One of 119 copies of Michael Jordan’s 1986-87 Fleer Stickers graded PSA 10 sold for over $234,000 as Goldin Auctions closed out its first Monthly Trading Card Auction. The price broke a record for the grade established just a week earlier when another sold for $200,100 through PWCC Marketplace Auctions. Fewer than one percent of the more than 13,000 Jordan rookie … [Read more...]
Notes: Super Bowl Auction; Missing Super Bowl Rings; KC Shop; Browns Collector Makes the HOF
The jersey worn by Paul Hornung during Super Bowl I sold for $70,500 at the annual Super Bowl Auction in Tampa Saturday. Hornung didn't play in the Packers' 35-10 win over the Chiefs in January of 1967 but he did don the same green and gold Packers durene jersey in other games as well. A football attributed to Super Bowl I, signed by Hornung to a friend netted … [Read more...]
’52 Mantle, Mahomes, MJ Rookies Push Goldin Auction Past $30 Million
One night. One boatload of money spent on sports cards. A pair of Michael Jordan rookie cards sold for $738,000 each in Goldin Auctions' Elite catalog sale late Saturday night, blowing past any previously established norms, and they weren't even the highest selling items. In all, the auction netted over $30 million, a record for a single sports memorabilia … [Read more...]
Notes: Big Offer for Bird-Magic Rookie; $30 Million Worth of Mahomes; New MHCC Auction; Kobe’s Impact on LA Store
Back in October, Collectable offered shares in one of the 24 PSA 10 1980-81 Topps Larry Bird/Magic Johnson rookie cards, then valued at $352,000. On Monday, the company received an offer of $720,000 for the card. After fees, those who bought in would receive about $160.69 per share, a 161% premium above the IPO price from October. Shareholders now have 48 hours … [Read more...]
Consignment of the Week: Battle of the Playoff QB Autographed Cards
This weekend’s NFL playoff games will showcase some of sports collecting’s hottest—and most reliable—quarterbacks. On one side of the bracket are a trio of players who seemingly made time stand still. On the other are the young stars looking to build on their own legacies, a history making quartet that have kept the hobby’s prospectors busy for the last few … [Read more...]
Up Arrows: A Travis Kelce Rookie Card Review
It's safe to say if you were buying cards of NFL draft picks in several years ago, there were plenty of choices you would have made instead of gobbling up Travis Kelce rookie cards. Third round picks are the penny stocks of prospecting, though, and if you were one of the few who believed in him back in 2013, you've done well. The Kelce Chronicle Ohio native Travis … [Read more...]
Heritage 4-Day Auction Tally Sets New Mark for Single Sports Auction Event
Spread out over four separate sessions closing on successive nights and packing over 3,700 lots, Heritage Auctions’ 2020 Fall Collectibles Auction was the biggest in company history. It turned out to also be the biggest money maker in sports collecting history. The auction, with individual sessions ending Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings, realized over … [Read more...]
Notebook: Collectable Accepts $182,500 Offer for Mahomes RPA; 1916 Red Sox Photo Tops RMY Sale; Ruth Signed Ball Giveaway; Card Shop Stories
Collectable has accepted its first buyout offer for one of the assets it offered to users of its recently launched fractional shares platform. The company said Monday that it has sold the 2017 Panini Flawless Patrick Mahomes Emerald RPA numbered to 5 that it offered in October. The price of $182,500 came from a private buyer who had originally offered $170,000 but … [Read more...]
Cache Of Unsigned Patrick Mahomes ‘Personal Edition’ Rookie Cards Found At Thrift Store
This might be the best argument for being thrifty. You never know what you might find. Justinn Patton’s latest find was not actually discovered inside the Goodwill Outlet & Recycling Center in Kansas City, but the Missouri resident made a deal for the ages. And the deal had to do with Patrick Mahomes. Patton, 32, from nearby Independence, stumbled onto some … [Read more...]
Notes: HA Sale Netted $9.4 Million
The just concluded Summer Trading Card catalog at Heritage Auctions resulted in 1,971 bidders pushing the auction’s tally past the $9.4 million mark. As we reported earlier this week, bidding was topped by an all-PSA 10 1986-87 Fleer set including the Michael Jordan rookie card that sold for $216,000. Three high-grade 1933 Goudey Sport Kings all topped the … [Read more...]