One of the most significant hockey card scores in case break history is hitting the auction block later this spring. In their Spring Classic Auction this June, Lelands will offer a PSA 9 Connor McDavid rookie autographed patch card that was pulled this past December from a Jaspy’s break of 2015-16 The Cup Hockey. While all McDavid The Cup RPAs are valuable, … [Read more...]
Notes: “Pop Up” Auction; Kobe Call; NY Times on Series 1 as Golden Tickets Emerge
Where can you find a 1915 Boston Red Sox celluloid razor? A ticket stub from Babe Ruth's 699th home run? Chairs from Mickey Mantle's Country Cookin' restaurant? Lelands' newest auction has them--and over 300 other items. The "Pop Up" auction eschews the pricey pieces but rounds up some quirky items, vintage sports and non-sports cards, autographs and … [Read more...]
Huge Notre Dame Collection Consigned to Lelands
One of the best known collections of Notre Dame football memorabilia is coming to auction. Lelands says it has secured hundreds of items from the private accumulation of Fighting Irish material and will offer them in its Spring Classic Auction. The collection includes several Knute Rockne autographed items including a rare contract signed by the legendary coach, who lost … [Read more...]
Lelands Will Sell Dallas Green Collection
Lelands has been selected to auction the personal collection of Dallas Green. Hundreds of items from the estate of the former major league manager and executive will be included in the company’s 2020 Spring Classic Auction. Green, who passed away in 2017, was a former pitcher who then went on to manage the Phillies, Yankees and Mets. Perhaps his penultimate … [Read more...]
1917 Collins-McCarthy Set Brings $107,460 in Lelands Sale
The young person who collected them a century ago made sure to lightly brand most of them as his own but that simple, light pencil script on the backs didn't deter bidders from chasing what's believed to be the only 1917 Collins-McCarthy baseball card set ever offered at auction. Lelands sold the complete set, issued by a San Francisco candy maker, for $107,460 early … [Read more...]
Notes: Sheen Talks Major League Movie Prop Auction; Bruins’ Military Jerseys; New Webcast; Cyber Monday
The famed Cleveland Indians cap worn by Charlie Sheen’s Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn character in “Major League” and the actual screen and game-used pitched ball from the climactic scene where Vaughn strikes out his nemesis with a 101 mph fastball are up for sale in the Lelands Fall 2019 Classic Auction, which runs through Dec. 6. “Whenever people would come over to my house … [Read more...]
Notes: Big $ for Gretzky Jersey; Bleier Explains Decision to Sell; Bruins/MeiGray Winter Classic Auction
A Wayne Gretzky game jersey photo matched to the 1986-87 regular season and Stanley Cup Finals sold for $201,009 via Classic Auctions last night. A 1980 Team USA jersey donned by “Miracle on Ice” team member Mark Wells netted $58,888. Photos match it to wear during the Gold Medal game against Finland. One of the hobby’s toughest pre-War hockey cards, a 1923-24 … [Read more...]
1915 Ruth Signed Baseball, Joe Jackson Voucher Among Lelands Fall Highlights
Babe Ruth memorabilia remains a big hit with collectors. Particularly baseballs signed by the Sultan of Swat. A baseball signed by Ruth as part of a team collection of signatures from the World Series champion 1915 Red Sox is one of several key pieces of memorabilia items offered for sale in the Lelands Fall 2019 Classic Auction. The baseball, which opened at $5,000 … [Read more...]
1914 Baltimore Minor League Photo with Ruth Brings $190,323
A panoramic photo of the 1914 Baltimore Orioles including a smiling young Babe Ruth sold for $190,323 in as Lelands wrapped up its 2019 Spring Classic catalog auction early Saturday morning. The 6x14 photo pictures Ruth at age 19, lined up with other members of the minor league squad he joined after spending much of his youth at St. Mary's Industrial Home for … [Read more...]
Civil War Era Baseball Letters Are a Window to History
Heber S. Thompson was almost at the end of his four-year commitment to Yale University in the spring of 1861. Ready to graduate, the shortstop on the school's fledgling baseball club would commit to something else instead. Thompson enlisted in Lincoln's army four days after the fall of Fort Sumter and joined theBill Fuller: Talks of his "short stop" who … [Read more...]