Purchased as part of a business liquidation 55 years ago, more unopened Topps trading card boxes from the 1950s are about to enter the market. The gem of the bunch is a 1959 Topps baseball cello box, with 24 pristine unopened 4th series packs that's likely to fetch at least $50,000 when Heritage Auctions puts it on the block next month. Also up for grabs will be a 1956 … [Read more...]
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Salvaged by Dad in ’64, 1950s Cello Boxes Finally Sold
Sam Droganes’ business pedigree includes confectionaries and fireworks. And after Heritage Auctions’ Fall Sports Catalog Auction ended Friday night, the Kentucky businessman had scored a sweet five-figure profit worth celebrating. Three boxes of 1950s Topps cards consigend by Droganes, 53, in the two-day auction, including 36 unopened cello packs from the fourth series … [Read more...]
PSA 8 1952 Topps Mantle, Other Gems in Largest Heritage Card Sale to Date
A few weeks after closing the books on the $8 million combined sale of the all-time finest PSA-graded T206 set, Heritage Auctions has launched the largest trading card auction in company history. More than 2,200 lots are on the block with rare and high-end single cards, complete sets and lots from the 19th century to the present. “The massive prices in the T206 … [Read more...]
REA’s Fall Auction on Fox Business News
Viewers of Fox Business News got a look at some of the items in the current Robert Edward Auctions catalog on Monday morning. REA's Brian Dwyer offered a show and tell of some of the big ticket pieces in the auction, which opened October 5 and runs through the 28th including a T206 Cobb with Cobb Tobacco back; a high-grade Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig signed baseball, an unopened … [Read more...]
4th Best 1967 Topps Set Broken; Singles Net Over $170,000
The fourth best 1967 Topps baseball set on PSA’s Registry is no more. Bidders in Mile High Card Company’s latest auction put down enough big bids on individual cards that the 607 card set was sold individually at a cumulative total of $170,133, besting the top bid for the set as a whole. With nearly every card grading 9 or 10, there were plenty of options for … [Read more...]
Vintage Breaks Scores by Opening Mini Time Capsules
The National Sports Collectors Convention is usually a productive weekend for those who make their living in sports cards. Sometimes it even alters fortune. Vintage Breaks, a year-old offshoot of vintage card specialist Just Collect, found itself in national news headlines after its big moment in the NSCC spotlight become even bigger. An ultra-rare 1955 Bowman cello … [Read more...]
Patriots Super Bowl Ring Brings Record $344,927
A Tom Brady Super Bowl LI "family" ring sold at auction for $344,927 early Sunday--the most ever paid for an NFL championship ring. Goldin Auctions conducted the sale of the consigned ring, which was the top item in the company's Winter Auction. The size 10 ½, ring weighs approximately 77.3 grams and features 260 diamonds compared to 283 on the rings presented to … [Read more...]
Notes: #1 Super Bowl Ticket Collection to Auction; ’66 Topps Football Box; $250K Brady RC; Panini Signs Mayfield
The best collection of unused Super Bowl tickets in existence will be up for sale next month. It includes a ticket for every Super Bowl through 2017 and is the #1 set of full tickets on PSA’s Registry. The owner has consigned the set to SCP Auctions, which will put it up for bid from March 7-24. The collection includes a PSA 7 (NM) ticket to Super Bowl I and many … [Read more...]
Two Near Mint Mantle Rookie Cards; Historic Memorabilia Part of Goldin Auction
A pair of 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle cards, both in near mint condition, drew bids of over $50,000 each in the first 24 hours of bidding at Goldin Auctions. One card is rated SGC 84 (7) while the other is a PSA 7. Among the 470 copies recorded in SGC's census reporting, just 20 have been placed at a higher tier than the one in the auction. Just over three … [Read more...]
Vintage Cases, Boxes Highlight Collect Auctions Catalog
A fresh grouping of vintage unopened wax, cello and vending boxes are on the auction block this week as Collect Auctions wraps up their final auction of 2017. The lineup includes a 1988-89 Fleer Basketball unopened wax case (current bid $18,366); a 1978 Topps Football unopened 15-box cello case with the original Topps shipping label; a 1979 Topps Football unopened rack … [Read more...]
