Dusty Baker won his 2,000th game as a major league manager Tuesday night, which should clinch his spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Baker’s rookie card is a short print–and a high number in the 1971 Topps set, known for its black borders and as such, top grade examples aren’t easy to locate. Prices have shot up in the last two years. Once available for … [Read more...] about Notes: Dusty’s Rookie Card Pricing; Signed Cobb T206 to Auction; Grading Numbers; Durant Playoff Jersey
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Trimmed T206 Wagner Card Nets $1.5 Million in $19 Million REA Sale
Even when they’ve been attacked by a scissors, T206 Honus Wagner cards still draw a crowd ready to fork over some significant cash to own one. Robert Edward Auctions closed out its Spring Auction late Monday night and when the dust settled, a trimmed copy of the world’s most famous baseball card had sold for $1,528,066. In the current market, it wasn’t surprising … [Read more...] about Trimmed T206 Wagner Card Nets $1.5 Million in $19 Million REA Sale
Notes: Fanatics Auction; New Site Marries Autographs, Messages; Hall of Fame’s 2021 Additions
A signed and dated Ty Cobb bat, a PSA 10 Michael Jordan rookie card and dozens of other items are being offered in Fanatics’ newly-launched Holiday Auction. The sale will open in two phases with the first group of items online now and a second group to be launched next week. Both will close on December 6. The current bid on the Cobb bat, autographed and … [Read more...] about Notes: Fanatics Auction; New Site Marries Autographs, Messages; Hall of Fame’s 2021 Additions
Roadshow: One of Ty Cobb’s Last Signed Baseballs
While COVID-19 has shut down a lot of appraisal events and put a damper on the production of programs like Antiques Roadshow, the show…must go on. PBS is dipping into the past for programming and this week, they’re airing a that was taped in Indianapolis a few years ago. One of the segments centers around a Ty Cobb signed baseball with a pretty interesting … [Read more...] about Roadshow: One of Ty Cobb’s Last Signed Baseballs
Special Cobb, Mantle Signed Balls at Auction
The only Ty Cobb autographed baseball to carry a PSA 10 grade is up for sale through Heritage Auctions with bidding expected to easily reach six figures by the time bidding closes next weekend. The ball carries Cobb's blue ink signature and his handwritten date of a visit to St. Louis: 11/24/53. Carefully preserved, the ball dates to a Thanksgiving … [Read more...] about Special Cobb, Mantle Signed Balls at Auction
Mathewson, Cobb Autographed Baseball Auction at 1909 Charity Game
If you think that autographed memorabilia items are a recent phenomenon, think again. More than a century ago, the Detroit Tigers and the New York Highlanders met in a charity game for the benefit of Sam Crane, a former major-leaguer who became the dean of New York City’s sports writing corps during his quarter century with the New York Journal-American. The Tigers, winners … [Read more...] about Mathewson, Cobb Autographed Baseball Auction at 1909 Charity Game
Ball from Cubs’ Last World Series Title Now at Auction
Tucked in a private collection for years, the baseball believed to be the one Chicago Cubs pitcher Orval Overall tossed for the final out to clinch the team’s last World Series victory in 1908 is up for auction. It could sell for $100,000 or more. According to Heritage Auctions, the ball was obtained immediately after the game at Detroit’s Bennett Park by Tigers manager … [Read more...] about Ball from Cubs’ Last World Series Title Now at Auction
New Leaf Issue Isolates on Ichiro
Leaf Trading Cards has released the 2013 Ichiro Immortals Collection, a limited issue commemorating Yankee star Ichiro Suzuki's career. Leaf will produced only 300 hand-numbered boxes, each containing four base cards numbered to 51 (his uniform number) and an Ichiro autograph. The company holds Suzuki's exclusive autograph rights. “We set out to make a memorable … [Read more...] about New Leaf Issue Isolates on Ichiro