PSA/DNA, the autograph authentication division of Professional Sports Authenticator, will be at the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, Nov. 12 offering onsite authentication services. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Hall’s Event Center. Prices for authentication and grading average around $20 per item. Guests who have an autograph authenticated … [Read more...]
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Dozens of Players Expected for Hall of Fame Autograph Sessions
The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s annual autograph signing session with the class of 2016 inductees is sold out. The Hall offered autographs from Brett Favre, Marvin Harrison, Kevin Greene, Orlando Pace, Tony Dungy and Eddie DeBartolo for $445 during an appearance on Sunday, August 7 but the limited number of tickets offered are all gone. However, there are other sessions … [Read more...]
Top Football Card Collection Gets Hall of Fame Billing
If you’ve never been to the Pro Football Hall of Fame before, this might be a good time to put it on your summer travel agenda. The Hall is opening an exhibit showcasing the highest graded and most valuable football card collection in the world. The Hunt/Casterline Pro Football Hall of Fame Card Collection exhibit opens this July at the Canton shrine. The collection’s … [Read more...]
Notes: REA Prez to Retire; SGC Moving; NFL Exhibit at SFO
Rob Lifson, long-time owner of Robert Edward Auctions, is easing his way into retirement. The 55-year-old Lifson says 2016 will be his last year of heavy involvement with REA and the business has essentially been sold to the company's consignment director, Brian Dwyer. Lifson won't be lying on a beach in Florida, though. In a weekend blog post, he indicated he … [Read more...]
Football Hall of Fame Brings Canton to the Masses
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is hitting the road this fall. The Pro Football Hall of Fame tour, “Honor the Heroes,” is being touted as a “family-oriented interactive experience”, bringing some of the game’s greats and artifacts from the Hall of Fame’s collection to fans across the country. At least four Hall of Famers will be in attendance at each stop on the tour. Class … [Read more...]
Stabler Once Again a Hall Candidate; Cards Already Ticking Up
Hang onto those Ken Stabler football cards. There’s still a chance. Stabler is once again up for consideration for the Pro Football Hall of Fame after the Hall’s Seniors Committee selected the former Raiders and Saints quarterback as one of two nominees for selection in 2016. Wednesday’s decision means he’ll be put on the ballot for the full voting body before Super Bowl … [Read more...]
Jack Butler Waited for Rookie Card, Hall of Fame Call
Add one more member to the roster of 1950s Pro Football Hall of Fame rookie cards. Steelers' defensive back Jack Butler was elected Saturday after a 52-year wait. He joined several players from the modern era on the list of inductees for 2012. Waiting was nothing new for Butler. He didn't get a football card until his seventh year in the league. Butler, now 84, made … [Read more...]
Game Used Helmet Shows Affects of NFL Game
It took awhile, but Howie Long is now represented in Canton by more than just a plaque. The Pro Football Hall of Fame has a variety of memorabilia from Long's long NFL career thanks to the NFL analyst's generosity. Nothing is more interesting to collectors of game used memorabilia, though, than one of his old helmets. The Hall has the last helmet Long wore in a game--a … [Read more...]
Brees Record-Setting Uniform Goes to Hall of Fame
Don't look for the uniform worn by New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees when he broke the long-standing record for passing yards in a season in any sports memorabilia auction. It's now part of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s collection. The jersey, pants, socks and shoes worn by Brees in the Week 16 nationally televised Monday Night Football game against the division … [Read more...]
Gill Byrd’s ‘Football Suit’ in Hall’s Collection
Most game-worn collectors like the unusual. A jersey with some character. One that's been altered to fit a player's request. It never made it to the marketplace (as far as we know) and it would up being illegal, but this one definitely takes the cake for unusual. Race car drivers don't wear jerseys and pants. It turns out, at least one football player thought the 'sports … [Read more...]
