Over 2,000 lots—spanning every decade from the 1870s to the present day—are now on the block as Heritage Auctions opens its Summer Sports Card Catalog event. The rise of basketball cards means collectors will see plenty of Michael Jordan and other modern day greats in the online catalog, but seldom seen tobacco cards from the 19th and early 20th century are also expected to … [Read more...]
Top T201 Mecca Double Folders Set Coming to Auction
The highest graded set of one of the hobby’s truly unique issues is about to go on the market. Heritage Auctions will sell the #1 “Current Finest” set of 1911 T201 Mecca Double Folders in its upcoming Summer Sports Card Auction, set to open July 9. It’s the second All-Time Finest set ever curated. The artistic cards were interactive—designed with a flip-top … [Read more...]
Hottest Ty Cobb Baseball Card Auctions on eBay
The fans who watched him in his prime are long gone from this earth but no one needs eye witnesses or video to understand why the market for Ty Cobb baseball cards remains one of the hottest sports collectible markets. Cobb's greatness on the field and in the record books has transcended generations. From the early 20th century through the end of his playing career a … [Read more...]
T201 Mecca Double Folders Set is a Pre-War Bargain
If one were assembling the most unique pre-war baseball card sets, there's little question that the 1911 T201 Mecca Double Folders would be included. Included as an incentive inside packages of Mecca Cigarettes, the 2-1/4" by 4-11/16" cards feature two players, one on each side. But the most interesting feature of the cards is by far its unique shape. The … [Read more...]
Find Yields Highest Graded T205 Camnitz
A fresh-to-the-hobby stash of more than 270 pre-War baseball,boxing and non-sport cards we told you about in August has now been graded. The collection was acquired by American Legends, a long-time New York City area shop owned by Mark and Donna Rubin. The cards had been in the same family for more than a century, carefully preserved but never graded. Among the cards … [Read more...]
Set Break of the Month: 1911 Mecca Double Folders
In 1911, Mecca Cigarettes offered one of the most unusual baseball card sets ever created, each one a little work of art almost toy-like in design. The T201 Mecca Double Folders set includes 100 different players in a dual-image folding design, meaning there are 50 cards in all to collect. The unique design means the players on each rectangular ‘card’ share the bottom half of … [Read more...]