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...]
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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...]
T206 Plank, High-Grade Cobb, Ruth Ball Among Mile High Highlights
Mile High Card Company went home from the National Sports Collectors Convention with nearly $1 million in consignments. Now, some of those high-end cards and memorabilia items are going to be up for grabs. The company will open its next major catalog auction on Friday, highlighted by a rare member of the T206 “Big Four” and one of the best known 1967 Topps sets in … [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...]
T206 Big Four Stand the Test of Time
The 1909-11 T206 white border set is arguably the most famous baseball card issue of all time. Driven by massive popularity, it's a set that has been widely pursued by collectors for more than a century. Among the 524 known cards, four stand out among the rest. To the hobby, these are known simply as 'The Big Four.' Honus Wagner T206 The biggest of the big is the easily … [Read more...]
Top-Rated 1965 Topps Set Sells for Over $200,000
A busy weekend of sports card and memorabilia auction closings kicked off early Friday morning when Mile High Card Company’s curtain closed on a 2,300-lot sale, headlined by some record-setting prices for both individual cards and some high-end complete sets. The top single cards included a T206 Eddie Plank rated PSA 2.5 which soared to $82,008 and a 1932 U.S. Caramel #32 … [Read more...]
Mile High Auction Kicks Off with High Grade, Rare Vintage Cards
Mile High Card Company launched the largest catalog auction in company history on Monday with over 2,300 lots up for grabs. The company had a record-setting year in 2017, highlighted by the sale of the seven-figure “Beer Box Find” of vintage unopened wax boxes. The new auction is highlighted by a 1909-11 T206 Eddie Plank graded PSA 2.5, a 1932 U.S. Caramel … [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...]
Icons Draw Interest in Goldin Sale
Ruth. Mantle. Jordan. The usual suspects were among the most sought after names in Goldin Auctions’ October Legends catalog, which wrapped up early Sunday morning. A 1952 Topps Mantle graded SGC 86 (7.5) was at the top of the list when the final results were tabulated, selling for $125,205. An autographed 1959 Mantle game jersey also drew a crowd of … [Read more...]
Wagner, High-Grade Vintage Icons Push Memory Lane Auction to Record Total
One of only several dozen surviving examples of the world’s most famous baseball card was sold early Sunday morning when Memory Lane closed out its ‘Holy Grail’ Auction. The $600,000 price fetched for a PSA 2 Honus Wagner was just the beginning, though. When the final bids were entered in the early morning hours Sunday, the auction had generated over $5.2 million, … [Read more...]
