Those in attendance at Monday’s Celebration of Life for Kobe and Gianna Bryant received memorabilia that included a T-shirt, keepsake ticket, pin and a program featuring images from throughout their lives. Those items have become a hot commodity on eBay with several listings seeing bids well into the hundreds of dollars. Update 2/26: eBay appears to have begun … [Read more...]
PSA 10 ’52 Topps Mantle Returns to Denver Exhibit
It arrived--again--by armored car. There would be no chances taken with what would most certainly be the world's most valuable single baseball card should it ever cross the auction block. Just as it did earlier this year, one of the three PSA 10 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle cards is drawing a crowd to History Colorado in Denver. While once again very short, its … [Read more...]
Armored Car Brings 1952 Topps Mantle PSA 10 to Exhibit
It was something you used to see reserved only for rare pieces of artwork or things made of a lot gold. Then again, I suppose you could call one of the hobby's three gem mint graded Mickey Mantle cards a work of art that's definitely worth a bunch of gold. On Monday morning, the History Colorado Center took delivery of collector Marshall Fogel's PSA 10 … [Read more...]
Marshall Fogel Talks About the PSA 10 Mantle
It's insured for more than ten times what Mickey Mantle made for playing baseball from 1951-1968. Such is the current market for what is probably the second most recognizable baseball card ever made. When the PSA 10 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle is removed from the bank vault where it lives and heads to a three-day engagement in Denver next month, it'll arrive, … [Read more...]
PSA 10 1952 Mantle Going on Display in Colorado
One of the three 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle cards to earn a PSA 10 rating is going on display next month, but you won’t have a lot of time to see it. Long-time collector Marshall Fogel is loaning his copy to the History Colorado Center in Denver where it will be featured from July 16-18 as an addition to an exhibit of historic baseball memorabilia called Play Ball! A … [Read more...]
Notes: Fogel Collection on Exhibit; Geddy & Albert; Free Money to Bid; Memorial Weekend Sales
If you want to take in elements of one of the best baseball memorabilia collections on the planet, get to Denver before the end of the baseball season. The History Colorado Center is hosting an exhibit featuring some amazing relics on loan from Denver area collector Marshall Fogel. Game bats from Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson. Game-worn jerseys … [Read more...]
Notes: Mantle Update; Tiger, Snead Items Soar; Fogel Collection on Display
Bidding for the PSA 9 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle at Heritage Auctions is now at $2.2 million, including the buyer’s premium. It’s one of six at that level on PSA’s Population Report (there are three 10s). The pre-sale auction estimate was $3.5 million. Bidding continues through April 19. In all, there are 7 ’52 Mantle cards in the auction. There’s also a PSA … [Read more...]