It’s just sitting there in homes across North America. Incredibly valuable pieces of sports history no one knows about. Any dealer who tells you “all of the good stuff has been found” isn’t paying attention. More proof came Sunday when an autographed Babe Ruth bat, likely worth well into six figures, was brought to the Hunt Auctions Appraisal Fair ahead of Tuesday’s MLB … [Read more...] about Appraisal Fair Uncovers 1925 Babe Ruth Signed Bat
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New Discoveries Rewrite Old Pinback Button Checklists
Decades and even centuries can go by before some of the hobby’s mysteries can be unraveled. Proof of that comes in the form of a pair of new discoveries that are filling in some missing pieces on a couple of very rare pinback sets. One hundred years ago, Schmelzer’s Sporting Goods in the Kansas City area issued celluloid pins as a business promotion. With such regional … [Read more...] about New Discoveries Rewrite Old Pinback Button Checklists
M116 Sporting Life Cards Uncovered; Heading to Auction
A new to the hobby find of more than one hundred, 1910-11 M116 Sporting News Life trading cards recently discovered by a family in the Midwest will hit the auction block for the first time ever in the Goldin Auctions 2015 Opening Day Auction this April. The elusive M116 issue features the finest baseball players from the early 1900's as chosen by the editors of the popular … [Read more...] about M116 Sporting Life Cards Uncovered; Heading to Auction