Kids who found them inside packs they opened decades ago were excited. In 2017, the enthusiasm for the biggest names in baseball history hasn’t waned a bit and some pack-fresh classic cardboard is about to go on the auction block. Memory Lane’s upcoming Spring "Holy Grail" Auction includes some single cards that are expected to attract six-figure bids, a group of … [Read more...]
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High-Grade Heroes Highlight Huge Memory Lane Winter Auction
Collectors might want to grab another log for the fire when they head for an easy chair to digest the 2016-17 Memory Lane Winter Rarities Auction. The catalog for the annual event, running December 23 through January 14, is a company record 256 pages long with over 1,300 lots of vintage and rare sports cards and memorabilia. The auction kicks off with one of the … [Read more...]
1952 Mantle Poised to Pass $1 Million
A 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card graded 8.5 by PSA stands poised to become the hobby’s next million dollar card. One of only a dozen graded at NM/MT+ or higher, the card soared to $800,000 in the first few days of bidding at Heritage Auctions. With the 19.5% buyer’s premium, the price currently sits at $956,000 and the auction still has over three weeks to run. Two other … [Read more...]
Mint Musial; Bazooka Hockey Set Headline MHCC Auction
Mile High Card Company will offer a complete set of one of the rarest hockey card issues ever created when its Fall Auction opens next week; a complete 1971-72 Bazooka Hockey Panel set with each card in the set ranked as the highest ever graded. The Bazooka cards were only available for a brief period of time in Canada that season. A complete box featuring Hall of … [Read more...]
1988 Atlantic City National Drew Buyers for Mattingly, Mantle
The National Sports Collectors Convention opens four weeks from now, making its third ever stop in Atlantic City. The first was in 1988 when an estimated 50,000 collectors turned out just as the hobby’s boom era was beginning to escalate. The second stop came 15 years later when much of the focus for buying and selling had shifted online. A look back at some of the coverage … [Read more...]
Notes: Prices Still Soaring; Lelands’ Ali Auction; Collection Video
Not every 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle has been in a grading company holder for years. One ‘raw’ card was recently graded by PSA and had its origin in Alan “Mr. Mint” Rosen’s 1980s find. That card, graded NM 7, got its first taste of the auction market late last week, selling for $218,650 via Goodwin and Company. That same auction resulted in yet another record price for the … [Read more...]
Ultimate Mickey Mantle Collector Opts to Liquidate
For over 20 years, Randall Swearingen has been collecting Mickey Mantle memorabilia. The owner of a Texas software comopany had the resources to acquire some pretty special items, too. His ultimate goal was to establish a museum to show it all off, even partnering with the Mantle family to try and make it happen somewhere. But those dreams never came to fruition and now, … [Read more...]
24 Price Records Fall in Memory Lane Auction
The current appetite for high-grade vintage sports cards appears insatiable. With bids flying well into the wee hours of Sunday morning after a scheduled Saturday night close, Memory Lane’s Spring Rarities Auction ended with two dozen record prices set as well as a new company record for total sales. Cards from the finest basic collection of Hank Aaron cards on the PSA Set … [Read more...]
Ruth Contract Tops Half Million Dollar Mark
The first contract Babe Ruth signed as a member of the New York Yankees sold for a whopping $549,000 over the weekend. The twice-signed pact was inked by Ruth in 1922, after his original Red Sox contract had expired. It was the most ever paid for one of his Yankee contracts. A total of 76 lots were offered by Goldin Auctions in the live event conducted at the New York … [Read more...]
Goudey Advertising Signs, Mantle Mother Lode Part of MLI Auction
The top Mickey Mantle collection on PSA’s Set registry, rare and high-grade vintage sports cards and sets, older wax and cello packs, and World Series programs — some more than 100 years 0ld — are among the featured items in Memory Lane’s Winter Extravaganza auction. Bidding opened for 860 items on December 26; auctions will close on Saturday, January 16. More than $1 … [Read more...]
