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...]
’52 Topps Mantle Wasn’t Only Heavy Hitting Vintage Card in Heritage Sale
The mint 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle generated most of the headlines but there were plenty of other big ticket vintage cards sold in Heritage Auctions’ two-day Spring Trading Card catalog. The two-day auction that kicked off with the much-publicized ‘52 Mantle owned by Evan Mathis reaching $2.88 million wrapped up late Friday night. Two other ’52 Mantle cards also drew a … [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...]
Ball from ‘Greatest NFL Game Ever Played’ at Auction
The football Johnny Unitas used to throw a touchdown pass to Raymond Berry in the 1958 NFL Championship Game, dubbed “The Greatest Game Ever Played” is among the items in Huggins & Scott’s latest auction. The ball, snared by Berry in the second quarter of the overtime game that helped propel pro football to unprecedented popularity, includes provenance detailing the chain … [Read more...]
Photo of the Day: Stengel Checked Out in Brooklyn
He already had a reputation as a bit of a character and when you put the 1916 Brooklyn Robins uniform on Casey Stengel, he looks almost like a fictional character. Rest assured, the RMY Auctions Photo of the Day is the real Casey and a bit of a rare find. The 3x5” image shows the future Hall of Fame manager in a portrait pose, with a sweet smile crossing his face (either … [Read more...]
Collector Research Yields Insight into 1916 Gimbels Baseball Cards
The hobby’s history is constantly being edited and re-written. Sometimes a new discovery about a vintage card set or piece of memorabilia is made when an item is consigned to an auction house, like the Four Base Hits John Clarkson or two unknown vintage player pins we learned about this past week. Other times, it’s simply a little leg work by collectors who are just … [Read more...]
Newly Graded 1916 M101-5 Complete Set Coming to Auction
It spent nearly a century in the hands of a Midwestern family before recently being graded by PSA, where it instantly became their second highest graded set of all-time. Now, one of the hobby's iconic pre-War sets is going on the auction block. Memory Lane will sell the five most valuable cards in the set, including a PSA 5 Babe Ruth, separately from the remaining 195 cards … [Read more...]