Despite many being more than 100 years old, a good number of tobacco cards are still readily available for collectors. But while some sets are able to be pieced together, others are nearly impossible. Here's a look at five tough tobacco card sets that are difficult to build because of their size and, in some cases, their rarity. T210 Old Mill Now, many T210 Old … [Read more...]
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Hundreds of Forgotten Tobacco-Era Cards Found Inside Pennsylvania House
If you’ve ever dreamed about going into an old house and stumbling across a long-forgotten stash of really old baseball cards just sitting there for the taking, a Pennsylvania man can tell you exactly how it feels. And he didn’t have to go far to find them. “Jerry” lives in the north central part of the state. The home next door to his had been falling into … [Read more...]
Jackie Robinson Rookie Jersey Sells Again; Auction Buyer Nets Tidy Profit
Five months after it sold at auction, the only known Jackie Robinson rookie year game jersey has sold again, this time for $2.6 million. The company says its “Make Offer to Owner” program recently closed a deal between the winning auction bidder and the new buyer, who paid $550,000 more than what the jersey sold for in November, when it hammered for $2.05 million. … [Read more...]
VIDEO: Collector’s $5 Million T206 Set on Display in Detroit
The Detroit Institute of the Arts is giving baseball fans and collectors a chance to see a complete set of T206 and other cards as part of a six-month exhibit that opened Thursday. As we reported earlier this month, the collection, which includes a Honus Wagner card, belongs to E. Powell Miller, founder of a law firm in Rochester, Mich. Miller's T206 set, considered … [Read more...]
Complete T206 Set, Other Baseball Memorabilia Going on Display in Detroit
A large exhibition of rare baseball cards, memorabilia and artwork is planned for the Detroit Institute of Arts beginning late next month. "Play Ball: Baseball at the DIA,” will be on view March 30–Sept. 16. The exhibition features artworks from the DIA’s collection as well as rare baseball cards collectibles from the Rochester, Michigan-based E. Powell Miller … [Read more...]
Clean Sweep Auctions Sale Includes Vintage Cards, Mays Contract, Rare Autographs
Clean Sweep Auctions has opened bidding on the largest catalog auction in the company’s long history. Nearly 600 lots are on the block in the sale, which runs through January 31. As usual, there are popular and rare baseball cards and autographs, but the company’s first auction of 2018 also has an extensive lineup of autographs from golf and boxing. T206 collectors will … [Read more...]
Despite Strong Population, T206 Prices Keep Rising
The T206 set is more than 100 years old and in terms of pre-war cards, is the most collected issue of all time. There are many reasons for that, of course. First, many of the cards are, by and large, affordable - especially in low-grade condition, where commons can be found for as little as $10. The set also is home to many of the sport's biggest early 20th century names … [Read more...]
Mickey Mantle Rookie Card Smashes Record in Memory Lane Auction
A little over four years ago, Memory Lane generated headlines with the sale of a PSA 9 (mint) Mickey Mantle rookie card. Early Sunday morning, that record-setting $220,150 sale was blown away in the company’s Fall Auction when the same 1951 Bowman gem soared to $588,000. The iconic card topped bidding in Memory Lane’s Fall Classic Auction, which tallied over $3.5 … [Read more...]
A Taste of Hobby’s Top T206 Collection
It’s the greatest T206 baseball card collection ever assembled. With over 5,000 different player/back combinations out of 5,257 known, David Hall’s assemblage ranks as one of the hobby’s most remarkable achievements. Later this week, a few of the rarest cards in the $10 million collection will be on display at the Long Beach Expo. Hall, the President of … [Read more...]
Notes: Wagner on TV; Andre Dawson Supercollector; Ex-NFL Player’s New Biz
As we reported last month, a T206 Honus Wagner card last sold in the 1990s has been consigned to SCP Auctions. J. Ross Greene, a long-time collector from Peachtree City, Georgia has held the card since then. It's believed to be the first one ever featured in a newspaper story and that decades-old lineage is a big part of the appeal. Greene owns some other valuable … [Read more...]
