One week before Jackie Robinson's original professional baseball contracts with the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Montreal Royals were to be sold at auction, Goldin Auctions has announced a temporary postponement of the auction to negotiate a deal to put the contracts on permanent public display. They had been scheduled to hit the auction block as a pair, with a minimum bid of $5 … [Read more...]
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Collector Matches Ty Cobb Bat To Iconic 1913 Photograph
Justin Cornett owns an oil brokerage firm in Houston. This month, the sports memorabilia collector drilled down into his photo collection and hit the jackpot, matching a game-used bat of Ty Cobb he won at an auction last year to an iconic image of the Georgia Peach and Shoeless Joe Jackson. “I started shaking a bit,” Cornett, 43, said when he made the … [Read more...]
Notes: Ruth, Cobb Bats Coming to Auction; Red Berenson Selling; MLS Cards on Post Cereals
Two of the best known Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb game model bats will hit the auction block in a couple of weeks. Both rank among the top bats of the two baseball icons that have been offered at auction in recent years. Mile High Card Company says it will be offering a bat dating to use by Babe Ruth in the 1929-30 era and another swung by Ty Cobb more than a century … [Read more...]
700 Lots Sell in Inaugural Goldin Auctions Internet Sale
More than 700 of the 775 lots of sports, entertainment and historical memorabilia were sold in Goldin Auctions' inaugural Internet-only auction. Prices ranged from $50 to $27,000. The two-week event, held from March 12-24, was the first of four such internet-only auctions scheduled for this year to accommodate items that did not make it into the company's catalog … [Read more...]
Goldin Launches 1st of 4 Yearly Online Only Auctions
To keep up with what it says is strong demand from both consignors and customers, Goldin Auctions h as announced the launch of quarterly online only auctions. The first kicked off Monday with 775 lots of sports, entertainment and historical memorabilia. The two-week event is the first of four such quarterly internet-only auctions scheduled for this year to accommodate … [Read more...]
Migratory Bird Foundation Seeks Return of Cobb Memorabilia
A wildlife foundation is suing one of its former employees and the Detroit Tigers over the purchase of Ty Cobb memorabilia. The Jack Miner Migratory Bird Foundation claims Kirk Miner, a relative of the family founder, stole a Cobb bat, ball and two signed letters and sold them to the Tigers for $24,000. The Foundation claims it owned the items that were originally gifted by … [Read more...]
REA’s First Fall Auction Tallies $3.06 Million
If there was any trepidation about breaking from the long standing once-a-year format, it quickly evaporated once the dust began to settle at Robert Edward Auctions early Sunday morning. The company’s inaugural Fall Auction generated $3.06 million in sales led by very strong showings for the hundreds of vintage, rare and high grade baseball cards and historic memorabilia items … [Read more...]
Denver Collector Buys Cobb Bat for $253,000 at All Star Auction
A bat given by Ty Cobb to a former Detroit Tigers' teammate sold for $253,000 in Tuesday's All-Star FanFest memorabilia auction in Kansas City. Live auction bidding began after online and phone bids pushed it past the $118,000 mark during the past two weeks. The final bid was $220,000. The realized price includes a buyer's premium. The winning bidder was Tyler Tysdal, a … [Read more...]
