If he played today, there would have been a bunch of Lou Gehrig baseball cards before he ever set foot in Yankee Stadium, but it wasn’t until two years after his 1923 debut that Gehrig first appeared on what would be considered a widely distributed card set. The 1925 Exhibit Supply Company set included the 22-year-old Gehrig and today that postcard-sized issue is considered … [Read more...]
Vintage Baseball Pictures Key 1934 Butterfinger Set
The Butterfinger candy bar was invented in 1923 by the Curtiss Candy Company of Chicago. Eleven years later, buying one for a nickel got you a nifty 7 3/4" x 9 1/2" photo of a baseball star as part of a point of sale promotion. The 1934 Butterfinger baseball card set doesn't get the same respect as its more popular cousins in the realm of pre-War baseball issues, but it's also … [Read more...]
Auction Highlights: Ruth RC, Modern Era Hoops Score with Bidders
A 1916 M101-5 blank bank Babe Ruth rookie card graded 70 by SGC sold for $294,000 including a 20% buyer's premium in Goldin Auctions' "Great American Trading Card Auction" early Sunday. The card was one of two graded by SGC at that level with none higher. The second highest price went to a 1952 Topps Willie Mays rated 9 by PSA which sold for $245,000k. One of … [Read more...]
E121 Ruth Cracks 6 Figures; Mantle, Gehrig Cards Shine at MLI
Memory Lane’s Winter Classic Auction could have just as well been called the “Classic Hits” auction. Names that typically rock the hobby dominated the charts, setting some records along the way. Nine of the top 12 selling items featured Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig or Mickey Mantle, led by a 1921 American Caramel Series of 80 (E121) Ruth graded PSA 6. One of three Ruth … [Read more...]