While a lot of three NBA Top Shot Moments featuring LeBron James and Kobe Bryant are getting most of the attention--and a boatload of money from those who are into it--traditional collectors have over 500 lots to pick from in Heritage Auctions' latest Monthly Showcase. Among the offerings: 64 different lots of unopened boxes, cases and packs. The … [Read more...]
Jordan, Mays Rookies; Vintage Unopened Top $5.6 Million Mile High Auction
Led by piles of vintage unopened boxes and Michael Jordan cards, a Mile High Card Company’s first catalog auction of 2021 took in over $5.6 million. The Colorado-based auction house is hoping the results are an indication of bigger things to come. “A few of the real outliers have started to recede slightly, but in all, the hobby is strong and getting even stronger,” Mile … [Read more...]
Heritage Auction Includes Dozens of Vintage Unopened Boxes
It's not open for bidding until next week, but if you're a fan of sports card time capsules, we can tell you the upcoming Heritage Auctions catalog will have a lot of it. And if 1970s wax is your jam, you might want to sit down and strap on a bib. Set to start next Thursday, the catalog will have over 300 lots of unopened material, including boxes, cases and vintage … [Read more...]
Notes: Moeller Show Off; New Shop in Hollywood; ’73 Rack Box; NBA Legends Event
One of the larger Midwestern sports card shows of the year won’t be taking place in 2020. The annual Thanksgiving weekend event at Moeller High School in Cincinnati was cancelled Tuesday. Promoters at CincyCardShows.com say the move is “in accordance with the CDC, state of Ohio and Hamilton County.” Gatherings are still being kept to a maximum of 50 people … [Read more...]
Heritage Auction Includes Big List of Vintage Unopened Packs, Boxes, Cases
They're still wrapped tightly, looking just as they did when they left the packaging part of the plant 40, 50, 60 years ago or more. A big collection of vintage unopened packs and boxes offered in a major catalog auction will once again beg the question: to open or not? Heritage Auctions' newly launched Summer Trading Card Auction includes over 80 lots of … [Read more...]
Old Judge to Aaron Judge: Heritage Sports Card Auction Spans 3 Centuries
Over 2,000 lots—spanning every decade from the 1870s to the present day—are now on the block as Heritage Auctions opens its Summer Sports Card Catalog event. The rise of basketball cards means collectors will see plenty of Michael Jordan and other modern day greats in the online catalog, but seldom seen tobacco cards from the 19th and early 20th century are also expected to … [Read more...]
Notes: ’59 Cello Box Auction; $1 Million LeBron; 11,000 Sosa Rookie Cards; Brady’s 1st Bucs Card
An unopened box of 1959 Topps 4th series baseball is up for grabs this month. The 36-pack box could have multiple cards of Hall of Famers Ernie Banks, Robin Roberts, Al Kaline, Sparky Anderson and Hoyt Wilhelm inside. The fourth series in the 1959 baseball set covers card Nos. 265 to 352 in the 572-card set. Heritage Auctions has the box in its current Trading Card … [Read more...]
Partial Unopened Box of 1948 Bowman from “Beer Box Find” Returning to Auction
The Bowman baseball beer box find is back. Three years after its discovery in the home of a Tennessee family, a nearly full 1948 Bowman baseball box is coming back on the market. The box, containing 19 of the 24 wax packs, sold for $521,180 through Mile High Card Company in 2017--an average of $27,430 per pack and $5,486 per card. It was the headliner in a … [Read more...]
REA Tally in Auction’s First 24 Hours: 10,000 Bids, Nearly $3 Million
Robert Edward Auctions opened its first auction of the year on Friday with collectors hunkered down at home diving into the first of three giant catalogs set for release this year. They weren't shy about placing bids either. The company says it took in nearly $3 million during the first 24 hours of the auction. The sale leads off with a newly discovered W600 … [Read more...]
Huge Roster of Vintage Unopened Boxes, Packs Heading to Auction
The market for vintage unopened sports card boxes and packs continues to be one of the hobby's hottest. Now, over 100 lots of unopened material, some dating back more than 50 years, are hitting the block through the upcoming Heritage Spring Sports Collectibles Auction. The jaw-dropping list includes numerous complete, unopened boxes and seldom seen … [Read more...]