Memory Lane’s Southern California offices may have been closed for the past several weeks due to COVID-19 precautions but the company was very busy behind the scenes, piecing together a large spring auction catalog that includes some of the hobby’s most sought after cards and unique autographs. Set to open Thursday, May 7 and run through May 30, the catalog will … [Read more...]
Fourth Installment of T206 Hall Collection Set for Auction
Part 4 of the sale featuring the best T206 baseball card collection ever pieced together will get underway later this month. Heritage Auctions will present the latest installment of the David Hall T206 Collection, with some of the scarcest examples from the hobby’s most popular and expansive pre-War set going on the block. Among the cards that will be up for grabs when … [Read more...]
REA’s T206 Set Break Nets $207,000
Sometimes, it pays to try something new. Robert Edward Auctions, long known for producing voluminous catalogs full of sports history three times a year, tried its hand at an internet-only T206 set break auction, with a high quality 522-card collection going on the block card-by-card. The ten-day auction wrapped up just after midnight Monday morning, with the set and a … [Read more...]
Part III of David Hall T206 Collection Auction Includes Near Set of Sovereign Backs
The third installment of hobby pioneer David Hall’s legendary T206 collection is now on the auction block. The sale features a near-set of scarce “Sovereign” advertising backs as well as cards that were in packages of other lesser known brands and carry advertising backs that are considered scarce today. Over 500 cards are in the auction, including dozens of Hall … [Read more...]
Trimmed, Creased T206 Wagner Sells for $540,000
The market for T206 Honus Wagner cards is showing no sign of slowing after the results of a major auction of a set of cards from the hobby's most popular pre-War issue. Heritage Auctions offered the second in a series of auctions featuring cards from the David Hall Collection, highlighted by a Wagner graded Authentic/Altered. Despite trimmed borders and creasing, the … [Read more...]
Cobb T206 Green Portrait, Mantle Rookie Top $2.9 Million Memory Lane Sale
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...]
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...]