TRISTAR has announced a few additions to the autograph schedule at this year’s National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago. Vladimir Guerrero, Fred McGriff, Ozzie Smith, Barry Sanders, Joe Montana and Jim McMahon have been confirmed to appear at some point during the show’s five-day run. More than 100 autograph guests are expected for the show. You can … [Read more...]
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Pre-War Standouts Headline Memory Lane Spring Break Rarities Auction
A T206 Old Mill Ty Cobb PSA 8, a near set of the hobby’s “monster” and a rarely offered PSA 9 1939 Play Ball Ted Williams rookie card will lead off Memory Lane’s Spring Break Rarities catalog when bidding opens this week. That trio of lots is just the start of a 1,000 item auction that has everything from rare Babe Ruth cards to Tom Brady rookies. Bidding is set to … [Read more...]
Abdul-Jabbar Collection, 2009 Bowman Chrome Trout Top $6 Million Goldin Sale
The final auction of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar memorabilia netted $2.9 million early Sunday morning, highlighted by the sale of four of his NBA championship rings, which combined to bring over $1.2 million including the buyer’s premium. Goldin Auctions offered 234 items from the basketball life of the Hall of Fame center who is selling the items in part to raise money for … [Read more...]
More Abdul-Jabbar Items, Kobe Rings Among Goldin Auctions Headliners
Personal collections, championship rings, rare cards and historic documents are among the items that hit the block Monday at Goldin Auctions. The auction includes the second half of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Collection, comprised of 247 lots, including the ball used for his last points, four NBA Championship Rings and three NBA MVP Awards. Also up for grabs is a pair … [Read more...]
Finest Known T206 Set Hits the Auction Block, Card by Card
The monster has been unleashed. The hobby's best graded T206 baseball card set has been put on the auction block, but what would likely be a multi-million dollar item is being broken into 520 lots, with each card being offered individually. Heritage Auctions is holding a special auction dedicated solely to the collection, one that has been tops on PSA's Set Registry for … [Read more...]
Ruth Rookie, High-Grade T206 Cobb Top Memory Lane Auction
Even in lower grades, Babe Ruth’s rookie card is still a big draw. A blank back 1916 M101-5 Ruth graded Fair brought the top price in Memory Lane’s Summer Auction early Sunday morning when it sold for $79,200. Featuring The Babe as a Red Sox pitcher, it’s the first card issued during his big league career. The auction was also headlined by a T206 Ty Cobb Red … [Read more...]
Notes: T206 Cobb Back Find; Mathis Talks ’52 Mantle Sale; Ohtani Atomic Refractor
Make way for another rare T206 Ty Cobb Back. Publicity generated by the 2016 Lucky 7 Find (that later became 8) of Cobb Tobacco back cards led one man who had inherited his father's old pre-War card collection to look a little closer in one of the albums where they were stored. Feeling confident, he had struck gold, he started reaching out in search of a buyer. … [Read more...]
Lucky 7 Find Plus One: Family Uncovers 8th Cobb Tobacco Card in Dusty Box
Here's one for the hobby history books. An eighth copy of the rare 1909-11 T206 Ty Cobb with Ty Cobb back baseball card has been located by the same family from a rural southern town that discovered “The Lucky 7 Find” of rare Cobb cards in 2016. Incredibly, exactly two years after the initial finding comes another Cobb specimen with its ultra-rare “Ty Cobb King of the … [Read more...]
Historic Game-Used Items; Rare T206 Cobb Top $9.3 Million Heritage Auction
High-end game-used memorabilia and some iconic sports cards helped push Heritage Auctions’ latest catalog tally to $9.3 million. The auction, which closed with two sections on Saturday and Sunday nights, set several records across game-used jerseys, bats, and rare sports cards. Kept in a closet for decades by the Wisconsin man who’d received it as a young boy … [Read more...]
Notes: Upper Deck’s Trick or Trade Program; Rare Cubs Jersey Sells
Upper Deck once again gave out thousands of packs of cards to San Diego area police, fire, highway patrol and border patrol agencies this year. The bags of packs were then distributed to local youngsters on Halloween. The program dates back several years with officers and other law enforcement officers joining firefighters at the company’s offices for some snacks, … [Read more...]
