It's hard to believe but we'll soon be at the two-year mark of when a Honus Wagner T206 card sold for a record $3.12 million. The specific Wagner that achieved that mark is nicknamed as the 'Jumbo' Wagner because of its oversized bottom border. But despite the fact that the record has stood until now, it's likely only a matter of time before it is broken. Long-term, there … [Read more...]
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Hall of Fame Plans Permanent Baseball Card Exhibit
The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is planning a large, permanent exhibit focused on the history of baseball cards and they’re asking for donations to make it happen. The museum has raised $675,000 of the $800,000 needed to design and build ‘Shoebox Treasures,’ which would open sometime next year. According to museum officials, the exhibit will take a … [Read more...]
Notes: “The Missus Wants to Burn Them”; Stanton’s 1st Pinstripe Sells; Wagner Goes Poof; Collector Casting Call
North American sports fans don’t have a monopoly on collecting stuff that spills from one room to the next. “The Missus Wants to Burn Them All” screamed the headline in the Daily Mirror of London over the weekend. Their story was on a man who owns hundreds of thousands of football (soccer) programs—so many he’s had to find creative places to store them. From … [Read more...]
Record Price for Mint 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle
One of the six 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle cards graded PSA 9 (mint) has a new owner--at a new record price. Late Thursday night, the card offered through Heritage Auctions sold for $2.88 million including the buyer's premium. It's the most ever paid for a post-World War II trading card. Owned for about two years by collector/dealer/former NFL lineman Evan Mathis, … [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...]
Notes: NSCC Tickets; PSA’s New Blog; T206 Wagner on Display
Tickets are now on sale for this summer’s National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland. General admission, VIP and Super VIP passes are available. Buying ahead of time can save you a few bucks. The show runs from August 1-5 and is being held this year at the IX Center in Cleveland. The preliminary autograph lineup has also been announced. … [Read more...]
PSA 9 1952 Topps Mantle to Hit Auction Block Soon
Heritage Auctions will offer a PSA 9 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle in its upcoming spring trading card sale. It’s been a dozen years since a 9 has sold publicly, and prices for iconic vintage cards have soared since that $282,588 transaction of John Branca's card was handled through Memory Lane. An 8.5 sold through Heritage for over $1.1 million in November of 2016 … [Read more...]
Copy of Ed Walsh’s T206 Photo Up for Auction
Photographer Carl Horner might be best known for taking the picture of Honus Wagner that became the world’s most expensive baseball card but that wasn’t the only Horner image to grace the T206 set. Another of those original images that became a card is on the block through RMY Auctions. A silver gelatin portrait of Chicago White Sox pitching ace Ed Walsh in uniform … [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...]
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...]
