Topps has announced that redemption card #1 in the 2012 HOME RUN LEGENDS PRIME 9 program is Willie Mays. Every week (for nine straight weeks), Topps will announce a “Prime 9 Player of the Week”. Collectors holding the corresponding Prime 9 Redemption card for that week can bring the card into their participating local HTA store and redeem it for an exclusive limited … [Read more...]
2011 Bowman Chrome Review
by Rich Klein Both the terms Bowman and Chrome have been, and are still important to the Topps brand. Ever since the company resurrected the Bowman name in 1989, itss been the entry point for young players to make their debut on a Topps produced card. After a few years of tinkering, Topps gained huge hobby acceptance in 1992 with Bowman and has ridden that wave for nearly … [Read more...]
Roger Maris Both Prominent and Scarce in Cooperstown
As the 2011 playoffs are about the start, baseball celebrates the breaking of one of its most popular--and controversial--records. It's been 50 years since Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth's long-standing single season home run record with his 61st. It's since been broken, of course, but to many fans, Maris' record is legit. He's a very popular figure among the locals in North … [Read more...]
FanFest Auction Includes Schilling Collection, Ruth Bat
Hunt Auctions will offer the personal collection of Curt Schilling at The Live Auction at MLB All-Star FanFest in Phoenix, AZ on Tuesday, July 12. In addition to the Schilling collection, a legendary Babe Ruth bat used to hit a 620 foot home run during an exhibition game at New York’s famed Sing Sing Prison will headline the sale. The Hunt Auctions All-Star FanFest Live … [Read more...]
New Exhibit Highlights Baseball Records
Numbers and statistics have been a part of baseball’s hold on fans for more than 100 years. But it’s the records those figures represent – and the stories forever attached to them – that bring the National Pastime its immortal status. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will celebrate those stories in its new exhibit One for the Books: Baseball Records and … [Read more...]
Richie Ashburn Items, Vintage Material in Huggins & Scott Auction
Huggins and Scott has opened its worldwide Internet auction with 590 consigned lots of vintage and modern sports cards and memorabilia in a one-day auction. A collection of one-of-a-kind Richie Ashubrn items, featuring his game-used glove, game-used bat, 1955 Phillies contract, and 1962 New York Mets Team MVP trophy are among the first lots offered in the auction. Several … [Read more...]
Showing Off Slugger Auction Items
Hunt Auctions has been busy in Louisville. The company's annual appraisal fair inside the Slugger Museum continues until Saturday's live auction event. Online bidding is already underway for the 700+ lots set to be sold to the highest bidder. Among the items on the block: a 1903 Cy Young autographed baseball bat attributed to the first World Series. Other notable … [Read more...]
Maz Man: Retired Teacher Turns Room into Shrine
His childhood baseball cards were long gone by the time Pennsylvania resident Chuck Bogorae decided to get back into collecting. The 1980s were a confusing time for someone who grew up with only one brand, but that didn't mean there wasn't an outlet. He was a Pirates fan who had vivid recollections from age 10, when Bill Mazeroski turned the baseball world on its ear with … [Read more...]
Historic Ruth Home Run Bat Story Ready for TV
The bat used by Babe Ruth to hit the first home run in old Yankee Stadium in 1923 – and sold by Southern California-based SCP Auctions – for a record $1.265 million in 2004 will be featured on TLC’s hit show, “Accidental Fortune,” Sunday, April 18 at 8 p.m. ET. Aside from its connection to Ruth, the most important and valuable bat ever discovered has a storied … [Read more...]
Memory Lane Ready to Launch Spring Auction
“All encompassing” might be the best phrase to use when describing Memory Lane Inc’s upcoming spring catalog auction. 1175 lots of high-grade and rare sports cards and memorabilia will be on the block when the company opens bidding March 26th. Every decade from the late 19th century to the current era is represented. Among the lots are one-of-a-kind sports cards, … [Read more...]