The collection of long-time sportswriter Bill Madden is on the auction block. A total of 150 lots including large collections of Hall of Fame and All-Star Game press pins, media credentials, baseball cards and autographed memorabilia are being sold by Sterling Associates of New Jersey. Online bidding is already underway and the sale will conclude with a public … [Read more...]
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Collectable.com Now on Android, Offering $2K Giveaway
After debuting it last summer on Apple devices, Collectable has released an Android version of its auction tracking app. The Collectable app allows users to view, search, and track items being sold through over two dozen auction houses from one location. Users can also submit wish lists, enabling them to be notified when an item they’re looking for comes to market. It’s … [Read more...]
V Foundation Auction Includes Memorabilia, Experiences
Jim Valvano’s appearance at the ESPY Awards ceremony on March 3, 1993, remains a classic — he had less than two months to live, but the former North Carolina State basketball coach, ravaged by cancer, gave an impassioned speech. He told the attendees and a national television audience that “cancer can take away all my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind. It cannot touch … [Read more...]
Roger Bannister’s Historic Shoes Coming to Auction
The shoes worn by Sir Roger Bannister when he became the first man to run a mile in under 4 minutes 61 years ago are going on the auction block. A few days ago, one of the stopwatches that timed Bannister’s historic run, sold at auction for $31,000. The spiked footwear is expected to sell for up to $80,000 when the auction concludes September 10. They include a letter of … [Read more...]
Gene Tenace Collection Coming to SCP Auctions
World Series rings seemed to be drawn to Gene Tenace like a magnet. Four of the six he earned throughout his career as a player and coach are among more than 50 items recently consigned to SCP Auctions by the former big league catcher. They'll go on the auction block this spring. An important player during the Oakland A’s run of success during the early and mid-1970s, … [Read more...]
Large 1911 Turkey Red Collection Highlights Auction
Mile High Card Company opens its September “Extra Innings” Auction on Monday with the auction slated to close on Wednesday September 24. “Extra Innings” auctions are online only auctions and offer collectors everything from graded cards, to complete sets, autographed material, memorabilia, and other items from all four major sports. Unlike Mile High Card Company’s … [Read more...]
Moores Trophy, Vintage Heisman Replica Top SCP Auction
The Helms Athletic Foundation/LA84 Collection of 267 sports artifacts from America’s first true sports museum brought in over $1.1 million in SCP Auctions’ 2014 Mid-Summer Classic which concluded early Sunday. The proceeds from the sale of sold items from the Helms/LA84 Collection will go toward advancing the work of the LA84 Foundation (www.LA84.org), a non-profit that funds … [Read more...]
Goldin to Hold Live Auction at 2015 National
Goldin Auctions announced today that the company will hold its next Live Auction during the 2015 National Sports Collectors Convention on July 31, 2015 at the Muvico 18 Theater in Rosemont, IL, located not far from the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. "We are thrilled to be holding our next Live Auction at The National as it's the place where true collectors come to … [Read more...]
Simple Auction Software Ensures Cyber Gavel Always in Action
If you’ve ever bid in a large online sports memorabilia auction, there’s a good chance you’ve done it on a site run by a North Carolina-based company that’s become one of the largest providers of web services in the collectibles field. Simple Auction, with Chief Executive Officer Bob Freedman at the controls, conducts hundreds of online auctions each year on behalf of dozens … [Read more...]
News & Notes: New Player in Auction Game, Eruzione Memorabilia Grabs Attention; Panini’s New Products
Outbid (www.outbid.com), which combines the theater and transparency of live online auctions with social and gaming features, is launching weekly sports-themed auctions. Their initial offering appears to consist primarily of souvenir type items but Outbid says it plans to “turn the online auction on its head by making what was once a static, plodding affair into a live … [Read more...]
