Eli Manning's 2008 Super Bowl helmet; a Wayne Gretzky rookie season jersey; Jim Palmer's 1976 Cy Young Award, bats from Cap Anson and Babe Ruth; the Mike Singletary Collection and more than two dozen high-grade rookie cards will be on the auction block next month through Goldin Auctions. The company will hold an 89-lot live event at the Cleveland Airport … [Read more...]
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Close Call for Gretzky Collector as Fire Rips Through Fort McMurray
The gigantic wildfire in Alberta has destroyed countless homes and businesses, turning lives upside down. For the world’s top collector of Wayne Gretzky memorabilia, it’s been something unimaginable. Shawn Chaulk lives in the area, normally a quiet spot from which to engage his passion for the hobby. That all changed last week. "It was like Armageddon," he told The … [Read more...]
Notes: Gretzky Jersey Brings $72K; Topps Chrome Update
Montreal-based Classic Auctions put the wraps on its final major auction of 2015 early Thursday with $1.2 million in sales, led a 1981-82 Wayne Gretzky game-worn Edmonton Oilers jersey. The jersey, worn during the season in which Gretzky scored a record 50 goals in 39 games and 92 for the entire campaign, sold for $72,991 including the buyer’s premium. Other highlights … [Read more...]
