“Variety” would be the key phrase as collectors prepare to open up Memory Lane’s Summer Rarities Auction catalog. It doesn’t matter what you collect—old cards, extremely old cards, high-grade Hall of Famers, modern rarities, autographs, Babe Ruth items, unopened material, Type 1 photos or scarce bobbleheads-- there’s probably something inside that’s on your want … [Read more...]
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Ott Bat, Jackson Ball, Williams Glove, Groat Uniform Pace Slugger Sale
Items from the estate of Mel Ott and the collection of Dick Groat were among the big sellers at the 15th annual Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory Auction. The auction, which closed with a live session inside the museum on Saturday, included over 500 lots of primarily historic baseball memorabilia. The top price went to what's believed to be the only … [Read more...]
Items from Christie’s Baseball Auction on Display in Chicago
Millions of dollars worth of vintage baseball memorabilia goes on the block next month when Christie’s hosts “The Golden Age of Baseball” memorabilia auction. Now, select items from a pair of catalogs being distributed to bidders is out on tour. The private collection of artifacts includes over 250 items plus another catalog with rare, original baseball … [Read more...]
Rare Joe Jackson Signed Document, 1910 Old Mill Card Consigned to Auction
His stature in the game remains almost mythical as if his career was something created by a novelist or Hollywood scriptwriter. But Shoeless Joe Jackson was quite real… and quite human as two items recently consigned to auction reveal. An ultra-rare Jackson signed document, one of the few and perhaps the finest of its kind to survive the decades, offers a glimpse of a newly … [Read more...]
