Two T206 Ty Cobb cards were among the pace-setters as Memory Lane wrapped up its Summer Rarities Auction early Sunday morning. One of eight PSA 8 graded Cobb Green Portrait cards netted $288,000 in the auction, while the hobby's highest graded Uzit advertising back (PSA 6) ended at $99,600 including the buyer's premium. Other pre-War sales included a PSA 8 T206 Cy Young … [Read more...]
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8 Cards Top Six Figures in $8.3 Million Heritage Auction
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...]
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...]
Georgia Sock Drawer Held Hobby’s Latest Big Find
Lucky 7 Find, meet Match Box Find. Another copy of the T206 Ty Cobb with Cobb Tobacco back, one of sports collecting’s rarest baseball cards has been uncovered. Freshly authenticated and graded by PSA, the century-old rarity was found by a Georgia family while cleaning out their late father’s home. Humbly tucked in a match box that was stored in a sock … [Read more...]
Huggins and Scott Auction Opens with Rare Signed HOF Postcards, More
Huggins and Scott has opened its first auction of 2017 with several hundred lots on the block. Among the featured attractions is the first of what will be several installments of a significant collection of signed Black and White Hall of Fame Postcards. Among the first to be offered are rare Grover Cleveland Alexander and Eddie Collins (PSA 9) examples. The … [Read more...]
Sterling Sports Opens October Auction
A Mickey Mantle rookie card, some pre-War rarities and hundreds of low cost lots are among the pages of Sterling Sports Auctions’ latest online catalog. There are 460 lots in the sale including sports and non-sports cards, autographs and other items. The auction is highlighted by a 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle rookie card graded SGC 35. There’s also a 1973 Mike Schmidt … [Read more...]
Rare Lenox Back Hal Chase Among 1700 Lots at Auction
Huggins and Scott’s second of four Masterpiece Auctions of 2016 is underway, with bidding on more than 1,700 lots set to close Thursday, May 19 with the 30-minute rule beginning at 11:00pm ET. Among the headline items is a rare T206 Hal Chase “Holding Trophy” card with an exceptionally rare Brown Lenox advertising back. Only a handful of T206 Brown Lenox reverses have … [Read more...]
T206 Society Launches at SoCal Show
Of the countless baseball cards sets issued before the second world war, none has managed to capture the imagination of the American public in the way the white bordered set issued by the American Tobacco Company between 1909 and 1911 has. Designated 'T206' by hobby pioneer Jefferson Burdick, the set has transcended collecting and has become part of Americana. Due to the … [Read more...]
