"She is Gone!" Well, not yet but by the end of the month, the jersey Dennis Eckersley wore while serving up Kirk Gibson’s famous 1988 World Series home run will have a new owner. Grey Flannel Auctions is offering the Oakland Athletics road jersey bearing Eckersley’s name in its current catalog. It comes with Letters of Authenticity from the A’s equipment manager, … [Read more...]
Collecting Community, Teams Go to Bat for Young Fire Victim
Who says no one writes letters anymore? The simple act of grabbing a pencil and putting words on paper has turned a young boy’s despair into some moments he’ll never forget. Loren Smith, a nine-year-old Oakland A’s fan was feeling low after a wildfire destroyed his family’s home and with it, all of his baseball cards and autographs. "The day after the fire, … [Read more...]
Nine-Year-Old A’s Fan Saddened by Loss of Cards, Autographs in Fire
Among the thousands of homes destroyed by the fires in Northern California last week was one occupied by an avid young fan of the Oakland Athletics. Nine-year-old Loren Jade Smith of Santa Rosa is safe, but heartbroken over the loss of his collection of A’s baseball cards and memorabilia. The youngster wrote the team a letter which was posted on the website of … [Read more...]
Gene Tenace Collection Coming to SCP Auctions
World Series rings seemed to be drawn to Gene Tenace like a magnet. Four of the six he earned throughout his career as a player and coach are among more than 50 items recently consigned to SCP Auctions by the former big league catcher. They'll go on the auction block this spring. An important player during the Oakland A’s run of success during the early and mid-1970s, … [Read more...]
Tucked Away for Years, Glynn West Collection Comes to Auction
The history of the nation's oldest active baseball park is in many ways the history of American baseball. Yet, much of the history of Birmingham's Rickwood Field has been hidden from the eyes of historians and biographers, because it was locked away in the basement of Glynn West, longtime manager of the Birmingham Barons and Birmingham A's. Now, the collection has been … [Read more...]