Michael Jordan’s game worn and dual signed Converse shoes from the 1984 U.S. Olympic team’s gold-medal-winning-game against Spain sold for $190,373 early Sunday morning, shattering the previous auction record of $104,765 for game-worn shoes. The prior mark was set in 2013 for a pair of Nike Air Jordan XII shoes Jordan wore in Game 5 of the ‘97 NBA Finals. The shoes were … [Read more...]
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Notes: Wagner, Vintage Wax Update; NM Mantle RC Sale
Bidding for the T206 "Original" Honus Wagner card at SCP Auctions is now at $417,724 heading into the final three days. There's a 20% buyer's premium tacked on at the end so it's safe to say it'll realize somewhere north of $500,000--not a bad investment considering consignor J. Ross Greene paid $48,500 in 1996 ($75,586 in today's dollars). And it's likely there … [Read more...]
SCP Opens Auction With Wagner, Willie; Historic Document Sale on Hold
SCP Auctions says it has temporarily halted the sale of a set of 1876 baseball documents tied to the foundation of Major League Baseball after a challenge to the ownership of the collection of hand-written guidelines. Billed as the Founding Documents and Original Constitution of what we now know as MLB, the documents have received significant media … [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...]
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...]
Memory Lane to Offer Virtually Complete T206 Master Set Break in Special Auction
One of the finest T206 (1909-1911) baseball card sets ever offered will be broken up and sold by Memory Lane Inc. in a special catalog auction set to begin April 22. Pieced together by an avid collector over more than ten years, the T206 Set Break Auction includes three of the set’s four extreme rarities: a PSA 2 (Good) Honus Wagner, a PSA 4 (VG-EX) Eddie Plank and a … [Read more...]
Owner of “The Original” T206 Wagner Revealed as Auction Approaches
The baseball crazy youngsters who pestered smokers and caused a major uproar in 1909 upon the release of the American Tobacco Company’s trading cards knew it. Honus Wagner was a huge star but finding his picture was a pain in the Heinie. Little did they know their desires had been trumped by the Pittsburgh Pirates star’s insistence on being left out of what … [Read more...]
Impact of Chargers Move on Memorabilia
Southern California resident Jeff Figler has been an avid collector for decades. He owns one of fewer than 75 examples of the T206 Honus Wagner that are believed to exist. He owns every Topps set, including the 1952 with Mickey Mantle. Rare cards, autographed baseballs and thousands of other items are all part of his collection. He also serves as a … [Read more...]
Most Valuable Sports Memorabilia of 2016
From the documents that launched baseball rules as we know them to a high-grade Nolan Ryan rookie card, the most valuable sports memorabilia sold at auction in 2016 proved once again that there’s a big money market for rare sports treasures. The top 10 highest selling items totaled well over $13 million. Topping the list at $3,263,246 is the "Laws of Base Ball," the group … [Read more...]
1952 Topps Mantle Sells for Over $1 Million
One of the best known copies of the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card sold for over $1.1 million early Friday. The PSA 8.5 rated example was one of the featured attractions in Heritage Auctions’ Fall catalog. It's the first baseball card other than the T206 Honus Wagner to sell at public auction for over $1 million. Bidding for the Mantle card stopped at $950,000 but … [Read more...]
