Seminars, softball tournaments and trivia contests were once a part of the National Sports Collectors Convention. Then came autograph guests. Then live auctions and eventually case and box breaking. Until now, there has never been a blood drive in conjunction with the annual show, though. At least we’re pretty sure of that. In conjunction with … [Read more...]
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Notes: $204K for Koufax; New Find of Old Equipment; NSCC Tix
A Sandy Koufax rookie card graded PSA 9 sold for $204,000 in a recent auction of one of the PSA Set Registry’s top 1955 Topps sets. Bested only three times in over 6,000 submissions, the card’s sale marked the second time Heritage Auctions has sold a Koufax rookie for over $200,000 since last summer. In the same auction, a Harmon Killebrew rookie, one of only 19 graded … [Read more...]
VIDEO: The Topps Vault
For years, it was all locked inside a giant storage facility. One by one over the last few years, however, the little one-of-a-kind gems from Topps’ past have filtered out through ongoing eBay auctions. From the start, it was clear that collectors would pay for virtually anything the company loaded into a listing. Printing proofs. Old photos used for cards and other … [Read more...]
