The highest-graded complete run of unused Super Bowl tickets ever assembled sold for $200,155 to top bidding in SCP Auctions’ Spring Catalog over the weekend. The collection included one full ticket from each Super Bowl game from the first game in 1967 to Super Bowl LI in 2017. The price was the most paid for any run of Super Bowl tickets ever … [Read more...]
Items from Career, Life of Jesse Owens on Auction Block
Fifty items from the athletic career and life of Jesse Owens are bringing one of sports’ most famous stories to life this month. SCP Auctions is offering a variety of pieces from the late Olympic hero’s estate in its current catalog, including items from his triumphs in Hitler’s Germany at the 1936 Summer Games and his Presidential Medal of Freedom. “Our family has … [Read more...]
Jack Quinn’s 1929 World Series Ring Holds Hurler’s Historic Place
Jack Quinn didn’t reach the big leagues until age 25 in 1909 but he made up for it. Quinn pitched from the era of T206 to the dawn of bubble gum cards. While his age was always a bit of a mystery, Quinn was still pitching in relief as he pushed toward age 50 and won a pair of World Series titles as a member of Connie Mack’s Philadelphia A’s in 1929 and … [Read more...]