In the decades to come, even those who didn’t consider themselves great spellers would learn how to write his name, but when young Joe DiMaggio found himself on a baseball card for the first time, he was “J DeMaggio.” Zeenut, a candy maker that had been producing cards of Pacific Coast League players since 1910, put teenage Joe in its 1933-36 set well before he’d make his … [Read more...] about One-of-a-Kind Autographed 1930s Zeenut Joe DiMaggio Card Up for Auction
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Notes: 1,100 Zeenuts Cards; Mantle Update; Vintage Basketball Pack Rip, New LA Shop Opens; NBA/TNT Feature on Medvedenko Rings
Someone ate a lot of candy a long time ago...or was really devoted to finding people who did. Gary Leavitt of Baseball Card Roadshows recently acquired this massive find of Zeenuts cards. Zeenuts cards were produced annually for 28 years starting in 1911 and featured players from Pacific Coast League teams. They were produced by the Collins-McCarthy Candy Company of … [Read more...] about Notes: 1,100 Zeenuts Cards; Mantle Update; Vintage Basketball Pack Rip, New LA Shop Opens; NBA/TNT Feature on Medvedenko Rings
Mile High March Auction to Include Past, Present Icons
Some big names and big-ticket items will be offered for sale when Mile High Card Company unveils its first auction of 2021. More than 200 of the 1,600 lots will feature Michael Jordan items. Jordan cards and memorabilia will be a key part of the auction, which begins March 15. But Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Wayne … [Read more...] about Mile High March Auction to Include Past, Present Icons
Yahtzee! 1914 Texas Tommy Find Includes Cobb, Jackson
Tucked away in an old Yahtzee game box for years, a fabulous new find of early 20th century baseball cards will come to auction this summer. SCP Auctions will offer the collection, which includes over 432 cards, highlighted by the first 1914 E224 Texas Tommy Ty Cobb ever to be graded and just the second graded Texas Tommy card of Shoeless Joe Jackson. The Jackson … [Read more...] about Yahtzee! 1914 Texas Tommy Find Includes Cobb, Jackson
Lelands Showing Off Fresh Zeenut Collection with Black Sox Players
The top 10 cards from a fresh-to-the-market collection of Zeenut Pacific Coast League baseball cards, including rare 1919 Chicago Black Sox players, are on view at the 2019 National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago (July 31 – August 4). Lelands is offering the cards, which were part of a recent consignment. Cards of Black Sox players Claude Williams, Swede … [Read more...] about Lelands Showing Off Fresh Zeenut Collection with Black Sox Players
Top Grade 1922 Zeenut Thorpe at Auction
His Olympic medals had been won—and then stripped. His football career was over. 1922 would also mark the final year of his professional baseball career. Jim Thorpe’s life wasn’t always easy after that but his remarkable athletic career is celebrated on one final trading card from his days as one of the 20th century’s greatest athletes. One of the two highest graded … [Read more...] about Top Grade 1922 Zeenut Thorpe at Auction
8 Sports Card Issues Rarer Than the T206 Wagner
The 1909 T206 Honus Wagner is the most famous and expensive baseball card, trading card and perhaps even collectible in the world. Though the exact count is unknown and new examples are discovered from time to time, it is usually roughly estimated that about 50 to 80 of the cards exist. While that's a limited number, this article lists eight sports trading cards--and one … [Read more...] about 8 Sports Card Issues Rarer Than the T206 Wagner
Family Heirloom: Large Vintage Baseball Card Collection Consigned
A major accumulation of early and mid-20th century baseball and non-sports cards has been consigned to auction, bringing fresh vintage material into the hobby. Love of the Game Auctions will feature the Rudy Strejc Collection in its January/February 2013 auction. Highlights include hundreds of tobacco-era cards – both sport and non-sport – as well as Pacific Coast candy and … [Read more...] about Family Heirloom: Large Vintage Baseball Card Collection Consigned