The mint 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle generated most of the headlines but there were plenty of other big ticket vintage cards sold in Heritage Auctions’ two-day Spring Trading Card catalog. The two-day auction that kicked off with the much-publicized ‘52 Mantle owned by Evan Mathis reaching $2.88 million wrapped up late Friday night. Two other ’52 Mantle cards also drew a … [Read more...]
Rare 1920 Ruth “Yankees” Mendelsohn Card Up for Grabs
If only great-grandpa had been a collector. One of Babe Ruth’s earliest (perhaps the earliest) and scarcest issues from his Yankees career is on the auction block. The oversized Felix Mendelsohn (M101-6) card distributed through an ongoing offer in The Sporting News a century ago is graded SGC 40 (VG) and carries a current high bid of over $28,000 including the buyer’s … [Read more...]
1969 Topps 1st Series Wax Box in Heritage Auction
It was the last year of nickel wax packs, spread out over a season in which we the Cubs' dreams of glory were swiped away by a scrappy bunch of New York Mets. There was turmoil everywhere you turned but for youngsters, escape from the noise was just one piece of bubble gum away. While most of those first 1969 Topps packs to roll off the production … [Read more...]
PSA 9 Mantle Rookie Card Hits Auction Block
One of the nine known PSA 9-rated copies of Mickey Mantle’s 1951 Bowman rookie card has hit the auction block, where it’s expected to fetch a record-setting price that could touch $1 million. Heritage Auctions is offering the card in its newly launched Spring Sports Card Catalog sale. Plagued by centering, print marks and the usual corner wear associated with older … [Read more...]
NM/MT 1935 National Chicle Nagurski Coming to Auction
Grab virtually any list of the top sports cards ever created and the 1935 National Chicle Bronko Nagurski is on it. Rare by any measure and featuring one of the biggest and best names in football history, the Nagurski card in high-grade is a “white whale” for card collectors. Now, one of the highest graded examples in the hobby is about to hit the auction … [Read more...]
PSA 9 1952 Topps Mantle to Hit Auction Block Soon
Heritage Auctions will offer a PSA 9 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle in its upcoming spring trading card sale. It’s been a dozen years since a 9 has sold publicly, and prices for iconic vintage cards have soared since that $282,588 transaction of John Branca's card was handled through Memory Lane. An 8.5 sold through Heritage for over $1.1 million in November of 2016 … [Read more...]
1888 SF Hess Welch Part of 19th Century Find Coming to Auction
Even some of the most advanced collectors don’t own a card from the 1888 S.F. Hess set, but they’ll have a chance to do just that next month. Heritage Auctions will offer a card featuring Hall of Famer Mickey Welch of the New York Giants in its Spring Sports Card Catalog Auction, one of over 80 newly discovered 19th century cards set to hit the auction block for … [Read more...]