Hunt Auctions will once again be hosting the MLB All-Star FanFest Auction this summer and this year's event will include some major artifacts from Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente. The late superstar's family has consigned the items, several of which are expected to attract six-figure bidding. The auction will be conducted at the Miami Beach Convention … [Read more...]
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DiMaggio Old-Timers Uniforms Among Top Sellers in Live Auction
A couple of Joe DiMaggio’s Yankee Old Timers Day uniforms and one worn by Johnny Sain of the 1948 National League champion Boston Braves were among the hot items at Hunt Auctions’ 25th anniversary live auction Saturday in Exton, PA. A uniform donned by DiMaggio on multiple occasions during the 1960s as the Bronx Bombers honored past greats sold for $34, 500 against a … [Read more...]
Favre Collection, Rudy’s Uniform Among 2017 Super Bowl Auction Items
Hunt Auctions and NFL Auction will once again join together to host the ninth-annual Super Bowl Live Auction on Feb. 4 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. Items from Brett Favre’s college and NFL careers will serve as the flagship collection for the auction with portions of proceeds benefiting multiple philanthropic endeavors. Fans at the NFL … [Read more...]
Mize’s 1949 World Series Ring, Cepeda’s MVP Award Top Slugger Bidding
The 1949 World Series ring presented to Hall of Famer Johnny Mize after the New York Yankees' victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers sold for $74,750 in the 13th Annual Louisville Slugger sale conducted by Hunt Auctions Saturday. The 10K gold ring features "New York Yankees World Champions' lettering on the top, encircling a central inset diamond of approx. 1/4 carat weight. … [Read more...]
Historic Baseball Panoramas, Postcards in Slugger Auction
Want to see what a sporting goods store run by Honus Wagner and Pie Traynor looked like? Want to see what the crowd looked like at the 1912 World Series and stare into the face of a fan on Opening Day at Forbes Field in 1909? You can do all of that—and more—through a collection of postcards and panoramic photos that is part of this weekend’s Louisville Slugger … [Read more...]
Louisville Slugger Museum Auction Set for November
The annual live auction at the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory returns next month with over 400 lots of historic baseball memorabilia in this year’s catalog. Hunt Auctions will once again conduct the sale, with an appraisal fair scheduled for the days leading up to the auction. “We are honored and excited to continue our long standing partnership with the Louisville … [Read more...]
Veeck’s Admiration Led to Minoso Getting 1959 AL Championship Ring
He'd been a fixture in the Chicago White Sox lineup from 1951-57, finishing in the top 5 of AL MVP voting twice as the first black player in White Sox history, but Bill Veeck traded Minnie Minoso prior to the 1958 campaign. In '59, the retooled White Sox won the pennant but in appreciation for all that Minoso had done for the club, Veeck made the unprecedented gesture of … [Read more...]
Minnie Minoso Auction Set for Sox Home Park
A live auction event featuring the personal and private collection of Chicago White Sox icon Minnie Minoso will take place on Saturday, September 17 at U.S. Cellular Field. It will feature a number of historic items from Minoso’s storied career, which began in the Cuban and Negro Leagues in the 1940s continued with the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox. Other White Sox … [Read more...]
Koufax Jersey, Robinson Bat Top All-Star Auction
A 1966 Sandy Koufax game-worn Dodgers jersey sold for $184,000, topping all items sold at Tuesday’s 12th annual MLB All-Star FanFest Auction in San Diego. The home white McAuliffe jersey was acquired by a former MLB executive in 1973 and had been in his collection until its consignment to Hunt Auctions, which once again conducted the sale. 1966 was Koufax's final season … [Read more...]
Hand-Written Questionnaires from Former Baseball Greats at Auction
The first of what will be thousands of hand-written questionnaires filled out by Major League Baseball players decades ago are about to be sold at auction, with proceeds aimed at making them accessible online for baseball fans around the world. The questionnaires were in the archives of Bill Weiss, a baseball historian who accumulated about 125,000 of them before his death … [Read more...]
