Today we announced our upcoming consignment trip, which will take us all across the country over a three-week span. During that time, we’ll be gathering consignments for our Winter, 2015 auction and also sharing some of the consignments we’ve acquired with the collectors we meet. We’re making appointments to visit with consignors all along the …
Only known photo-matched Gehrig “miracle” bat sells for $437,000 GREAT MEADOWS, N.J., August 18, 2015 – Led by the most famous game-used bat to hit the auction block in recent memory, the 2015 Love of the Game Premier Catalog Auction realized record prices on significant sports cards and memorabilia, helping solidify the company as the …
Love of the Game Auctions Sets Records with Summer Auction Read More »
We interrupt this auction to bring you this cool recently-unearthed interview. After his retirement, Lou Gehrig stopped into the studios of KROC-AM of Rochester, Minnesota, while he was a patient at the Mayo Clinic. The interview discussed nothing but baseball, but Gehrig gave some great opinions on the state of the game, circa 1939. Check …
We’re proud to feature a beautiful 1916 Famous & Barr Babe Ruth in our upcoming Summer auction. The Summer, 2008 edition of Old Cardboard contains what we believe to be the definitive word on the various M101-4 and M101-5 issues, in an article entitled “Making Sense of M101-5 and M101-4.” Written by hobby scholars Tim Newcomb and Todd …
Extraordinary Babe Ruth Famous & Barr Rookie Card Read More »
It took us a couple of weeks to begin to entertain the idea that perhaps the “guy in the middle” of this postcard was, perhaps, not a pro ballplayer. First, we thought he might be a minor leaguer, or someone given a tryout with the Pirates or something of that nature. He seemed a little …
Among the most popular (and fastest-growing) items in our auctions have been the rare-backed tobacco cards. Our Spring auction should prove to be no exception, as we’ll be featuring an outstanding selection of difficult backs, not only in the T206 set but also in the T207 Brown Background issue as well. Beginning with this lovely …
