Robert Edward Auctions will add a third auction to its calendar beginning in 2019. The move is just one of several changes announced in advance of the National Sports Collectors Convention, each of which involves an expansion of services. Once home to a single, yearly auction held each spring, New Jersey-based REA added a fall auction five years ago and will now offer … [Read more...]
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Best Sports Memorabilia Finds of 2012
In the sports memorabilia industry, 2012 was the “Year of the Find”. Difficult as it may be to believe, there were still collections of old baseball cards and other valuable stuff sitting in attics and closets around the country. The greatest find wasn't much of a contest. Stacks of minty old cards from 1910 sitting in an Ohio attic for more than a century? It doesn't get … [Read more...]
Auction Houses Roll With the Changes
Over the last 10-15 years, no element of the sports collecting hobby has grown more than the auction business. Auctions have always existed in the hobby. Pick up a 35-year-old hobby publication and you'll see private collectors and dealers running mini auctions in the pages of hobby publications. However, sports memorabilia has now joined the ranks of fine art and antiques … [Read more...]
