Some were rare. Some carried high grades. Most were old, but some were not. The common denominator was interest--and there was apparently a lot of it. Heritage Auctions wrapped up its Summer Trading Card Auction early Sunday morning, the third installment of a first-ever three night close at Heritage thanks to the volume of items in the … [Read more...]
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David Hall’s 5,000+ T206 Collection Being Sold in Several Parts
The hobby’s most complete master set of T206 cards is being broken up and sold at auction. The accumulation of more than 5,000 cards collected by David Hall, founder of Collector’s Universe, will be sold through Heritage Auctions in a series of sales running through 2019 and beyond. The first portion of the collection alone will span three auctions, held in July, September … [Read more...]
Hall’s ‘Holy Grail’ Cards Protected by Special Glass
When the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum made arrangements to include some highly valuable trading cards in its new “Shoebox Treasures” exhibit, they knew they’d have to be well protected—not just from theft but from the impact of being on display for thousands of visitors each month. Part of a permanent display, the group of ‘holy grail’ cards includes a T206 … [Read more...]
T206 Wagner, Plank, Cobb with Cobb Back Set for Same Auction
A T206 Honus Wagner will be coming to the auction block later this year--but it's sharing the spotlight in this auction with a couple of close cousins. Mile High Card Company will offer a PSA 2 (Good) version of the most recognizable baseball card in history in its Fall Auction. The card was sold privately awhile ago for $1.2 million, a deal that was just announced … [Read more...]
Most Expensive Sports Memorabilia Auction Items of 2018
Once upon a time (but not really that long ago) any piece of sports memorabilia that sold for $100,000 was a pretty big deal. Now, it doesn't even come close to making a list of the most expensive pieces of sold in a given year. "The hobby" is growing up. The top six items alone totaled $7 million. More records fell in 2018 and once again, the usual … [Read more...]
Did This Guy Once Buy a T206 Wagner for a Buck?
There were no top loaders. No plastic pages. Certainly no plastic slabs. Then again, baseball cards weren't really thought of as a "valuable" collectible in 1950. They were, though, occasionally worth writing about. In June of 1950, a newspaper in Newport News, VA took a photo of Norman B. Good, a local collector who had just acquired the last card … [Read more...]
Mint Mickey, Other Hobby Icons Push Mile High’s 2018 Finale
Mile High Card Company pulled the curtain down on its final auction of 2015, headed by some big-time rarities and more than a few record prices. Some of the biggest names and most coveted cards were part of the auction, which featured more than 500 items. A 1956 Topps gray back card of Mickey Mantle that carried a PSA 9 grade was the highest seller, with a realized … [Read more...]
4 Legendary Baseball Cards Lead New Mile High Auction
Four of the most iconic baseball cards ever produced will headline Mile High Card Company’s final auction of 2018, which opens on Monday. The company will offer one of the T206 set’s rare “Big Four,” a 1909-11 T206 Sweet Caporal Eddie Plank (PSA 1), Shoeless Joe Jackson’s 1909 E90-1 American Caramel Joe Jackson (PSA MK2), a 1933 Goudey #106 Nap Lajoie (SGC 6.5) and a 1952 … [Read more...]
4th Best 1967 Topps Set Broken; Singles Net Over $170,000
The fourth best 1967 Topps baseball set on PSA’s Registry is no more. Bidders in Mile High Card Company’s latest auction put down enough big bids on individual cards that the 607 card set was sold individually at a cumulative total of $170,133, besting the top bid for the set as a whole. With nearly every card grading 9 or 10, there were plenty of options for … [Read more...]
Top T206 Collection Nets Over $8 Million
The All-Time Number One T206 set on the PSA Registry is no more. Broken up and sold card-by-card in a special catalog sale through Heritage Auctions, the collection of 520 cards netted over $8.15 million when the final numbers were calculated Friday. The pre-auction estimate of just under $3.5 million itself was more than doubled. Every card in the … [Read more...]
