Before he moved to Edmonton and began pocketing Stanley Cups and MVP awards, Wayne Gretzky was a teenage prodigy, just getting his feet wet in professional hockey. Indianapolis wasn’t exactly a hotbed for the sport and the troubles associated with a fledgling league like the World Hockey Association made for a short life for the Racers franchise. It’s telling that only … [Read more...] about Lone Surviving Tickets from Gretzky’s Earliest Pro Games Set for Sale
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Saved by 1980s High School Student, Pair of Michael Jordan Debut Stubs Set for Auction
It wasn’t an unusual request for a basketball loving teenager to make. An Illinois high school student and his friends were anxious to see whether the Chicago Bulls’ 1984 first round draft pick might have what it took to lift the moribund franchise back to relevance. He sent out an SOS to his father: can you find some tickets to Michael Jordan’s first game and take … [Read more...] about Saved by 1980s High School Student, Pair of Michael Jordan Debut Stubs Set for Auction
Jordan Tickets at Auction Span College, NBA Careers
Heritage Auctions is offering a collection of more than 30 Michael Jordan tickets in its newly launched Sports Showcase Auction, but it goes beyond a few major career highlights and milestones. The group of more than 30 different charts Jordan's career, with one from his first appearance in the annual Blue-White North Carolina scrimmage game in his 1981 freshman season to an … [Read more...] about Jordan Tickets at Auction Span College, NBA Careers
12 Sports Collecting Myths
You might have heard it at a show or seen it in an online forum. Maybe a “knowledgeable” long-time collector mentioned something. Maybe you just came to your own conclusion. Whatever the case, not everything that's often considered hobby gospel is really true. On a recent edition of the Collectable Daily podcast, hosts Alan Goldsher and I … [Read more...] about 12 Sports Collecting Myths
NYC Collectors Night Event Offered Stories, Discussion, Show and Tell
Presiding over his company’s first ever Collectors Night in the heart of New York City, John Brigandi compared the feeling of opening a fresh, previously unseen box of vintage sports cards or memorabilia in his store to unboxing a special package during the holidays. Well, the Rockefeller Center’s famous Christmas Spectacular came early last Thursday night, with hobbyists … [Read more...] about NYC Collectors Night Event Offered Stories, Discussion, Show and Tell
Heritage to Offer Bounty of Historic Tickets in Spring Auction
There's one from Mickey Mantle's debut and one from Babe Ruth's farewell... Willie Mays' last homer as a Giant and another from Mike Trout's first ever big league homer. Tickets to those four moments and dozens of other milestones and events are almost ready to hit the market, riding a big wave of interest in an area of the hobby that's been one of the big hobby stories … [Read more...] about Heritage to Offer Bounty of Historic Tickets in Spring Auction
Jackie Robinson, Michael Jordan Debut Tickets Both Smash Record
One of seven known ticket stubs from Jackie Robinson’s big-league debut in the spring of 1947 sold Sunday morning for $480,000, making it the most expensive sporting-event ticket ever sold at auction. The stub was the highest graded of only a small number of Robinson first game tickets known to exist. The first session of Heritage Auctions’ two-day Winter Platinum Night … [Read more...] about Jackie Robinson, Michael Jordan Debut Tickets Both Smash Record
Jackie Robinson Debut Stub Part of Huge Run of Historic Tickets in Heritage Auction
Few items in the realm of sports memorabilia can double as historic pieces of American history but there’s not much doubt that label can be applied to one item now up for auction: a ticket stub from Ebbets Field dated April 15, 1947 — the day Robinson made his big-league debut against the Boston Braves, just five days after signing his Dodgers contract. He went … [Read more...] about Jackie Robinson Debut Stub Part of Huge Run of Historic Tickets in Heritage Auction
Notes: MJ Debut Ticket Owner; SGC’s Big Day; Ruth Rookie Update; Edmonton Expo; Topps Party; Fitterman’s WWE Deal
People used to discover baseball cards in their basements and attics that were worth a nice chunk of change. Well, they still do sometimes, but now the ticket market has its first “holy grail” find. We recently wrote about the 1980s Northwestern college student who couldn’t get anyone to go to the Bulls opening game back in 1984 so he took the unused ticket and stuck it … [Read more...] about Notes: MJ Debut Ticket Owner; SGC’s Big Day; Ruth Rookie Update; Edmonton Expo; Topps Party; Fitterman’s WWE Deal
Brady Tickets; Vintage, Modern Cards Headline Heritage December Auction
He's the early favorite to capture his third NBA MVP award and is about to become the NBA's all-time leader in three pointers made. The Warriors are again a threat to win the championship, too. Steph Curry's rookie cards have been heating up over the last couple of months and there's a big one up for grabs through Heritage Auctions right now. A PSA 10 copy of Curry's … [Read more...] about Brady Tickets; Vintage, Modern Cards Headline Heritage December Auction