A 1927 New York Yankees uniform worn by backup infielder Ray Morehart has been consigned to auction and will be sold this spring. The rare uniform representing one of baseball's greatest teams is still in its original, unaltered state. The '27 Yankees were Morehart's final team after a brief but solid big league career and the lot to be offered by Heritage Auctions includes … [Read more...]
Collection of Signed Topps Baseball Sets Stands at $75,000
A massive collection of autographed Topps baseball sets has been bid up to $75,000 in Collect Auctions' current sale. The auction is live now (www.collectauctions.com), with bidding ending Dec. 1. The Topps Baseball set run from 1974-90 includes all of the cards signed by the respective players, approximately 15,000 signatures with dozens of Hall of Famers, hundreds of … [Read more...]
Huggins and Scott Auction Features Ruth Ball, Mathewson Contract
Huggins and Scott’s final Masterpiece Auction of 2011 launched Monday. Bidding is available until Thursday night December 1 with the 30-minute rule beginning at 11:00 p.m. Eastern time. Among the items up for grabs is a Babe Ruth single-signed baseball PSA/DNA 6 (Autograph grade 7); a 1925 Christy Mathewson signed players’ contract; a 1970 Roberto Clemente signed letter on … [Read more...]
Ted Williams Letters to Mistress Going on Auction Block
Six handwritten love letters penned by Boston Red Sox legend, and the greatest hitter the game has ever known, Ted Williams, written in the early 1950s to his mistress, Norma Williamson, are expected to bring more than $4,000 as part of Heritage Auction’s Nov. 11 Vintage Sports Collectibles event. “Now when I got your letter I also got one from Doris (Williams) ‘quoting’ a … [Read more...]
Orr’s 1976 Canada Cup Jersey Goes on Auction Block
Bobby Orr's 1976 Canada Cup jersey is about to go on the auction block. The red and white Team Canada shirt has been consigned to Classic Auctions and will be sold at auction next month. Classic didn't provide a pre-sale estimate, but it's likely the jersey will sell for deep into six figures. Last year, Classic sold Paul Henderson's Summit Series winning jersey for $1.275 … [Read more...]
Northern NY Mail Carrier Pleads Guilty; Victimized Collector ‘Frustrated’
A long-time mail carrier in northern New York admits he stole items from customers on his route, including some valuable sports cards. Douglas Harrigton, 53, of Glens Falls, New York, a postal employee for over 30 years, was a letter carrier assigned to the Glens Falls Post Office. He admitted that he stole items from three customers on his route as a letter carrier between … [Read more...]
More Fake Autographs and COAs Have Oregon Detectives Busy
Less than a week after a Florida man was arrested on charges of selling nearly three dozen fake Babe Ruth signed baseballs to Florida pawn and second hand shops, Clackamas County, Oregon Sheriff's Office detectives executed a search warrant at the Gresham home of a 39-year-old man who is under investigation for selling counterfeit autographs. Chad Baldwin, 39, allegedly … [Read more...]
MLB: Stop or We’ll Sue!
A New York newspaper reports that Major League Baseball fired off an angry letter to a Ridgeway, N.J. sports memorabilia retailer Thursday, telling them to stop the sale of some Derek Jeter autographed baseballs. National Collectors Gallery had purchased some Jeter-signed baseballs from Steiner Sports, then added an engraved notation about Jeter’s 3,000th hit. It sounds … [Read more...]
Michael Jordan Love Letters to be Returned
See what we'll be missing if cursive writing continues to disappear from our schools? A hand-written love letter from Michael Jordan to a high school classmate that's been the subject of much consternation and discussion is apparently heading back to the woman to whom they were written. After one of at least two MJ letters wound up being posted online some seven years after … [Read more...]
Autographed Quilts? Woman’s Ages Old Projects to be Sold
They're definitely one-of-a-kind... baseball quilts filled with the marks of deceased Hall of Famers and other baseball legends. … [Read more...]