The Rookie of the Year award Pete Rose won for his 1963 debut season is on the auction block. Lelands is offering the award as part of its current auction, set to close October 28. The sterling silver bowl measures 8 inches in diameter and is engraved "Baseball Writers Association of America, 1963 Rookie of the Year, National League, Pete Rose, Cincinnati Reds." The … [Read more...]
Notebook: 1979 Topps Pete Rose Sells for…What? MLB Cancer Auction, Autograph ‘Consistency’, Astrodome Seats
PSA’s Set Registry and some very passionate…and very wealthy…collectors. We’ve tracked several auctions of rather pedestrian modern era cards lately that have sold for mind-boggling numbers, like this 1979 Topps Pete Rose PSA 10. There are five of these in existence—not just one—but the winning bid is something you have to see to believe. ---------- For the … [Read more...]
Pete Rose Chats Bans, Needles Fans on NPR
The last time Pete Rose wore a big league uniform, the internet was something known only to computer programmers. He's now a senior citizen but still the same spunky guy who battled baseball over gambling and the government over taxes--and lost. Many fans would prefer to remember him as one of the game's all-time great players. They come to the Art of Music in Las Vegas to buy … [Read more...]
Pete Rose: Baseball Card Ban ‘Isn’t Fair’
For 24 years, he has been dead to Major League Baseball. Gambling on the game built Pete Rose’s prison and there’s no parole in sight. He has grudgingly accepted the fact that he’ll never manage or work in the big leagues again. Removing his name from baseball cards, however, is something he doesn’t understand. Rose can’t appear on MLB licensed products … [Read more...]
Agreement That Banned Pete Rose from Baseball Heading to Auction
Pete Rose’s personal copy of the document in which he accepted his lifetime banishment from Major League Baseball is going on the auction block. Newly launched Goldin Auctions is selling the famous 1989 agreement in its upcoming catalog auction. “I think this has the potential to be a $1 million-plus document,” company president Ken Goldin told ESPN. Goldin says his … [Read more...]
Pete Rose Autograph Biz Moving
It was an unexpected sight for thousands of tourists who happened to stop by the Forum Shops inside Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. There, amid the pricey merchandise in the Forum Shops, was Pete Rose, signing autographs for pay at the Field of Dreams store. About every three to four weeks, Rose would settle down and pen his name on baseballs, photos, jerseys and other … [Read more...]
Pete Rose ‘Bat Rays’ Negative
The evidence that Pete Rose apparently corked at least one of the bats he used while pursuing Ty Cobb's all-time hit record sent collectors scampering to their memorabilia rooms in search of game-used Rose bats. Then, they headed for the nearest medical facility. A report on Deadspin.com earlier this month revealed that a California collector had x-rayed his PR4192 … [Read more...]
Pete Rose Makes it to Cooperstown
He can't sign any Hall of Fame plaques, but Pete Rose was back in upstate New York over the weekend, pen in hand. … [Read more...]
Graded Pete Rose Collection=$22K
A nice collection of PSA-graded Pete Rose cards encompassing his entire playing career has sold for nearly $23,000. No confession of any kind was included. … [Read more...]
King of Pete Rose Card Collectors….x 2
Jeff Korth owns not just one..but two of the finest quality collections of Pete Rose baseball cards in the world. … [Read more...]