Dave Hill spent a lifetime collecting autographs. His family is going to realize a signature moment when they are sold this weekend in SCP Auctions’ Fall Premier sale. The Dave Hill Autograph Collection, consisting of 16 lots and 8,732 autographs — including 186 Hall of Famers — is part of the SCP Auctions sale that ends Saturday night. Hill was … [Read more...]
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Editor’s Blog: Trickle Down Effect of Major Hobby News Stories
Several years ago, there were so many stories, columns, blog posts and TV reports about the “dying sports card industry” that it kind of become a running joke. The theme was pretty much always the same. Most of the people writing those words fell into three camps: 1) they collected as kids in the late 1980s or early 90s, were now discovering their cards weren’t worth … [Read more...]
Autographed Ball from First Hall of Fame Class Brings $623,369
A baseball signed by 11 members of Major League Baseball’s original 1939 Hall of Fame inductees sold for $623,369 early Sunday morning at SCP Auctions. The Reach Official American League ball has the signatures of Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, Cy Young, Tris Speaker, George Sisler, Walter Johnson, Connie Mack, Nap Lajoie, Eddie Collins and Pete Alexander, all in strong … [Read more...]
Gold Jacket Autograph Sessions Bring Nearly 50 Hall of Famers to Canton
It’ll be an autograph-a-palooza in northwest Ohio during the first week in August. While the National Sports Collectors Convention lineup includes over 100 guests, the Pro Football Hall of Fame in nearby Canton will also have a major signing event on Saturday, August 4. The annual “Gold Jackets Autograph Session” is sponsored by Panini America. Dozens of Hall of … [Read more...]
Signed Ball from 11 Original Hall of Fame Inductees Could Fetch Record Price
Once the property of an autograph seeking player, a baseball signed by 11 members of Major League Baseball’s original 1939 Hall of Fame inductees will be brought to auction starting on July 25. The Reach Official American League ball boasts the signatures of Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, Cy Young, Tris Speaker, George Sisler, Walter Johnson, Connie Mack, Nap Lajoie, … [Read more...]
Newly Discovered Early Autograph Collection Includes Scarce Hall of Famers
What is believed to be the earliest documented baseball autograph collection hits the auction block on Friday, one that includes some names even advanced collectors don’t have. Originally gathered inside one of two autograph books, the collection features over 44 signatures from 19th and early 20th century baseball greats including 19th century Hall of Famer George S. Davis, … [Read more...]
Bill Madden Collection to be Sold Tuesday
The collection of long-time sportswriter Bill Madden is on the auction block. A total of 150 lots including large collections of Hall of Fame and All-Star Game press pins, media credentials, baseball cards and autographed memorabilia are being sold by Sterling Associates of New Jersey. Online bidding is already underway and the sale will conclude with a public … [Read more...]
Notes: Collectors Profiled; 1971 Topps Sheet; the $1.98 Football Hartland
Their post-season lasted just one game and while fans in and around Baltimore were disappointed, there was at least one guy in Iowa who was also a little down in the dumps. Terry Sullivan doesn’t have to look far, though, to recall when the Orioles were on top. Sullivan lives in Davenport, about 850 miles from Camden Yards. While most folks in that neck of the woods root … [Read more...]
Ultimate 1930s TTM Effort Lands Hall of Fame Autographs
Sunday’s induction ceremony at the Baseball Hall of Fame continued a tradition that began in Cooperstown back in the 1930s when the idea was conceived and the first players were inducted. You may have seen a few first day covers featuring signatures of Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Cy Young, Walter Johnson and the other greats who were inducted. Stamp clubs made it a project to … [Read more...]
Hall of Fame Memory Left Indelible Mark
Long before the festivities were televised and about 10-15 years before the number of autograph seekers started to become “a crowd”, young fans could come to Hall of Fame weekend in Cooperstown and gather signatures of men who competed alongside the likes of Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth. Many were elderly, but if they could … [Read more...]
