibit Cards Uncovered
Stunning Find of Vintage Unopened Sports Card Boxes Set to Enter Market
Art Lewicki got to live the dream. There was a college baseball career at Virginia. A call to the big leagues. Pitching for the Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park in 2018 and then a month later, taking the mound on the 4th of July at Wrigley Field. Injuries ended the Wyckoff, NJ native's pro career at age 29, but two years later he's still making a living in sports--as a … [Read more...] about Stunning Find of Vintage Unopened Sports Card Boxes Set to Enter Market