One of only two known cards from a rare 19th century tobacco issue sold for $88,125 Saturday, topping Hunt Auctions’ latest Premier Live Internet Auction. Recently discovered in a Pennsylvania estate, the card of “Orator Jim” O’Rourke from the rare 1887 Four Base Hits set was graded 5 (EX) by SGC and is the highest of the two examples. One of few early … [Read more...] about Recently Discovered Baseball Card Rarity Tops Hunt Sale
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Rare Vintage Cards, Pack Collection, Game Used Items Part of Hunt Auctions Sale
Pieces of multiple long-time private collections—many coming to auction for the first time—are headlining Hunt Auctions’ newly launched April Premier Live Auction. Leading off the sale is the third installment of the “Texan Collection” of historic sports cards. Curated over a 40-year period, the collection is one of the finest assembled of its type with the initial two … [Read more...] about Rare Vintage Cards, Pack Collection, Game Used Items Part of Hunt Auctions Sale
Hottest Ty Cobb Baseball Card Auctions on eBay
The fans who watched him in his prime are long gone from this earth but no one needs eye witnesses or video to understand why the market for Ty Cobb baseball cards remains one of the hottest sports collectible markets. Cobb's greatness on the field and in the record books has transcended generations. From the early 20th century through the end of his playing career a … [Read more...] about Hottest Ty Cobb Baseball Card Auctions on eBay
Rare, High-Grade Ty Cobb Tobacco Tin up for Auction
The best known example of the tin that held Ty Cobb brand tobacco more than a century ago—and maybe one of the ultra-scarce T206 Cobb cards-- is on the auction block. The gold-topped tin, complete with the original tax stamp still attached, could sell for a six-figure price when bidding ends next month. The tin last sold in 2012 for over $88,000. … [Read more...] about Rare, High-Grade Ty Cobb Tobacco Tin up for Auction
Abdul-Jabbar Collection, 2009 Bowman Chrome Trout Top $6 Million Goldin Sale
The latest auction of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar memorabilia netted $2.9 million early Sunday morning, highlighted by the sale of four of his NBA championship rings, which combined to bring over $1.2 million including the buyer’s premium. Goldin Auctions offered 234 items from the basketball life of the Hall of Fame center who is selling the items in part to raise money for … [Read more...] about Abdul-Jabbar Collection, 2009 Bowman Chrome Trout Top $6 Million Goldin Sale
Ruth Memorabilia Sets Pace in $8.37 Million REA Sale
There were thousands of items up for auction, but when the dust settled early Monday morning, Babe Ruth memorabilia once again rose to the top as Robert Edward Auctions closed out its fall catalog event. Six items sold for over $100,000 and four were Ruth-related, led by a high-grade early 1920s single-signed baseball which garnered $144,000. A circa-1927 ball signed … [Read more...] about Ruth Memorabilia Sets Pace in $8.37 Million REA Sale
Notes: T206 Cobb Back Find; Mathis Talks ’52 Mantle Sale; Ohtani Atomic Refractor
Make way for another rare T206 Ty Cobb Back. Publicity generated by the 2016 Lucky 7 Find (that later became 8) of Cobb Tobacco back cards led one man who had inherited his father's old pre-War card collection to look a little closer in one of the albums where they were stored. Feeling confident, he had struck gold, he started reaching out in search of a buyer. … [Read more...] about Notes: T206 Cobb Back Find; Mathis Talks ’52 Mantle Sale; Ohtani Atomic Refractor
Lucky 7 Find Plus One: Family Uncovers 8th Cobb Tobacco Card in Dusty Box
Here's one for the hobby history books. An eighth copy of the rare 1909-11 T206 Ty Cobb with Ty Cobb back baseball card has been located by the same family from a rural southern town that discovered “The Lucky 7 Find” of rare Cobb cards in 2016. Incredibly, exactly two years after the initial finding comes another Cobb specimen with its ultra-rare “Ty Cobb King of the … [Read more...] about Lucky 7 Find Plus One: Family Uncovers 8th Cobb Tobacco Card in Dusty Box
A Taste of Hobby’s Top T206 Collection
It’s the greatest T206 baseball card collection ever assembled. With over 5,000 different player/back combinations out of 5,257 known, David Hall’s assemblage ranks as one of the hobby’s most remarkable achievements. Later this week, a few of the rarest cards in the $10 million collection will be on display at the Long Beach Expo. Hall, the President of … [Read more...] about A Taste of Hobby’s Top T206 Collection
Second T206 Cobb Back Coming to Auction
A second Ty Cobb Tobacco back card from the Lucky 7 find is coming to auction early next year. The owner of one of the four cards graded 2.5 by PSA has consigned it to Heritage Auctions’ Winter Platinum Night sale on February 25-26. In October, Robert Edward Auctions offered the first of the seven rare Cobb cards to be offered at public auction. The PSA 1.5 sold for … [Read more...] about Second T206 Cobb Back Coming to Auction