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...]
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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...]
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...]
5,000+ Lot Auction Includes Vintage Cards, Brooks Robinson Items
More than 5,000 lots of sports cards and memorabilia will be sold later this week by Heritage Auctions, which is calling the sale the largest in the history of the hobby. “The sheer scope of this auction should be enough to impress any collector because there’s something to be had in these catalogs for every level and every niche of the hobby,” said Heritage Auction Director … [Read more...]
Ranking the Population of Early Mantle Cards
If you're assuming the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle is the rarest of his standard Topps and Bowman cards, you're correct. It's a statistic that most collectors are familiar with. However, a comparison shows the difference in the number of graded Mantles from his first three seasons isn't quite as startling as you might think. The infographic below tallies the population … [Read more...]
