Nope, there won’t be any T206 Wagners or autographed Goudey Babe Ruth cards in the latest Mile High Card Company auction, but with over 700 lots available, it’s easily the largest MHCC Extra Innings offering in the company’s history. The auction is now open for bidding and concludes on Wednesday, October 30. Headlining the online catalog is a 1951 Bowman #253 Mickey Mantle … [Read more...]
Huge Vintage Baseball Yearbook/Program Collection, Vintage Sets, Autographs at Auction
A massive collection of vintage baseball yearbooks and programs, hundreds of autographed items, vintage card sets—even Joe DiMaggio’s old watch-- are among the headliners in Hunt Auctions’ March Internet and Phone Auction. The newly-launched catalog includes over 1,000 lots in all. Bidding will run through March 13. The collection included hundreds of publications … [Read more...]
Historic Baseball Photography Collection Kicks off Hunt Auctions Sale
Hunt Auctions is offering a huge private collection of historic baseball photography in its newly-launched Premier Live Internet catalog. Curated over a 30-year period, the company says the collection "is one of the most substantive and important baseball photographic groupings to have ever been offered at public auction." Images taken by numerous master … [Read more...]
Clean Sweep Kicks Off 2019 with Largest Auction in Company’s History
Clean Sweep Auctions spent the latter part of 2018 stockpiling consignments. Now, the company has opened the new year by unleashing the largest auction in company history. The sale includes over 1,100 lots, ranging from 19th century baseball cards to modern era autographs and memorabilia. The auction leads off with several key lots: a … [Read more...]
Ott Bat, Jackson Ball, Williams Glove, Groat Uniform Pace Slugger Sale
Items from the estate of Mel Ott and the collection of Dick Groat were among the big sellers at the 15th annual Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory Auction. The auction, which closed with a live session inside the museum on Saturday, included over 500 lots of primarily historic baseball memorabilia. The top price went to what's believed to be the only … [Read more...]
Louisville Slugger Auction Returns in November
Not long after the big leaguers put away their bats for the season, the company that makes most of them will host one of the year’s top annual baseball memorabilia events. The 15th annual Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory Auction will take place on November 9. “It has been an amazing journey over the last 15 years to have the privilege of being associated with … [Read more...]
1903 World Series Clinching Program Coming to Auction
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...]
Notes: CNBC on Cypres Collection; Panini Chat; Starr’s Big Donation; Series Program Art
We’ve written about the collection of Gary Cypres, a former investment banker who grew up in New York but now own the Sports Museum of Los Angeles, which has been open on and off for several years. Cypres’ collection of memorabilia from virtually every sport includes a T206 Wagner and thousands of other rare cards, a Jackie Robinson game-worn jersey and hundreds of other … [Read more...]
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...]
1978 Book Store Find Yielded Baseball History…and Big Profit
A $200 investment in some World Series programs back in 1978 turned out to be a stellar investment for a Canadian collector. Owen Ricker, now 76, was visiting Los Angeles 38 years ago when he stopped into a book store and asked if they had any baseball-related items. At first, the answer seemed to be no but a check with the store owner produced a small stack of programs and … [Read more...]