While the National Sports Collectors Convention was happening in New Jersey, Jeff Weisenberg of National Card Investors was thousands of miles away from the action, wrapping up one of the greatest baseball card finds of his life. Active in the hobby since the 1970s, Weisenberg was putting the finishing touches on the acquisition of a remarkable collection of nearly 1,000 … [Read more...] about Huge Tobacco Card Finds Include Rare T206 Backs, 16 Cobbs, Old Judge Cards
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Massive Forgotten Hoard of T206 Era Baseball Cards Set for Sale After Stunning Consignment
With every box that was opened, Ken Goldin’s eyes got a little wider. “Cy Young.” “Cy Young.” “Cy Young.” “Cy Young.” “Cy Young.” “Cy Young.” He wasn’t naming past winners of the award. Like a kid transported to the dead ball era, he was rattling off the names of the cards he was seeing in a new consignment stored inside 800-count boxes. Live on camera … [Read more...] about Massive Forgotten Hoard of T206 Era Baseball Cards Set for Sale After Stunning Consignment
Old House Held Small Treasure Trove of Baseball Greats
A couple who purchased an old house in Maryland at an auction back in the 1970s found a small tin box full of baseball cards as they renovated the place. There were 153 in all, clearly from a much earlier time and apparently collected by the lifelong baseball fan who once lived there and was born in the 1890s. The couple stuck the cards away but got them out last … [Read more...] about Old House Held Small Treasure Trove of Baseball Greats
Newly Uncovered Tobacco Card Hoard Includes 18 T206 Cobbs
A large collection of ungraded tobacco cards that have been in a Georgia family for generations will hit the auction block later this year. The stunning stash of ungraded century-old find includes over 2,000 T206s including dozens of Hall of Famers, 245 T210 Old Mill Tobacco cards including a Joe Jackson and over 180 T205s. The Jackson card that is part of the 1910 … [Read more...] about Newly Uncovered Tobacco Card Hoard Includes 18 T206 Cobbs
1-of-a-Kind Mike Mowrey Photo Was Used for His T206 Card
They’re colorful works of art, but those who created T206 baseball cards started with black and white photographs. The images used to create them aren’t commonly found, but they offer some fascinating insight into what the artists saw when they were turning the photos into cards that would be inserted into millions of packs of cigarettes from 1909=1911. One of those … [Read more...] about 1-of-a-Kind Mike Mowrey Photo Was Used for His T206 Card
Long-Time Collector’s T206 Set Gets Solo Auction Spotlight
Forty-eight years after one collector had a chance encounter with some tobacco cards at an antique shop in Virginia, his set of T206 cards is the star of its own auction. On Thursday, Robert Edward Auctions unveiled the 522-card set of Paul “Jack” Pollard in a special standalone auction running through January 17. The set includes every card except for the famed … [Read more...] about Long-Time Collector’s T206 Set Gets Solo Auction Spotlight
High Grade T206 Set Nets over $3.5 Million at Auction
Hundreds of online bidders fought over one of the hobby's best collections of T206 baseball cards ever assembled Thursday night. When the curtain came down on the collection of 522 cards consigned by Rochester, Mich., attorney E. Powell Miller, over $3.5 million had been spent. The figure, which included 20 percent buyer's premiums, was almost $1 million more … [Read more...] about High Grade T206 Set Nets over $3.5 Million at Auction
One of Hobby’s Best T206 Sets Heads From Museum to Market
The Detroit Institute of Arts boasts of possessing “the largest and most significant art collections in the United States,” with more than 65,000 works dating “from the earliest civilizations to the present.” For six months in 2018, that included Rochester, Mich., attorney E. Powell Miller’s collection of baseball cards – specifically, his complete gathering of T206 … [Read more...] about One of Hobby’s Best T206 Sets Heads From Museum to Market
Notes: eBay “Monitoring” USPS Situation; Doncic Whale; Beckett Partners for Card Supplies; LeBron Shoes; Knights Sticks
eBay seems a little irritated with whatever is going on with the United States Postal Service. The company reached out to sellers via a blog post this week, stating that "delivery and scan delays persist, and we are monitoring not only the delays but ongoing negotiations in Washington." eBay also extending estimated delivery times for sellers and seems to be … [Read more...] about Notes: eBay “Monitoring” USPS Situation; Doncic Whale; Beckett Partners for Card Supplies; LeBron Shoes; Knights Sticks
Family’s Heirloom Collection of Tobacco Cards Set for Auction
Passed down through three generations, one family’s large collection of tobacco cards is about to enter the market for the first time. Lelands says it has received the consignment, which includes over 1,300 cards including numerous Hall of Famers. Dubbed the “Generation T collection, the group includes over 400 T206 cards with five featuring Ty Cobb, nearly 400 … [Read more...] about Family’s Heirloom Collection of Tobacco Cards Set for Auction