The highest graded card in the ‘Lucky 7 Find’ of T206 Cobb backs has been sold, leaving just three of the seven cards left. PSA President Joe Orlando says the VG+ (4.5) copy was claimed over the weekend. Sources tell SC Daily a private collector purchased the card for between $1 million and $2 million. Two of the three cards graded 2.5 by PSA and another rated 1.5 were … [Read more...] about Highest Graded Cobb Back from Lucky 7 Find Sold
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Cobb Backs Get New Values as 3rd Card Sells
Of the seven cards in the “Lucky 7” find of T206 Ty Cobb backs announced last week, four remain. The cards, discovered last month while family members were cleaning up the contents of an old house in the southeastern part of the country, became a national story. Sent to PSA for grading and authentication, they were assigned grades ranging from 1.5 to 4.5 with four of the … [Read more...] about Cobb Backs Get New Values as 3rd Card Sells
2 of Rare Cobb Cards Found in Bag Sold
Rick Snyder has been a sports card dealer for a long time. He’s bought and sold plenty of expensive cards. He’s never experienced anything quite like this. “Oh my gosh. My phone has been blowing up,” the owner of South Carolina-based MINT State said Thursday morning, about 12 hours after word of his involvement in one of the hobby’s great all-time finds had … [Read more...] about 2 of Rare Cobb Cards Found in Bag Sold
Million Dollar Find in a Paper Bag
The population of one of the rarest baseball cards in the world has grown by seven after an amazing discovery in the rural South. Only about 15 of the rare 1909-1911 T206 Ty Cobb variation, distributed only in tins of the short-lived Ty Cobb Tobacco product, were known to exist until a family began going through the belongings of a family’s deceased … [Read more...] about Million Dollar Find in a Paper Bag
T206 Wagner Brings $1.32 Million
One of the better examples of sports collecting’s holy grail sold early Sunday morning when Robert Edward Auctions’ spring catalog event came to an end. The PSA 3 T206 Honus Wagner generated 42 bids and sold for $1.32 million, a record price for the grade. That figure includes a 20% buyer’s premium added to all lots in the auction. The same card, dubbed the ‘Oceanside … [Read more...] about T206 Wagner Brings $1.32 Million