Buy the contents of a storage unit and you're more likely to come home with some old books and furniture, maybe an outdated piece of computer equipment or a piece of shelving. Oh, there have been some that have yielded boxes of cards and one surrendered Terrell Owens' old stuff. But in the sports memorabilia world, there's never anything quite like what's just … [Read more...]
Vince Young’s College Awards, Other Memorabilia Sold in Storage Unit Auction
His pro career fizzled after a few years but there’s no disputing that Vince Young was one of the best college football players of all-time. Now, some of his biggest awards and game-used memorabilia are on eBay after he apparently didn’t keep up with his payments on the storage unit where he’d been keeping them. A Houston native, Young led the Texas Longhorns to the … [Read more...]
Storage Wars: Terrell Owens Sues Atlanta Company Over Sold Memorabilia
Terrell Owens is no stranger to reality television shows, and the Pro Football Hall of Famer’s latest lawsuit could qualify for an episode of Storage Wars. Owens is accusing an Atlanta-area based storage company of stealing his football memorabilia and selling it without his knowledge. He's filed a $1 million lawsuit in a federal court in Atlanta, according to documents … [Read more...]
Notes: Topps Mystery Redemption; Sister Mary Jo Topps Card; Terrell Owens Stuff Sold from Storage Unit
If you pulled a “Mystery Redemption” autograph card from 2019 Topps Series 1, Heritage, Inception or Gypsy Queen, the mystery has been solved. At least one of them, anyway. Each redemption card was labeled “A” or “B.” Topps has announced that those with a Player B redemption will be receiving a card signed by Chicago White Sox rookie Eloy Jimenez. The name … [Read more...]
Storage Shed Sports Card Find Just Kept Giving
It began as a toy story for Rob Du Brey but ended as a card collector’s dream. Du Brey lives in Bellingham, Washington. He likes to buy collections, and he has done a good deal of selling through eBay. “You never know when you look at a collection whether anything is good in there,” the 37-year-old said. “Ninety percent of it is usually junk.” Not this time. Du Brey … [Read more...]
Ramblings: Storage Unit Stories
You may have seen the story about the lawsuit in New York involving a storage unit which supposedly held $11 million in sports memorabilia and was purchased by a man, sight unseen, for $400,000. He’s now suing because he says after putting down a $100,000 down payment and gaining access, he realized the unit’s contents weren’t worth much of anything. I’m sure many of you … [Read more...]
Editor’s Blog: First Pack of Cards, Topps TV Special
Do you remember your first pack of baseball cards? Or have they all sort of blended together over time? SI.com's Steve Rushin put fingers to wax for the first time back in 1974 when Winfield was a rookie and the Padres almost moved to Washington. Fast forward to 2011 and he's one sports dad who couldn't wait to get some cardboard into the hands of his young son. How … [Read more...]
Nebraska Fan’s Collection Husked
University of Nebraska fan Ray Petersen says he was retrieving his collection of Huskers memorabilia from a storage unit he was renting in Omaha this week when he got a big surprise. It was gone. Years of collecting everything red and white from past to present went up in smoke at the hands of a burglar. The storage unit manager says it probably happened August 14 … [Read more...]