The only known surviving program from the clinching game of the first modern era World Series is going on the auction block. Heritage Auctions will offer the four-page scorecard in its February Platinum Auction where it’s expected to fetch at least $150,000. Fewer than 7,500 fans were on hand that October day at Boston’s Huntington Avenue Grounds to watch the … [Read more...]
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2016 World Series Program Includes 3 Different Versions
If World Series tickets were little out of your price range, a program from this year’s historic encounter between two championship starved franchises is probably not. After the Cubs knocked off the Dodgers in the NLCS, the finishing touches were applied to the 2016 World Series program that was available for sale in both teams’ home parks and also across the … [Read more...]
Vintage World Series Programs Offer Collector Challenges
It's a supply and demand world but Alan Getz thinks the equation is heavily weighted on the latter. "90 percent of that is demand. You can have something that might be from 1908 and maybe the only one like it in the world, but if no one wants it, it's not worth much." It's a formula that dominates the collecting world including sports programs, a Getz specialty since he … [Read more...]
