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 pack it … [Read more...]
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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...]
Newly Discovered 1958 Topps Football Wax Box Hits Auction
Another unopened sports card time capsule is about to reveal itself to the world. What is believed to be the only surviving complete unopened box of 1958 Topps football cards—and the original Topps shipping case—will be offered in Robert Edward Auctions’ fall catalog that’s set to open for bidding on Friday. An added bonus for the buyer: There’s a Jim Brown … [Read more...]
Jackie Robinson Cap, Rose’s Record Bat Headline Lelands Auction
The bat Pete Rose used for his record-breaking 4,192 hit in 1985 and the specially padded 1947-48 Brooklyn Dodgers cap worn by Jackie Robinson to help protect his head from racially motivated beanballs headline the newly-launched Lelands.com Masters Auction, online through October 27. The auction consists of several hundred lots of higher end sports memorabilia … [Read more...]
DeLongs, Beer Box Find II Top $2.4 Million Mile High Auction
It was touted as being one of the most impressive auctions in Mile High Card Company history, and led by one of the best 1933 DeLong complete sets in existence and the stunning sequel to “The Beer Box Find,” Mile High Card Company’s September auction delivered with over $2.4 million in total sales. Bidding closed early Friday morning. The final hours of the auction saw … [Read more...]
Beer Box II Auction Opens Monday, But There’s More
The sequel to the “Beer Box Find” will get much of the attention when Mile High Card Company opens its big fall catalog auction Monday but if unopened boxes from decades ago aren’t your thing, there is plenty of other high-end material in what could be the biggest auction in the company’s 20+ year history. Led by an ultra-high end DeLong complete set, a 1951 Bowman #305 … [Read more...]
Second Find of Valuable Vintage Wax Was Unexpected
The second part of what's become a seven-figure find of decades-old unopened sports and non-sports wax boxes is scheduled to go on the auction block late this month and we're learning a little more about how it all came about. "Beer Box Find II" included 1960s Topps football and baseball boxes, a 1971 Topps baseball box, a one-of-a-kind 1968-69 Topps Test basketball … [Read more...]
