Hunt Auctions will offer a program from the first World Series in 1903 as part of the 8th Annual Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory Live Auction and Appraisal Fair on Saturday, November 12. The program is expected to fetch upwards of $100,000. The three-day auction event will begin on Thursday, November 10 with the auction preview and complimentary appraisal … [Read more...] about 1903 World Series Program Headlines Slugger Auction
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Ex-Postal Employee Sentenced for Mail Theft
A former postal employee from Elizabethtown, Kentucky has been sentenced to a year in jail for stealing items out of packages and obtaining controlled substances by fraud. Joseph Bourg, 45, was sentenced by a federal judge this week in Louisville. The federal indictment alleged that between 2008 through August of 2009, while he was a postal employee, Bourg rifled … [Read more...] about Ex-Postal Employee Sentenced for Mail Theft
MLB’s Pink Memorabilia Auction Will Return
For the 6th year, Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Major League Baseball are Going to Bat Against Breast Cancer. Major League Baseball players, coaches and umpires will wear pink wristbands and pink ribbon decals on Mother’s Day, May 9th. Louisville Slugger has produced and donated pink bats that hundreds of players will also be using on that day. Once again, much of … [Read more...] about MLB’s Pink Memorabilia Auction Will Return
Home Run Bats, Vintage Card Sets Top Auction
The bat used by Ernie Banks to hit the final home run of his Hall of Fame career sold for over $60,000, topping Memory Lane’s Springtime Classic Auction, which closed early Sunday morning. Total auction proceeds were over $1.6 million. The Banks bat, displaying significant game use, included a copy of a letter of authenticity from WGN Broadcasting Company dated 1971. The … [Read more...] about Home Run Bats, Vintage Card Sets Top Auction
Hornung Notre Dame Jersey Proved Worth Trip
When Notre Dame and Pro Football Hall of Famer Paul Hornung’s circa 1954-1955 Fighting Irish football jersey comes up for auction on April 23, it will represent the culmination of collector John Shaw’s simple hunch that turned into one of the football finds of a lifetime. Heritage Sports Collectibles will offer the jersey in its spring catalog sale. “The thought of a long … [Read more...] about Hornung Notre Dame Jersey Proved Worth Trip