There’s a new auction record for game-worn shoes and the bidding isn’t over yet. Michael Jordan’s pair of Converse sneakers from the gold-medal-winning-game in the 1984 Olympics against Spain – is already at $144,222, with bidding set to continue through late Saturday night at SCP Auctions. The previous auction record of $104,765 for game-worn shoes was set in … [Read more...]
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Ohio State Memorabilia Collector’s Massive Stash
Most of us can relate. We’ve accumulated a lot of sports memorabilia over the years and just about every piece has a story. We find space in our home to display it but the buying never stops. Card show buys. Flea market finds. Auction acquisitions. Garage sale grabs. Pretty soon, the room is bursting at the seams with stuff. Brian Fogle started collecting as a … [Read more...]
A Glimpse at Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Collection
Some professional sports stars are indifferent to memorabilia. Pete Vuckovich kept his Cy Young Award under a bed. Others donate or consign items to auction as soon as they get them—or not long after their careers end, like Brett Favre is doing right now. Others.though, treasure their career momentoes and some, like Dale Earnhardt Jr., are collectors at … [Read more...]
Carolina Panthers Collector Extraordinaire
To call Pat LeClair “a collector” doesn’t quite tell the whole story. It also doesn’t scratch the surface of his devotion to the Carolina Panthers. He’s even got the tattoo to prove it. The 51-year-old plumber has a man cave brimming with signed game-worn jerseys, cleats, gloves, footballs, cards and anything else Panthers related. The white door to the room has … [Read more...]
Basement Ceiling Helps Collector Pinpoint Card Obsession
Dustin Samms is a ceiling fan. No joke. The ceiling of the basement in his Charleston, West Virginia, home is covered with baseball cards. There are 1,848 cards positioned on 24 tiles, fastened with a straight pin through the center of each card. Eight of the tiles are wide and grace the middle of the ceiling, flanked by eight smaller tiles on each side of the center … [Read more...]
Collectors Show Off Their Memorabilia Rooms
The Sports Collectors Daily Facebook page hit 40,000 fans earlier this month and to celebrate, we partnered with Baseball Card Exchange to give away a 1975 Topps Mini unopened pack. You had to work--a little--to enter the contest. We wanted collectors to show off their memorabilia rooms. If you submitted at least one photo, you were entered in the contest. Since … [Read more...]
