A private collection of about 450 mostly pre-1950s baseball cards including a near set of 1933 Goudey has been consigned to auction and is now on eBay. Sparkle City Collectibles of Middletown, NY is selling the collection on behalf of a long-time customer. The collection includes three 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth cards, all graded 3 (VG) by either SGC or PSA; both Lou … [Read more...] about Notes: Vintage Card Stash on eBay; Fan’s 1918 Ruth vs Cobb Photo Sells; CBS on Topps; Fergie, Carew Sign
RMY Auctions April 2021
Photo of the Day: Local Paper’s Shot of MJ on D in 1983 NCAA Tourney
The previous year had ended in a championship and put a young Michael Jordan on the map. The 1982-83 season wouldn’t end with net cutting and trophies for the University of North Carolina Tarheels, but they would make it back to the Sweet 16. Now, local newspaper’s photo of Jordan from that final win of that season is up for grabs. The RMY Auctions Photo of the … [Read more...] about Photo of the Day: Local Paper’s Shot of MJ on D in 1983 NCAA Tourney
Photo of the Day: Action Image from the 1912 World Series
Over 35,000 fans turned out at the Polo Grounds on October 8, 1912 to watch Game 1 of the World Series between the hometown New York Giants and Boston Red Sox. They would witness the start of one of the greatest collisions in the history of baseball's championship series. An epic clash that saw four games decided by one run, multiple extra inning games and another that … [Read more...] about Photo of the Day: Action Image from the 1912 World Series
Rare Oversized 1951 Yankees Photo Captures Changing of the Guard
One was a 19-year-old kid from Oklahoma. The other was a 36-year-old veteran who was well accustomed to New York City's social scene. Mickey Mantle was just starting his Hall of Fame career. Joe DiMaggio was nearing the end of his. The RMY Auctions Photo of the Day is a rare oversized, original team photo of that 1951 Yankees team that captures the end of one … [Read more...] about Rare Oversized 1951 Yankees Photo Captures Changing of the Guard
Original Photo of Baseball’s 1st Presidential First Pitch Up for Auction
He'd been to three games the season before, but William Howard Taft made history 111 years ago Wednesday. The portly president started a tradition that would continue into the next century when he threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Washington Nationals' Opening Day game. Now, what appears to be the lone surviving original photo from that day is on … [Read more...] about Original Photo of Baseball’s 1st Presidential First Pitch Up for Auction
Newly Discovered Photos Show Ruth vs. Cobb
An avid baseball fan’s photographic chronicle of game at Fenway Park more than 100 years ago is among the highlights in the newly launched online catalog at RMY Auctions. It wasn’t just any game either. The amateur’s camera captured action images of a young Babe Ruth pitching for the Red Sox against Ty Cobb and the Detroit Tigers. Believed to have been taken on … [Read more...] about Newly Discovered Photos Show Ruth vs. Cobb