As the year winds down, we’re taking a look at the top-selling sports cards and memorabilia sold through major auction companies in 2018. The Babe still draws a crowd. He's the subject of a current best-selling book and still the number one attraction in the world of baseball memorabilia. Four of the top ten selling items at Goldin Auctions this year dated from … [Read more...]
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Encyclopedic Collection of Brady Rookie Cards Being Broken Up, Sold
One of the world’s most comprehensive Tom Brady rookie card collections is on the auction block. The product of one collector’s 15-year obsession, the fully graded and authenticated compilation includes every card from Brady’s first NFL campaign with a total value well into six figures. The collection is being offered in Heritage Auctions’ Fall Trading Card … [Read more...]
Patriots Super Bowl Ring Brings Record $344,927
A Tom Brady Super Bowl LI "family" ring sold at auction for $344,927 early Sunday--the most ever paid for an NFL championship ring. Goldin Auctions conducted the sale of the consigned ring, which was the top item in the company's Winter Auction. The size 10 ½, ring weighs approximately 77.3 grams and features 260 diamonds compared to 283 on the rings presented to … [Read more...]
Brady Sales Soaring; But He’s Not the King of Cards
No football player’s cards in recent years have been as actively bought and sold by collectors as Tom Brady. Fourteen of the 15 most watched football cards on eBay at the moment are of Brady. His rookie cards have skyrocketed in value. Yet over the last 12 months, he’s not the top-selling player in the sports card category. eBay's researchers tell Sports … [Read more...]
Super Bowl 51 Ring on Auction Block
An official 2017 New England Patriots’ Super Bowl Ring is the headline item among the 1,100 lots for sale in the Goldin Auctions 2018 Winter Auction set to open Monday. While it carries his name on the side, the ring is not the official ring presented to Tom Brady, but rather an additional ring. It is displayed in a presentation box with a Jostens' Certificate … [Read more...]
Notes: Record Price for College Jersey; Topps NOW ROYs; Brady Signing
The sale of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s 1966-67 game worn UCLA Bruins home jersey for $137,849 back on November 5 at SCP Auctions set a new record price for a college jersey. The previous auction record for a college gamer belonged to Christian Laettner’s 1992 Duke Blue Devils home jersey which sold for $119,500 in 2014. The record-setting jersey was worn by … [Read more...]
Pats Show Off Super Bowl Game-Used Football Shoe
Falcons fans traveling to New England for Sunday night’s Super Bowl LI rematch may not appreciate the reminder but the Patriots will be putting a one-of-a-kind shoe on display this weekend—one made from game balls from last February’s comeback victory. Nike's footwear development team took apart two of the Patriots game balls and used the materials to construct a … [Read more...]
Watson, Brady Top Latest NFL Trading Card Index
Deshaun Watson has taken over the top spot in the new NFLPA Panini Trading Card Index for rookies. The list ranks the top-performing football players (15 rookies, 15 veterans) in the sports card industry. It was created last year by the NFLPA and Panini. Rankings are based on several key factors, including secondary-market transactions, overall trading volume and … [Read more...]
Elliott, Prescott, Brady Top NFLPA’s Top Selling Players
Ezekiel Elliott became the first rookie to finish the year atop the NFL Players Association's Top 50 Player Sales List at the end of the 2016-17 season. The list is based on total sales of officially licensed NFL player merchandise, tracking year-end results from March 1, 2016 through February 28, 2017. The Dallas Cowboys running back made the leap from the … [Read more...]
VIDEO: Avid Young Collector’s Tips Led to Brady Jersey
The first person to see Tom Brady's Super Bowl 49 jersey in a place other than the Patriots locker room was a 19-year-old collector from Seattle, WA. As an avid collector of game-worn jerseys, Dylan Wagner was stunned when a man from Mexico bought a gamer from him on eBay late last year and then showed him a picture of his collection. Front and center was … [Read more...]
