Fanatics is back in the auction business and their first event since the company’s relaunch runs the gamut from Babe Ruth to Conor McGregor. The 50-lot online catalog includes some one-of-a-kind items that have never been made available to the public before, a smattering of vintage and modern trading cards and game-used memorabilia. The auction includes a signed Babe Ruth … [Read more...]
Notes: ’59 Cello Box Auction; $1 Million LeBron; 11,000 Sosa Rookie Cards; Brady’s 1st Bucs Card
An unopened box of 1959 Topps 4th series baseball is up for grabs this month. The 36-pack box could have multiple cards of Hall of Famers Ernie Banks, Robin Roberts, Al Kaline, Sparky Anderson and Hoyt Wilhelm inside. The fourth series in the 1959 baseball set covers card Nos. 265 to 352 in the 572-card set. Heritage Auctions has the box in its current Trading Card … [Read more...]
Key Basketball Rookie Cards Among Top Lots in MHCC Auction
Their first major auction of 2020 is in the books and the next catalog auction is still two months away, but that doesn’t mean quiet time at Mile High Card Company. Their Extra Innings auction gets underway Monday with over 300 lots on the block. Among the headliners is a 1948 Bowman George Mikan rookie card (PSA 6.5), a 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan rookie (PSA 9) … [Read more...]
Six-Figure Swap: Tom Brady Rookie Card Traded For Nintendo Game
The sports card and vintage video game collecting universes recently collided in a big way. A New York-based vintage comic book dealer just brokered a mother of sports card trade, and the deal was a little less conventional than the typical auction or trade. Vincent Zurzolo, the co-owner and COO of New York’s Metropolis Collectibles, brokered a deal between two of his … [Read more...]
12 Tom Brady Cards That Won’t Bust Your Budget
In February 2019, a Tom Brady rookie card sold for a record price of $400,100, the highest price paid for a football card via auction. The 2000 Playoff Contenders Championship Ticket autograph card was just one of 100 that were produced. There a few dozen Brady rookie cards and over 1,600 different Brady cards in all listed on PSA's Master Checklist. While prices for … [Read more...]
Robinson Jersey, Gehrig and Ali Contracts, Bonds’ Last HR Ball in Goldin Auctions Sale
A Jackie Robinson jersey, Lou Gehrig's 1925 contract, historic home run baseballs from Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Alex Rodriguez headline the Goldin Auctions 2019 Spring Auction, which launches Monday and runs through May 11. Included in the 1,200-lot auction are a dozen lots celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jackie Robinson with a … [Read more...]
Brady Rookie Ticket Auto Pushes Higher
It's not the Championship Ticket version numbered to 100, but another record-setting sale of a Tom Brady 2000 Playoff Contenders autograph card is in the works. Heritage Auctions is offering a PSA 10 Rookie Ticket auto in its current catalog and bidding has already reached $140,000 ($168,000 with the buyer's premium factored in). It's already the most ever paid for … [Read more...]
Notes: Studebaker to Join Beckett; Tobacco Pack Breaks Planned; Big Bucks for Brady (Again); Baseball Card Bar Top
SGC Senior Autograph Authenticator Larry Studebaker is joining Beckett Authentication Services. A source confirmed to us Tuesday night that Studebaker is expected to start his new job as an authenticator for BAS in April. He had been working for SGC since 2013. Beckett opened its autograph authentication business in the fall of 2016, led by former PSA … [Read more...]
Notes: Brady Responds; Burbank Busy; Crosby Card Catches $80K; 2 Rice Rookies in One Pack
What did Tom Brady think of the $400,000 sale of that 2000 Contenders Championship Ticket card? He (or his social media person) responded on Instagram... Brady will actually add some straight cash to his bank account next month when he does another private signing for TRISTAR Productions. Autographs start at around $1,000 each. When Burbank … [Read more...]
2000 Tom Brady Contenders Autographed Rookie Card Sells for $400,100
The record for the highest priced modern trading card ever sold at public auction didn't even last a week. A 2000 Playoff Contenders Championship Rookie Ticket Autograph card, one of only 100 produced and rated 9 by Beckett Grading was listed as sold for $400,100 in a 10-day eBay auction that ended Monday night. It's the most ever paid at auction for a football … [Read more...]