Collectors will get to devour some baseball history along with the Thanksgiving leftovers when Love of the Game’s latest catalog auction comes to a close. Set to wrap up on Saturday, Nov. 26, the company’s current sale offers over 460 lots, highlighted by some seldom-seen sports cards and memorabilia. Complete sets, high-end Cuban cards, original baseball photography … [Read more...] about T206, Goudey Sets, High Grade 1921 Ruth Among LOTG Auction Lots
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2022 Topps 206 Brings Hobby Icon Back for 3rd Year
Topps has released the 2022 edition of its online exclusive 206 offering. Harkening back to the original T206 tobacco cards issued from 1909-1911, the Topps 206 cards are of the same size and feature current players and former greats. It’s the the product’s third year as an online exclusive. The cards are sold by packs in multiple series or “waves” offered … [Read more...] about 2022 Topps 206 Brings Hobby Icon Back for 3rd Year
LOTG Auction Thick with Vintage Cards, Autographs
Hundreds of vintage baseball cards, original photography, vintage ticket stubs and display pieces are among the highlights in Love of the Game Auctions’ Spring Premier, which is open for bidding. The auction catalog’s cover features the Graig Kreindler painting of Roberto Clemente that’s being sold to benefit UnidosUS, the largest Latino civil rights organization in the … [Read more...] about LOTG Auction Thick with Vintage Cards, Autographs
Illinois T206 Collector Cleans Up at The National
Tom Larson came to the National Sports Collectors Convention looking for a few good cards. He’s retired, he says. It's just a hobby. You know, some people play golf. Others travel.Some find a part time job. Larson made the short trip from his Joliet, IL home to the Stephens Convention Center where he knew he'd find a big variety of the stuff he chases. “Anything … [Read more...] about Illinois T206 Collector Cleans Up at The National
T206 Legends Meet Jordan, Kobe, Tom in Giant Auction
The most recognized vintage baseball card in the world joins some high-end issues from the modern era as Goldin Auctions opens its latest Elite Auction. The voluminous auction opened Sunday night and includes over 6,600 lots. Graded PSA 2, the Wagner card carried a $1 million opening bid. Within minutes, it had already reached $2 million. A PSA 2 last sold for … [Read more...] about T206 Legends Meet Jordan, Kobe, Tom in Giant Auction
Topps Launches Return of T206 Style On Demand Set
Cigarette cards are back and you won't need to light up a smoke to own them. 2021 Topps T206 arrived on Tuesday, with the company launching the first of ten series it will release throughout the course of the season. The cards are art style renderings of current major and minor league players, in the style of the 1909-1911 American Tobacco Company issue. It's the … [Read more...] about Topps Launches Return of T206 Style On Demand Set
Collector Paul Pollard’s T206 Set Nets $764,712
A T206 Ty Cobb "Bat Off Shoulder" card with a Uzit Tobacco back sold for $120,000 late Sunday night, as Robert Edward Auctions put the wraps on the sale of one late collector's expansive T206 set. Graded SGC 4, the "Bat Off Shouler" is the only pose of Cobb in the T206 set that was printed with an Uzit advertising back. Only a small number of copies … [Read more...] about Collector Paul Pollard’s T206 Set Nets $764,712
Long-Time Collector’s T206 Set Gets Solo Auction Spotlight
Forty-eight years after one collector had a chance encounter with some tobacco cards at an antique shop in Virginia, his set of T206 cards is the star of its own auction. On Thursday, Robert Edward Auctions unveiled the 522-card set of Paul “Jack” Pollard in a special standalone auction running through January 17. The set includes every card except for the famed … [Read more...] about Long-Time Collector’s T206 Set Gets Solo Auction Spotlight
High Grade T206 Set Nets over $3.5 Million at Auction
Hundreds of online bidders fought over one of the hobby's best collections of T206 baseball cards ever assembled Thursday night. When the curtain came down on the collection of 522 cards consigned by Rochester, Mich., attorney E. Powell Miller, over $3.5 million had been spent. The figure, which included 20 percent buyer's premiums, was almost $1 million more … [Read more...] about High Grade T206 Set Nets over $3.5 Million at Auction
One of Hobby’s Best T206 Sets Heads From Museum to Market
The Detroit Institute of Arts boasts of possessing “the largest and most significant art collections in the United States,” with more than 65,000 works dating “from the earliest civilizations to the present.” For six months in 2018, that included Rochester, Mich., attorney E. Powell Miller’s collection of baseball cards – specifically, his complete gathering of T206 … [Read more...] about One of Hobby’s Best T206 Sets Heads From Museum to Market