Highlighted by an ultra-high grade run of Mickey Mantle cards, Memory Lane’s Winter Classic Auction tallied over $2.1 million and set several hobby records when bidding wrapped up early Sunday morning. The Empire State Collection, a remarkable run of every basic Mickey Mantle card from his career (1951-1969), sold for a combined $759,100. Fourteen of the 21 cards in the … [Read more...] about Mantle Cards Crush Records in MLI Auction
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Top Mickey Mantle Card Collection Coming to Auction
The Empire State Collection, a high-grade accumulation featuring all 21 basic Mickey Mantle cards, including the 1951 Bowman rookie and iconic 1952 Topps high number, will be broken up and sold by Memory Lane Auctions. The collection, pieced together over a period of years by a long-time Mantle fan and collector, is the number one rated basic Mantle set on the PSA Set … [Read more...] about Top Mickey Mantle Card Collection Coming to Auction
Mantle Cards Set More Marks in Memory Lane Auction
The previous record price for a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle in near mint condition wasn’t just surpassed early Sunday morning. It was destroyed. Memory Lane sold the PSA 7 graded example of the most popular post-War baseball card ever made in its Summer Break Auction and when the dust settled, the final tally was $99,185, including the 19.5% buyer’s premium. It was the … [Read more...] about Mantle Cards Set More Marks in Memory Lane Auction
High-Grade Vintage Set Breaks in Memory Lane Auction
Vintage card collectors looking to upgrade their sets will have a chance to do that—and then some-- when Memory Lane kicks off its Summer Break Auction beginning July 25. Several high-grade complete and near complete sets will be broken up and sold card by card including: 1952 Topps. The set includes PSA 7 (near mint) examples of the coveted Mickey Mantle and Eddie Mathews … [Read more...] about High-Grade Vintage Set Breaks in Memory Lane Auction
Gary Hughes Collection Highlights Memory Lane Winter Auction
One of the best known sets of 1953 Topps baseball cards is among more than 1,000 lots in the current Memory Lane’s 2014 Winter Auction. The set, loaded with PSA 8 (nm/mt) cards, is part of a collection consigned by collector Gary Hughes, who has spent nearly a half century working in professional baseball. Currently a special advisor to the Boston Red Sox, Hughes has also … [Read more...] about Gary Hughes Collection Highlights Memory Lane Winter Auction
Baseball Photos from Christy Walsh Estate Coming to Auction
Photographs from the collection of one of the most important figures in 20th century American sports will enter into the marketplace this week when Memory Lane opens its 2014 Winter Auction. Athletic luminaries from Cy Young to Dizzy Dean are pictured on first generation images, some of which were captured during the most celebrated events in American sports. The eleven … [Read more...] about Baseball Photos from Christy Walsh Estate Coming to Auction
Jeter’s Only All-Star Home Run Bat Joins Vintage Cards in Memory Lane Catalog
Memory Lane’s new I Own it Now catalog sale gets underway Thursday, highlighted by a signed and inscribed bat used by Derek Jeter to hit his only home run in All-Star Game competition.The familiar black P72 model is signed and inscribed in silver ink by the newly retired Yankees star. He used it to hit a homer for the victorious American League in July of 2001 at the new … [Read more...] about Jeter’s Only All-Star Home Run Bat Joins Vintage Cards in Memory Lane Catalog
Ruth Exhibit, Top Rated 1964 Topps Set on Display at Expo
More than 50 historic items related to Babe Ruth will be on display at the Long Beach Coin, Currency, Stamp & Sports Collectible Expo, September 4 - 6. The display, which was also part of this year’s National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland, is sponsored by Memory Lane and will include signed letters, photographs, a 1927 souvenir program book, a 1932 Ruth … [Read more...] about Ruth Exhibit, Top Rated 1964 Topps Set on Display at Expo
Ruth Cards, High-Grade Hornung Rookie Smash Records
Three vintage Babe Ruth cards sold for a combined $222,270 in Memory Lane’s Summer Rarities Auction which closed early Sunday morning but there were plenty of other noteworthy sales. A 1933 Goudey Ruth #149 graded PSA 8 topped bidding at a record-setting $78,870, closely followed by the #53 Ruth from the same set. Also rated 8, it changed hands at $75,285 while a 1916 M101-4 … [Read more...] about Ruth Cards, High-Grade Hornung Rookie Smash Records
Dedicated Collector Travels Nearly 10,000 Miles to NSCC
Unless there was a collector from another planet roaming the halls of the IX Center in Cleveland last week (and come to think of it, wouldn't that make a great story), the award for longest journey to the National Sports Collectors Convention goes to Vince Bellier. He wins it every year. An advanced collector, Bellier hails from Melbourne, Australia. The National is his … [Read more...] about Dedicated Collector Travels Nearly 10,000 Miles to NSCC