With a boost from Mickey Mantle, Heritage Auctions once again topped $1.4 billion in company wide sales this year. The $1.45 billion figure was a record high for the 46-year-old Dallas-based company, which conducts auctions in over 40 different categories including coins, art, history, comics and other collectibles. It was the second straight year the company topped that … [Read more...] about Mick Helps Push Heritage Auctions Sports Tally Past $157 Million for 2022
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Mantle’s ‘Gift’ Home Run Jersey Up for Auction Could Also Be Last He Ever Wore
A familiar piece of baseball history returns to Heritage Auctions, this time with a new story to tell more than a half century since it last saw action. On two previous occasions, the Dallas-based action house has offered the jersey Mickey Mantle wore when he struck his 535th home run on Sept. 19, 1968 – the so-called “Gift” served to the New York Yankees … [Read more...] about Mantle’s ‘Gift’ Home Run Jersey Up for Auction Could Also Be Last He Ever Wore
Al Kaline Collection, Baseball Rookie Cards Star in $26 Million Auction
Throughout his seven decades in baseball, Al Kaline accumulated countless memories he shared with fans. He also accumulated plenty of stuff. The collection of the late “Mr. Tiger” was big enough and important enough to have its own dedicated auction catalog. Now, the thousands of pieces that were consigned by his family are on the way to collectors after Heritage … [Read more...] about Al Kaline Collection, Baseball Rookie Cards Star in $26 Million Auction
Heritage Opens 4,200 Lot Fall Auction with Mantle Jersey, 2,000+ Cards, More
With player collections, historic items consigned by collectors and stacks of rare and high-grade sports cards in tow, Heritage Auctions has opened its Fall Sports Collectibles Auction. The 4,200-lot event is too large for one catalog: it’s a four-volume set that will be delivered to collectors around the world beginning next week. Online bidding is already … [Read more...] about Heritage Opens 4,200 Lot Fall Auction with Mantle Jersey, 2,000+ Cards, More
Notes: 1950s Mascot Dog Food Set Update; 1st Bubble Gamers Sold; NBA Card Market Still Strong
The elements of a rare 1950s food issue set are coming together, thanks to Chuck Whisman of Wheatland Auctions. How rare are the cards from the Mascot Dog Food set? None of the 11 known cards on the checklist have more than three known copies today. You might remember our 2018 story from when Wheatland sold newly uncovered copies of the Mickey Mantle and … [Read more...] about Notes: 1950s Mascot Dog Food Set Update; 1st Bubble Gamers Sold; NBA Card Market Still Strong
1956 Mantle Jersey Brings $649,250 in Mile High Auction
A pinstriped New York Yankees jersey worn by Mickey Mantle in the first half of his 1956 Triple Crown season has sold for $649,250, the second highest priced Mantle jersey ever sold at auction. The jersey, photomatched to several moments during the season and later signed by Mantle, drew 24 bids in Mile High Card Company’s first major sale of 2020. The selling price … [Read more...] about 1956 Mantle Jersey Brings $649,250 in Mile High Auction
Notes: LeBron’s Christmas Jersey, Beliveau Collection at Auction; Value of LSU’s Championship Football
Big time NBA jersey collectors are zeroing in on the Christmas Day jerseys that have hit the auction block, including the one worn by LeBron James. NBA Auctions is offering jerseys from the Lakers, Sixers and Pelicans, all worn in the holiday games. Bidding for the James jersey has already passed $30,000 with more than two weeks left. He missed a triple-double by one … [Read more...] about Notes: LeBron’s Christmas Jersey, Beliveau Collection at Auction; Value of LSU’s Championship Football
High Grade 1952 Topps Mantle Joins Jersey, Ruth and Cobb Bats in New MHCC Auction
The second major sports memorabilia auction of 2020 gets underway Monday as Mile High Card Company opens its January catalog. The launch comes just a few months after their last auction billed as ‘The Event’, which featured the $1.35 million sale of a T206 Wagner. There’s no Wagner this time around, but the sale does include some valuable cards, vintage … [Read more...] about High Grade 1952 Topps Mantle Joins Jersey, Ruth and Cobb Bats in New MHCC Auction
Jersey from Mantle’s 1956 Triple Crown Season Heads to Auction
A jersey pegged to Mickey Mantle’s 1956 Triple Crown season will hit the auction block next week. Mile High Card Company will offer the Yankees home flannel, which it calls “arguably the most significant game-worn item of the post-war era.” “This is likely the finest Mickey Mantle game-used jersey ever to come to market, and it originates from one of the greatest … [Read more...] about Jersey from Mantle’s 1956 Triple Crown Season Heads to Auction
Mantle, Other Vintage Jerseys and Bats Top Slugger Auction
Hundreds of pieces of baseball history found new homes Saturday in the 16th Annual Louisville Slugger Factory & Museum Auction. Headlined by items from the long-time collection of Ohio native Bob Crotty and relics from early Pittsburgh broadcaster Rosy Rowswell, the live portion of the auction inside the museum drew a crowd of collectors. A packed house … [Read more...] about Mantle, Other Vintage Jerseys and Bats Top Slugger Auction