If you missed out on the $2 million 1916 Sporting News Babe Ruth rookie card last week, Mile High Card Company is offering another chance to land another …and this one won’t cost quite as much. The company has a PSA 3 Ruth listed set to roll into its final auction of 2021 as the centerpiece of its “Extra Innings” auction set to open next week. The card is part … [Read more...] about After Selling $2.4 Million Babe Ruth Card, MHCC Offering Another
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Hobby News and Notes: BBB Not Pleased with Panini; Ruth Rookie Rockets; Historic Kraken Gamers; New Goldin Hire
The Better Business Bureau of North Texas says it has processed 237 complaints against Dallas-based Panini America in the last three years and took the step of issuing a consumer warning this week. Those complaints are centered around what's a long running source of frustration for collectors: unfulfilled redemptions for autographed cards and similar hits that are … [Read more...] about Hobby News and Notes: BBB Not Pleased with Panini; Ruth Rookie Rockets; Historic Kraken Gamers; New Goldin Hire
High-Grade 1916 M101-4 Babe Ruth Rookie Card Coming to Auction
One of the best known examples of Babe Ruth’s rookie card is about to be sold to the highest bidder. Mile High Card Company will offer one of the six blank back Ruth cards graded PSA 7 from the 1916 M101-4 set in its November auction. The company believes it will sell for at least $3.5 million. A $3.75 million sale would put it among the top ten priciest cards ever … [Read more...] about High-Grade 1916 M101-4 Babe Ruth Rookie Card Coming to Auction
A Honus for the Rest of Us: A Handful of More Affordable Wagner Cards
You couldn’t blame a novice collector for thinking every Honus Wagner card is out of reach. Anytime one of the few dozen T206s sells at auction, the headlines scream as the price soars deeper into seven figures. Yet one of baseball’s most famous faces has plenty of original cards you can own without seeing a loan officer. No, they're not as inexpensive as they … [Read more...] about A Honus for the Rest of Us: A Handful of More Affordable Wagner Cards
Babe Ruth Rookie Card Traded for 1975 Topps Mini Set Brings $328,800 at Auction
It was Nolan Ryan for Jim Fregosi. Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas. Lou Brock for Ernie Broglio. All may have seemed like good ideas at the time for the teams that gave up the guys who wound up in the Hall of Fame, but in the end went down as a lopsided giveaway. At some point in the 1980s, when one collector traded away his 1916 Babe Ruth … [Read more...] about Babe Ruth Rookie Card Traded for 1975 Topps Mini Set Brings $328,800 at Auction
Jimmie Foxx Collection Headlines Huge Heritage Event
More than a dozen items from the personal collection of baseball great Jimmie Foxx, including the Hall of Famer’s game-used bat and his 500th home-run ball, are now on the auction block as Heritage Auctions kicks off its final catalog auction of 2020. The items from Foxx’s personal collection are being offered for the first time. They include everything from a 1934 … [Read more...] about Jimmie Foxx Collection Headlines Huge Heritage Event
Ad from 1916 Touts Baseball Card Giveaway at Everybody’s Department Store
While they're best known as a set issued by The Sporting News, the 1916 M101-4 baseball cards were distributed in several different ways by several different companies. Clothing stores that sold boys apparel were one popular outlet. We've seen ads for Gimbel's in Milwaukee, which offered groups of cards from the 200-card issue over a period of … [Read more...] about Ad from 1916 Touts Baseball Card Giveaway at Everybody’s Department Store
Ruth Rookie Card Found in Piano Brings 6-Figure Price
In terms of hobby lore, it was a hard story to beat. Avid collectors of one of the hobby's most iconic cards jumped on the chance to bid on a 1916 M101-4 Babe Ruth rookie card that had been found inside a very old piano. The auction closed in the wee hours of Friday morning with a final price of $130,054 including the buyer's premium. Goodwin & Co. Auctions sold … [Read more...] about Ruth Rookie Card Found in Piano Brings 6-Figure Price
Five M101-4 and M101-5 Cards Under the Radar
The M101-4 and M101-5 Mendelsohn/Sporting News sets are largely known for the presence of two key cards - Babe Ruth and Joe Jackson. Plenty of other big names, such as Ty Cobb and Walter Johnson, are found, too. But the sets offer plenty of other important cards worth collecting. Here are five of them that can go a little under the radar to those not familiar with the … [Read more...] about Five M101-4 and M101-5 Cards Under the Radar
T206 Wagner Brings $1.32 Million
One of the better examples of sports collecting’s holy grail sold early Sunday morning when Robert Edward Auctions’ spring catalog event came to an end. The PSA 3 T206 Honus Wagner generated 42 bids and sold for $1.32 million, a record price for the grade. That figure includes a 20% buyer’s premium added to all lots in the auction. The same card, dubbed the ‘Oceanside … [Read more...] about T206 Wagner Brings $1.32 Million