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Robert Edward Auctions officials recently announced a very significant new baseball card discovery: a card of legendary Hall of Famer Josh Gibson dating from spring training of his rookie season in the Negro Leagues in 1931.
The Upper Deck Company announced today the exclusive signing of phenom Sidney Crosby, one of the most highly-touted young talents in hockey history, to his first National Hockey League trading card sponsorship deal. The first pick in this year's NHL Entry draft, Crosby has agreed to an exclusive multi-year NHL sports trading card agreement with Upper Deck which includes autographs, premiums, packaging and promotional rights.
Beckett Baseball Magazine (January 2006, issue #250) is a must read this month -- The Best of 2005 issue. Beckett Baseball now has a FREE companion online supplement, Baseball #250 Online Xtra which is live. Each month, you'll find the information and photos that normally are left on cutting room floor of the design department because of lack of page space in the magazine.
Ever want to build your own card set? Starting this month, every hockey fan will have the chance to vote for their team's greatest player, past or present, and determine who would win in a match up of the 1983-84 Edmonton Oilers vs. the 1953-54 Detroit Red Wings with the winners to appear in a series set for release in 2006.
A new twist has developed in the ongoing liquidation of Fleer's remaining assets, mainly the redemption card program. Here is the latest news from the Assignee of the Estates of Fleer/Skybox, Warren J. Martin Jr.:
Beckett Media on Monday confirmed the record $85,000 sale of a one-of-a-kind SP Legendary Cuts trading card produced by Upper Deck featuring the signatures of baseball legends Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner and Walter Johnson.
Beckett Media on Monday confirmed the record $85,000 sale of a one-of-a-kind SP Legendary Cuts trading card produced by Upper Deck featuring the signatures of baseball legends Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner and Walter Johnson.
Today, in a full salesroom, Sotheby’s and SCP Auctions sold the original plaster cast of the Heisman trophy sculpture from 1935, used as the model for the most famous and significant individual award in college football and the most magnificent trophy in sports, for $228,000 in an auction of Important Sports Memorabilia and Cards.
On December 10th, Sotheby's and SCP Auctions will hold a sale of Important Sports Memorabilia and Cards, including unique material representing the most prolific figures in the history of America’s most popular sports - baseball, football, basketball, hockey and boxing. Among the highlights is Joe DiMaggio’s 1936 New York Yankees Home Rookie Full Uniform, one of the most historically important artifacts of sports memorabilia ever offered at auction (estimated to bring in excess of $600,000). Property from the sale will be on exhibition in Sotheby’s 2nd floor galleries from December 5th to 9th. The sale is expected to bring approximately $5 million*.
A genuine Heisman Trophy, one of the most coveted awards in all of sports, is joined in the Lelands.com 2005 Winter Auction by other items that also hold paramount significance including a 1921 Babe Ruth game bat -- the earliest known Ruth home run bat known to exist (and one of four historic bats in the auction) -- and Wayne Gretzky's first Edmonton Oilers contract signed on The Great One's 18th birthday.
Robert Edward Auctions is pleased to announce a very significant new baseball card discovery: a card of legendary Hall of Fames Josh Gibson dating from spring training of his rookie season in the Negro Leagues in 1931. It has long been thought that no card of Josh Gibson exists dating from his playing days. Very few card issues featuring Negro Leaguers were produced in the 1930s and 1940s, and of these few, most were not issued in the United States.
Collectors won big in Memory Lane Inc.'s November 16th Auction! Memory Lane Inc. auctions continue their ascent as a premier sales of hard to find, high-quality graded cards and autographed material.
Bidding concludes this week on what MastroNet, Inc is calling the largest multi-consignment internet/phone auction the company has ever conducted. Over 2,800 items of high-quality memorabilia are expected to attract vigorous bidding. The items available represent all collecting genres including sports, comic books and comic art, historical milestones, Hollywood, music, political campaigns and more. Bidding will conclude on December 7, 8 and 9.
