The highest SGC graded copy of the 1916 M101-5 blank back Babe Ruth rookie card sold for $630,000 over the weekend, the top price in Heritage Auctions' Winter Sports Card Auction. The 5.5 example is one of eight in SGC's population report. In all, the auction brought in over $11.1 million. Seven lots sold for more than $100,000 including the buyer's premium. A … [Read more...] about Ruth and Jordan Rookie Cards, Vintage Unopened Top Heritage Sale
Heritage Auctions January 2024
‘This Is What They Were Meant For’: Dallas Radio Icon Auctioning Card Collection for Local Children’s Hospital
A longtime Dallas morning radio show host is selling his childhood baseball card collection to raise money for a special cause. Mark Rybczyk has been on Dallas-Fort Worth radio longer than anyone currently on the air: He’s been “Hawkeye in the Morning” on New Country 96.3 KSCS since 1988. A member of two radio halls of fame, he’s used his microphone for good over … [Read more...] about ‘This Is What They Were Meant For’: Dallas Radio Icon Auctioning Card Collection for Local Children’s Hospital
Ruth Rookie, Terrific T206s, Unopened Unicorns, Signed Stars Lead Off Heritage’s First 2024 Auction
The first major sports auction to launch in the new year is offering up a hobby history lesson, with stacks of T206 cards sharing space with a Babe Ruth rookie card, some freshly uncovered 1960s and 70s unopened boxes and an uncut sheet of 1986-87 Fleer basketball cards. Heritage Auctions' Winter Sports Card Catalog Auction offers a sizeable 2,800 listings and closes over … [Read more...] about Ruth Rookie, Terrific T206s, Unopened Unicorns, Signed Stars Lead Off Heritage’s First 2024 Auction
Fresh Find: Uncut Sheets Of Topps Finest Products From 1990s Headed To Auction
A near-complete run of uncut sheets from Topps Finest products from the mid-1990s will be headed to auction in two Heritage Auctions sales early next year. The sheets, which total more than 30, will be part of Heritage’s January sports card auction (beginning Jan. 5) and its Platinum Night Sale (Feb. 24-25). They will include all four major sports from 1993 to 1995, plus a … [Read more...] about Fresh Find: Uncut Sheets Of Topps Finest Products From 1990s Headed To Auction
“Ballplayer’s Picture in Every Package”: Top Ranked Colgan’s Chips Set Coming to Auction
As the first decade of the 20th century turned to the second, baseball fans had their pick of places to get acquainted with how the players they read about in the newspaper really looked. T206 cards offered colorful images created by artists from original photos. If you wanted to straight dope on what that player looked like, though, Colgan’s gum was the way to go. The … [Read more...] about “Ballplayer’s Picture in Every Package”: Top Ranked Colgan’s Chips Set Coming to Auction
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