The only 1956 Topps Roberto Clemente card graded as a PSA 10 is on the auction block. The second-year card of the Hall of Fame outfielder was listed on eBay Sunday. As of Tuesday afternoon, the high bid had reached $95,600. Where it will end when the auction closes March 14 is hard to predict. One of the four ’56 Mickey Mantles graded PSA 10 sold last August … [Read more...]
Notes: Big Prices for Those 70s Cards; Bossy Puck; Legal Roundup
While investors cringed at falling stock prices on Wall Street Monday, those who'd put their money in high-grade vintage baseball cards were feeling pretty good. Dozens of 1970s PSA graded cards were sold at auction including two that brought over $40,000. Heritage sold a 1970 Topps Nolan Ryan PSA 10 and 1975 Topps George Brett rookie card for $40,630 each over the weekend. … [Read more...]
There’s a New PSA 10 Sandy Koufax Rookie Card
There are now three PSA 10 Sandy Koufax rookie cards. On Wednesday, company president Joe Orlando tweeted an image of the card, which indicated it had just been graded and authenticated. After 24 years and nearly 24 million items certified, it takes something very special to blow you away. Just graded: pic.twitter.com/LdS4ej1Goy — Joe Orlando (@JoeOrlandoPSA) February 4, … [Read more...]
Rarest PSA 10 1970s Hall of Fame Rookie Cards
We went from psychedelic to disco; from the end of flannels to flashy double-knits and striped caps. The Ed Sullivan Show died and Saturday Night Live was born. Baseball cards brought us some memorable players and with more than 35 years since the last of the decade’s debut cards arrived, we can look at which 1970s Hall of Fame rookie cards offer high-end collectors the … [Read more...]
Ramblings: Perfect 10 Baseball Set Possible With 1 Vintage Issue
If you’ve been investing in cards at any point, you are aware of the axiom. Buy the best condition of the best cards you can afford. If, unlike the rest of us collectors, you are disciplined enough to actually just buy and sell these cards and do nothing more, then you are aware that certain cards and sets are more difficult to acquire in high-grade than other sets. But did … [Read more...]
Rare Baseball Memorabilia Highlights Mile High’s Final 2014 Auction
Some never before seen pieces of vintage baseball memorabilia and high-grade sports cards will headline Mile High Card Company’s Holiday Premium Catalog Auction, which kicks off Monday and runs through Wednesday, December 3. As MHCC traditionally does with their year-ending event, this auction has been limited to 577 total lots with a broad array of higher-caliber, … [Read more...]
1993 Topps Finest Baseball Broke New Ground
More than two decades have now passed since the first of the two 1993 ‘super premium” sets were released. While many brands have come and gone unceremoniously since, 1993 Finest Baseball is now considered a landmark issue that brought manufactured scarcity into current products. Finest was first revealed at the 1993 National Sports Collectors Convention and to hobby dealers … [Read more...]
Roberto Clemente Memorabilia Still Shines
by Dave Connelly On New Year's Eve 1972, baseball lost one of its greatest players and greatest humanitarians. Larger than life anywhere the game is loved, Roberto Clemente remains almost a deity in parts of Latin America. Collectors of Clemente memorabilia are everywhere and the anniversary of his death will again bring the Hall of Fame outfielder to the … [Read more...]