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...]
Hornung, Greenwood, Cappelletti Collections Among Super Bowl LV Auction Highlights
Hunt Auctions and NFL Auction are once again collaborating at Super Bowl LV to host the 13th Annual Super Bowl Live Auction event on February 6,in Tampa, FL. The auction will feature over 500 items highlighted items from the collection of the late Pro Football Hall of Famer Paul Hornung including a jersey from the 1966 season, a football believed to have been used in … [Read more...]
Gretzky Rookie Jersey, Jordan Rookie, Hornung Heisman Top Century Of Champions Sale
The record set for a 1986-87 Fleer rookie card of Michael Jordan lasted less than 12 hours. And a jersey worn by “The Great One” fetched a very high price. A PSA 10 Jordan attracted 14 bids before selling for $151,200 in the A Century of Champions sale conducted by Goldin Auctions and Sotheby's Monday afternoon. The record sale for a PSA graded Jordan rookie was boosted by a … [Read more...]
Hall of Famers’ Football Jerseys Part of Heritage Auction
Some future Pro Football Hall of Famers are being drafted this week. We just don't know their names yet. We do know the names of some past greats who were once NFL draftees and some of the jerseys they wore on the way to Canton are among the top items in the new Heritage Auctions catalog. The auction includes the hobby's only known jersey … [Read more...]
1961 Fleer Football Set Topped Topps in Size
In 1961, professional football was split between two leagues, the decades old National Football League (NFL) and the newly formed American Football League (AFL). It would be five years before the two leagues would announce a planned merger and six before the first Super Bowl. The football card industry was also divided that year as both Topps and Fleer produced large … [Read more...]
Hornung Heisman, Gehrig All-Star Pin, Bonds 716 Memorabilia at Goldin Auctions
Goldin Auctions has opened bidding on its Spring Premium Live Auction with 70 high value lots on the block including Paul Hornung’s 1956 Heisman Trophy, a 1939 All-Star Game pin given to Lou Gehrig and the complete ensemble used by Barry Bonds to hit his 716th career home run in 2006. Bidding is underway online now but the auction will close with a live segment on May … [Read more...]
1964 Philadelphia Football Cards Ushered In New Era
It was a swell product while it lasted. In 1964, the Philadelphia Gum Company obtained the licensing rights to produce National Football League trading cards, ending the stranglehold Topps had held since 1956. Topps executive Sy Berger had gotten an agreement through NFL commissioner Bert Bell to produce cards starting in 1956 and continued through 1963. That pact … [Read more...]
Big Bucks for Ozzie’s Gold Gloves, Babe’s Sweater, Oscar’s MVP and Hornung’s Heisman
Ozzie Smith’s 13 Gold Glove Awards from 1980-1992 sold for $519,203, the only known Babe Ruth Yankees team sweater went for $250,642, Oscar Robertson’s 1963-64 Most Valuable Player Award attracted a bid of $17 7,632 and Paul Hornung’s Heisman Memorial Trophy sold for $173,102 in SCP Auctions’ November auction which concluded early Sunday. All prices are inclusive of a 20 … [Read more...]
Paul Hornung Selling Packers Championship Rings, Other Items
You can add Pro Football Hall of Famer Paul Hornung to the list of former stars who are selling off chunks of their collections at auction as the year winds to a close. Hornung, a Heisman Trophy winner at Notre Dame and star halfback for Vince Lombardi's Packers in the 1960s, has consigned 17 lots to SCP Auctions for its current sale including re-issues of his NFL … [Read more...]
Vintage Cards, Sets Strong for Heritage
High-grade baseball sets and singles were up for grabs in Heritage Auctions' latest Signature event but it was a hockey card set that topped bidding in the card portion of the two-day event. A 1912 C57 set of 50, rated the second best on PSA's Set Registry, sold for $89,625. The rare set is one of three tobacco card sets from the era that featured hockey players. The … [Read more...]