One collector’s long-time passion for chasing down autographed baseballs from every guy who has ever played for the Milwaukee Brewers is coming to an end…and now he’s giving them all away. Ben Nummerdor started with the 1982 American League champions and just kept going, all the way back to the players who were on the club when it moved from Seattle just before Opening Day … [Read more...]
Brady, LeBron Rookies Each Hit $1.7 Million
Key rookie cards of Tom Brady and LeBron James sold for over $3.4 million combined in Goldin Auctions' April Premium Card Auction late Saturday night. Brady's 2000 Playoff Contenders Autographed Championship Rookie Ticket was #95/100 and graded BGS 8.5 with a 10 autograph grade. Bidding opened at $500,000 and 20 bids were made for the card, which is considered the best … [Read more...]
Two $2 Million Cards in One Auction? It’s Possible
Bidding has already reached $1 million for a 2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite LeBron James rookie card in Goldin Auctions’ newly launched April Premium event, but don’t be surprised if it goes for double that amount. It might not be the only $2 million card in the auction either. A high-grade copy of Tom Brady’s holy grail rookie card is also up for grabs in a … [Read more...]
Acuna Jr. Rookie Brings Nearly $400,000 in Goldin Monthly Auction
Seventeen cards crossed the six-figure mark as Goldin Auctions closed out its second monthly sports card auction early Sunday. Nearly 1,400 lots were offered in the online catalog, which generated $8.5 million, a 60% increase from the company's first monthly auction in February. High-grade modern cards dominated the final results. A 2017 Bowman Chrome Red … [Read more...]
Otis Offers Another Answer In Fractional Shares Market
Michael Karnjanaprakorn believes he has the answer when it comes to fractional investing. Considering his favorite player growing up in Newport News, Virginia, was hometown star Allen Iverson, that’s an appropriate connection. Just like Iverson, Karnjanaprakorn, 38, believes he has the answer when it comes to the arena of fractional investing. And he’s not talking about … [Read more...]
Notes: HOF Election; Topps News; CSG Update, More
The 2021 Baseball Hall of Fame class will have no one in it. None of the candidates were named on enough ballots to garner the required 75 percent and so there will be no class of 2021. The inevitable bump in rookie card prices of potential new members heated up with pre-announcement talk that Scott Rolen might be elected, but the former Phillie and Cardinal third baseman … [Read more...]
Notes: Kid’s 2004 LeBron Pull Now Worth a Small Fortune; New ’51 Topps-Style Set; Uzit Cobb a Hit
A Christmas gift from 16 years ago is about to turn into a seven-figure windfall for one sports memorabilia auction consignor. “Chris” pulled the LeBron James 1/1 Rookie Logoman card from 2003-04 Upper Deck SP Game Used Basketball on Christmas morning 2004. Not long after, he took it to a local card show where someone offered him $1,700 for it. He turned it down and stuck … [Read more...]
Durant Rookie Cards Heat Up as Scoring Champ Returns
How long has it been since Kevin Durant was a rookie? Well, the team that drafted him hasn't played in that city in more than a decade. Topps and Upper Deck still had licenses to produce NBA trading cards and some of today's current young stars were in elementary school. Yes, it's been a while, but that all kind of makes collecting Kevin Durant rookie cards … [Read more...]
100 Hottest LeBron James Rookie Cards on eBay Now
He arrived in the midst of an explosion of autographed jersey cards and multiple manufacturers, but when you consider the hottest LeBron James rookie cards --it's sometimes more fun to dig beyond that 2003-04 debut season. When it comes to LeBron, it's not always his rookie cards that are the most popular with collectors. Some prefer the dual-signed … [Read more...]
2019-20 Immaculate LeBron Logoman Pulled from Pack Could Fetch $100,000+
A $70 investment for a spot in a 2019-20 Immaculate Basketball box break will turn into a nice windfall for one lucky collector this winter. The one of a kind LeBron James NBA Logoman game-used patch card that emerged from that break last month has been graded and consigned to the Lelands where it will be sold in the company’s February ‘Winter Classic’ Auction. … [Read more...]