If you bought a blaster box of Topps Update back in 2011, pulled a card of young Mike Trout and landed a nice grade, your $19.99 investment is working out pretty good. On March 22, a PSA 10 sold for $19,500 and a BGS 9.5 netted $11,000. A BGS 9 sold Sunday night for $7,800. The card was one of several early autographed Trout cards sold by PWCC Auctions including: … [Read more...]
Rose’s Record-Breaking Bat at Auction
The bat used by Pete Rose to become baseball’s all-time hits leader is back on the market. Heritage Auctions is offering the black Mizuno stick in its February Platinum Auction. The current high bid is $220,000 but expectations are it could reach $600,000 or more. The 34” bat is inscribed, signed and dated by Rose in silver Sharpie. It also comes with a copy of … [Read more...]
Signing Session Turns into Chase After Kids Grab Rose Bat
A private autograph session at a Cincinnati area memorabilia shop turned a bit chaotic this week when a young thief grabbed a Pete Rose bat and ran out the door. Police in Forest Park, north of the city, say Rose was signing autographs in the back of The Sports Gallery when a group of juveniles entered the front of the shop. Owner Mark Fugate says he then … [Read more...]
Bobble Bulletin: Eagles Bobblehead Set is Big–and a Big Seller
Ed. Note: Welcome to the first edition of Bobble Bulletin, which will provide updates on bobblehead collecting including news, significant sales, new releases and more. The officially licensed, individually numbered Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl bobbleheads will go down as the most popular Super Bowl bobbleheads of all-time, and it hasn’t even been a month since the … [Read more...]
Jackie Robinson Cap with Beanball Protection Soars to $590,994
A cap worn early in Jackie Robinson’s career sold for $590,994 early Saturday morning in a Lelands.com auction. The blue Brooklyn Dodgers wool cap included three protective plates sewn into the lining to aid the first African-American big leaguer as he faced pitches thrown near his head. The price, which included a 20% buyer’s premium tacked onto the winning bid, was … [Read more...]
Jackie Robinson Cap, Rose’s Record Bat Headline Lelands Auction
The bat Pete Rose used for his record-breaking 4,192 hit in 1985 and the specially padded 1947-48 Brooklyn Dodgers cap worn by Jackie Robinson to help protect his head from racially motivated beanballs headline the newly-launched Lelands.com Masters Auction, online through October 27. The auction consists of several hundred lots of higher end sports memorabilia … [Read more...]
1919 Pact Selling Ruth to Yankees, 1927 Series Ring Highlight Leland’s Sale
Babe Ruth’s 1927 World Series Championship ring and one of two copies of the 1919 agreement documenting the sale of of Ruth from the Red Sox to Yankees contract headline the Lelands.com 1st Annual Invitational Auction. Both items are owned by actor Charlie Sheen. The ring has never before been offered publicly. Shen bought it in a private … [Read more...]
3-Day Show in Columbus Includes Bo, Bettis, Bosa
Bo Jackson, Jerome Bettis, Joey Bosa and Pete Rose will be among the headliners for the 4th annual Midwest Sports Spectacular autograph and card show in Columbus, OH January 20-22. The 25,000-square-foot dealer room will have over 40 dealers of vintage and current sports memorabilia. The show is expected to draw collectors and fans from across the Midwest to the Ohio State … [Read more...]
1979 Kellogg’s Set Draws Interest From Error Collectors
Few could have guessed that when the promotional program began in Battle Creek, Michigan back in 1970 that it would still be going on at the end of the decade (and beyond). It was clearly a hit and the 1979 Kellogg's baseball set followed much the same protocol as the nine sets that preceded it. While the release did include plenty of stars and an expanded … [Read more...]
5 Underrated 1981 Donruss Baseball Cards
In 1981, Donruss and Fleer gave Topps some much-needed competition. Having earned the right to produce baseball cards in a court case with Topps, the 1981 Donruss set became the company's first baseball offering. There were tons of errors, collation inside boxes was hit and miss (mostly miss) and the cards were printed on a cheap, thin stock that sometimes stuck … [Read more...]