One of the planet’s rarest baseball cards will join a red hot basketball card and hundreds of other pieces of historic and one-of-a-kind memorabilia in SCP Auctions’ 2020 Fall Premium catalog, set to open Wednesday. The T206 Eddie Plank, graded VG 3 by SGC, could sell for $100,000 or more and it’ll have some company at the top of the list of realized prices when the auction … [Read more...]
Panini Plans to Deliver Existing Kobe Bryant Autographs to Collectors
More than nine months after his death in a helicopter crash, basketball cards once signed by Kobe Bryant through his endorsement and autograph deal with Panini America could soon be on their way to collectors. Panini said Tuesday it had completed a plan to accommodate collectors who held outstanding Bryant autograph redemptions. Some will receive the cards that were … [Read more...]
Two Court Sections with Ties to Kobe’s Memorable Games Up for Auction
Two different auctions are featuring pieces of sports memorabilia that require a little more room to display than you might have in your man cave. Both are part of Kobe Bryant's legacy. The section of Staples Center Court created for his last NBA game in April 2016 is now at Heritage Auctions where it could sell for $500,000 or more. Bryant signed part of the … [Read more...]
Notes: Yahoo, Others on Card Market; MLB’s Top Cal Cards; Topps Softball Set; Pirates’ 21 Jersey Auctions
The hobby continues to be the focus of stories on national and local news media. Rich Budnick, the long-time shop ower of America’s Pastime in Fair Lawn, NJ, tells Yahoo Finance, he’s selling more cards than ever while trying to keep up with increasing values of certain cards. “I can't even keep up with the prices,” he tells Yahoo Finance. “And I'm selling a lot of … [Read more...]
“Before They Were Pros” Video Library Auction Includes Kobe, LeBron, Shaq
Over 22 hours of Kobe Bryant high school game and interview footage will be going up for auction on July 23rd in Los Angeles. The Bryant footage dates to the mid-1990s and is a part of the media library of award-winning sports reporter Stu Ross, from his locally produced syndicated TV program, High School Sports Show. The entire library covers over 700 of some of the … [Read more...]
Notes: COVID Hits Home for BBCE; Big Kobe Pull; Canada Series Jersey Auction
Baseball Card Exchange owner Steve Hart has tested positive for COVID-19. The long-time hobby dealer and unopened authenticator is doing fine but the company has had to shut down indefinitely. Just prior to that, he had to deal with the threat of looting in the area of the company's offices and retail shop in Schererville, IN last week. Hart says he had … [Read more...]
Kobe’s Signed Game-Worn Shirt from 1996 Roundball Classic Consigned to Auction
One of the earliest game-worn, autographed Kobe Bryant items ever to come to public auction will be coming to auction soon. Lelands will offer a signed t-shirt worn by the late NBA superstar as a 17-year-old phenom during the 1996 Magic Johnson Roundball Classic. Only two months before becoming the first guard drafted straight out of high school, Bryant made a lasting … [Read more...]
12 Kobe Game-Worn Jerseys Just Part of Goldin Spring Headliners
Twelve game-worn Kobe Bryant jerseys, a collection of items from his former teammate Rick Fox and over 1,500 other items went up for grabs Monday as Goldin Auctions launched its 2020 Spring catalog. The auction is essentially three events in one, with 87 Bryant-oriented lots, 195 others in a “Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame” auction and the remaining lots … [Read more...]
Kobe’s Last Game Towel Purchased for Lakers Shrine
It’s highly unlikely we’ll see the uniform or shoes he wore in his last game ever reach the auction block, but one piece of Kobe Bryant memorabilia from that memorable day in L.A. has a new home. The towel Bryant had around his shoulders as he walked off the Staples Center floor for the last time sold for $33,077 over the weekend. The winner was David Kohler, President … [Read more...]
Notes: Records for Gretzky Stick; ’52 Mantle; Kobe Jerseys to Auction; Lindor Opens His Own Set
The stick Wayne Gretzky used to score the Stanley Cup-winning goal for the Edmonton Oilers in 1988 has sold for $29,462, the most ever paid for a game-used NHL stick according to Montreal-based Classic Auctions, which sold it as part of its first major auction of 2020. Items from the collection of the late Hall of Famer Jean Beliveau also drew a lot of interest. … [Read more...]