Just ahead of his certain election to the Baseball Hall of Fame, one of 22 1993 Upper Deck SP Derek Jeter rookie cards graded 10 by PSA sold for a record-setting $180,000 as Memory Lane closed out the hobby’s first major auction of 2020 early Sunday morning. The SP Jeter saw records established and fall three times in a span of five weeks, with the Memory Lane sale topping … [Read more...]
Vintage Photo Auction Includes Ruth, Robinson, Mantle, Other Sports Legends
Over 400 original sports photos from decades ago are on the auction block in Hyee Fall Premium Photography Auction. Heavy on baseball history, the auction includes numerous images either never seen before and seldom offered material from prominent photographers of the past. Many are original newspaper images, with decades-old captions still attached to the back. … [Read more...]
Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle Among Original Photos at Auction
Dozens of original photos, including several rarely or never before seen images of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Roberto Clemente , Sandy Koufax and other sports stars from the past are on the auction block this week. Originating primarily in newspaper archives, the photos date as far back as the 1930s. Long-time dealer Henry Yee is offering them as … [Read more...]
Interesting Notes on Vintage Sports Photos
This column offers some additional information about vintage and antique cards and memorabilia. Many 1800s sports cards are actual photographs Modern card collectors often don't realize that many 1800s trading cards are actual photographs, taken with a camera and developed in a photography lab. While modern ink and printing press technology can reproduce photographic … [Read more...]
Looking at the Photos of George Grantham Bain
George Grantham Bain (1865-1944) was a famed American news photographer based primarily in New York City. He first worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and United Press in the late 1890s before starting his own company, Bain News Service. Today, he is famed for his wonderful and often candid images of newsworthy subjects large and small, including sports stars, suffragette … [Read more...]
Yee Auction Offers Massive Photo Stash
A major auction featuring hundreds of rare vintage sports photographs including numerous images of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Red Grange, Jim Thorpe, Ty Cobb, Joe DiMaggio, Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle, Roberto Clemente and other icons will close over the next two days. Long-time dealer Henry Yee’s Summer Premier Auction is his largest to date. While sports memorabilia … [Read more...]
Photo of the Day: Rookie Roger Leads Off
He’d spent more than three years in the minor leagues waiting for moments like this but in the spring of 1957, Roger Maris was wearing a big league uniform for good. Our Photo of the Day from RMY Auctions is this original shot of Maris in spring training just prior to his rookie year with Cleveland. Originally signed by the University of Oklahoma as a football player, … [Read more...]
Photographer’s Work Joins Other Baseball Memorabilia at Auction
An auction featuring the baseball memorabilia collection of Charles “Ted” Schmidt and sports negatives from well-known photographer Frank Mastro will be up for bid next week in Amesbury, MA. John McInnis Auctioneers is holding the event. Schmidt, a Rhode Island resident, was named as one of the first 'Red Sox Nation Governors' in 2008. Among the items consigned through … [Read more...]