It’s been tucked away in a private collection for many years, but now a unique example of the famed T206 Honus Wagner card is returning to the marketplace, bearing a one-of-a-kind stamp on the back that connects it to a singular moment in baseball history, when two of the game’s most iconic players collided in a hard-fought battle for baseball supremacy. “The 1909 World … [Read more...]
NBA All-Star Programs Can Be Valuable
Major League Baseball once had two All-Star games during a season and endless controversy over who belongs and who doesn't. The NFL's Pro Bowl is kind of a joke. The NHL All-Star Game changes formats like players chance their socks. The NBA? You can argue there's not much defense being played but in terms of historic consistency and general entertainment value, it's not … [Read more...]
Super Bowl 46 Program is 246 Pages
You don't have to spend $2,500 on a ticket to buy the official Super Bowl 46 program. The NFL has continued its tradition of offering a Super size program for Super Sunday this year and as in recent years, you could find them online at least a week before kickoff. The league has partnered with H.O. Zimman to publish this year's program, producing the "early edition" that's … [Read more...]
Top Selling Sports Ticket Stubs on eBay
Tickets to this year's Super Bowl start at around $2,500 for a rotten seat. You'll pay at least $4,000 to get a good look at the two teams. Worth it? Maybe if you're a big fan of either team with a lot of money to burn. But vintage sports ticket stubs offer a little better long term investment. Besides, they're way more cool. We tracked the top ten stub sales on eBay over … [Read more...]
The Three Most Valuable Hockey Cards of the Post-War Era
by Tom Samworth What is considered the post-war era in hockey card collecting began with the 1951-52 Parkhurst series. With that set, yearly production of hockey cards has gone unbroken to this day. Before the Parkies set, hockey cards were produced on an irregular basis and the last major set came out over a decade before. Despite the attention given to the 1979-80 … [Read more...]
Rose Now Selling Copies of Baseball Banishment
Most athletes would rather sign photos, baseballs and replica jerseys. Pete Rose is just fine with hawking official copies of the document that banished him from baseball. Rose announced Tuesday that he's making copies available for purchase via www.peterose.comor at Antiquities inside the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The official document, which is … [Read more...]
Hall’s World Series Exhibit Includes Multiple Game-Used Pieces
What happens to all of the historic pieces of game-used equipment and uniforms from the World Series? If you're lucky, sometimes an historic home run ball winds up in your hands. Otherwise, a lot of it is claimed by Cooperstown. The story of the unforgettable 2011 Major League Baseball postseason is now told ih “The Cardinals Comeback”, the salute to the World Champions as … [Read more...]
Amazing Collection of Autographed Topps Baseball Sets Up for Bid
Collect Auctions will offer the first and likely the only lot of its kind that will ever find its way into the auction circuit when its auction opens for bidding today. Offered is a run of autographed Topps Baseball sets (including Traded sets), from 1974-1990. There are more than 14,000 signed cards included and since League Leaders, Rookies and other singles through the … [Read more...]
1910 All-Star Tour Letters Surface; Will Be Sold
Hunt Auctions has discovered a significant cache of autographed correspondence and general ephemera relating to a proposed baseball All-Star Tour to have taken place in 1910. The letters and contracts have been added to the company's upcoming Louisville Slugger Auction set for next month. Cincinnati promoter Daniel A. Fletcher (DA) had set out to conduct a series of post … [Read more...]
Pro Football Hall of Fame Gets Early NFL Material
A valuable and historic collection of paper items from the earliest days of the National Football League has been donated to The Pro Football Hall of Fame. Vintage programs, tickets, hand-written notes, play-by-play charts, coaching diagrams and financial records from the career of Edward "Dutch Sternaman, a former player, coach and co-owner of the Chicago Bears were turned … [Read more...]