Pieced together over decades of collecting, the world’s best collection of Willie Mays baseball cards is about to hit the auction block. Dubbed the “Mays Fan Club Collection”, it includes some of the rarest Mays cards in existence, with many in the highest possible grades. The 282-card collection has been ranked as the best on PSA’s Set Registry since 2004 with a … [Read more...]
Rare Photo Shows 16-Year-Old Willie Mays on Chattanooga Team
He’s still a young man on his 1951 Bowman rookie card but you’ve probably never seen Willie Mays at the dawn of his pro baseball career. A rare photo of the 16-year-old Mays playing in the Negro minor leagues has surfaced and is up for auction. The 8x10 team photo, taken by a local photographer, is among the featured items in RMY Auctions’ current online catalog. … [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...]
Mint Musial; Bazooka Hockey Set Headline MHCC Auction
Mile High Card Company will offer a complete set of one of the rarest hockey card issues ever created when its Fall Auction opens next week; a complete 1971-72 Bazooka Hockey Panel set with each card in the set ranked as the highest ever graded. The Bazooka cards were only available for a brief period of time in Canada that season. A complete box featuring Hall of … [Read more...]
Hottest Willie Mays Baseball Cards
The graceful stride of long ago has been replaced by the guiding hand of an aide. We all wind up in that arena someday, if we’re lucky. But when those legs were toned and those arms could turn a fastball into a missle… It’s those memories that send collectors in search of vintage Willie Mays cards on eBay or scouring the tables at a card show for … [Read more...]
Top-rated Hank Aaron Collection Leads Off Memory Lane Auction
The world’s top collection of mainstream Hank Aaron baseball cards is about to go on the auction block. Memory Lane Inc. will offer the group of 25 cards that encompass Aaron’s record-smashing career as part of its Spring Rarities Auction, set to open Saturday, April 23. The collection includes a PSA 9 Aaron rookie card that will carry an opening bid of $50,000. The top … [Read more...]
Opening Day Record-Setters and Their Rookie Cards
The long wait ended Sunday and baseball’s multi-day Opening Day festival continues Monday with 12 games on the docket. Some players just seem to perform better during the first game of the season. We thought we'd take a look at a few Opening Day records and the rookie cards of the players responsible for setting them. Most Opening Day Starts Tom Seaver’s big league … [Read more...]
1951 Bowman Baseball Set Offers Mantle, Mays, More
A year before one of the biggest releases in baseball card history, the 1951 Bowman Baseball set ushered in a little history of its own. It just took us all a couple of decades to understand the importance of each. The '51 Bowman set featured cards slightly smaller than modern ones today at 2 1/16" x 3 1/8" but they were still bigger than the squarish cards that Bowman had … [Read more...]
5 Cool Vintage Willie Mays Cards You Can Own Without Going Broke
It’s easy to put together a list of the best Willie Mays cards. You start with his 1951 Bowman rookie card and 1952 Topps high number and slide up the calendar for a few more. It’s not rocket science. Sixty years ago Monday, though, he became a guy you’d want in whatever set you were producing—or buying. The short video clip of Mays chasing down a deep … [Read more...]
1951 Bowman Willie Mays Rookie Sells for $93K
Someone wanted a Willie Mays rookie card really bad. A pristine '51 Bowman card of the Sey Hey Kid highlighted Memory Lane's spring auction. The PSA 9 graded card generated 57 bids and a final price of $79,500. With the company's 17.5% buyer's premium, the final price was $93,412. It's believed to be a record for the card in that grade. For comparison, most PSA 8 Mays rookie … [Read more...]