The biggest price at an auction of rare Olympic memorabilia ended with a six-figure sale--but it wasn’t for an item used in competition. Boston-based RR Auction sold a 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympics torch for $231,287. The torch, one of just 33 manufactured was used by French wrestler Daniel Robin to light the Olympic cauldron during the closing ceremonies in Grenoble's Le … [Read more...]
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Latest Edition of Long Beach Expo Returns This Week
The Long Beach Expo returns next weekend with sports cards, stamps, coins and other collectibles sharing the same space in southern California. This year, the expo will also host the 2018 World Olympic Collectors' Fair. The September edition of the expo will again be held in the Long Beach, California Convention Center located at 100 S. Pine Ave. It’s hosted by … [Read more...]
1955 Dodgers World Series Ring Fetches Top Price At RR Auction Sale
Bidders had a sentimental streak during RR Auction’s inaugural dedicated sports event, favoring The Boys of Summer and “Brian’s Song” over a bevy of sports memorabilia items. More than a dozen sports items brought in five-figure payouts for consignors on Friday, but the top item was a 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers World Series championship ring that fetched $45,049, including … [Read more...]
RR Auction Set to Launch First Sports-Only Sale
RR Auction has been selling historic, entertainment, space and other collectibles for 40 years. Next month, the Boston-based company will launch its first auction dedicated strictly to sports memorabilia, with more than 650 items scheduled to go on the block including some rare baseball cards, championship rings, autographed items and game-used memorabilia. The auction is set … [Read more...]
Canada Selling Game-Worn Olympic Hockey Jerseys
Game-worn jerseys worn by Team Canada in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games are being sold in a special online auction through the Hockey Canada Foundation. The intent is to raise money to “grow the game at the grassroots level across the country,” according to a news release. Jerseys from the women’s team are already online with bidding on eBay continuing through … [Read more...]
Barnyard Game: 1936 Olympic Basketballer’s Medal at Auction
Forty-eight years before Michael Jordan helped Team USA to victory and took off his shoes that sold Sunday for over $190,000, the gold medal game of the 1936 Olympics had been played on a court made of sand and clay-- outdoors in the pouring rain. Now, the family of one of the players has consigned a gold medal from that first Olympic basketball final in Berlin, Germany … [Read more...]
Korbut: I Didn’t Sell Medals for the Money
Global gymnastics icon Olga Korbut wants to set the record straight. She didn’t sell her five Olympic medals and other memorabilia because she was desperate for cash. A native of Belarus who competed for the Soviet Union, Korbut won three golds and a silver as a 17-year-old at the 1972 Summer Games in Munich, then came back to win a gold and silver at Montreal in … [Read more...]
Knievel, Korbut, Cards All Part of Big Heritage Sale
Items from the personal collections of 1970s sports icons Evel Knievel and Olga Korbut will be among the lots going under the hammer at Heritage Auctions later this month in an event expected to soar past $10 million. The auction, which will close Feb. 25-26 in “Extended Bidding” format – meaning the bidding will stay open at least for another 30 minutes after any … [Read more...]
Bill Buckner’s 1986 World Series Glove, Cleats at Auction
The glove and cleats worn by Bill Buckner when his error helped the New York Mets win Game 6 of the 1986 World Series are among the items in Goldin Auctions’ newly launched October Legends Auction. Buckner was wearing the high top cleats and using the MacGregor first baseman’s glove when Mookie Wilson’s ground ball bounced past him, enabling Ray Knight to score the winning … [Read more...]
First 2012 Summer Olympics Medal at Auction
The first athlete to sell an Olympic gold medal from the 2012 Summer Games in London remains a mystery for now but it’s gold—and it’s now on the auction block. RR Auctions has listed the medal among the items in their Olympic Memorabilia Auction which opened late last week. The medal is estimated to sell for more than $30,000. The current high bid has already surpassed … [Read more...]
