Sports Collectibles

Now, this sounds just crazy. Only in America, (we hope) - they can actually tax you on an item before you even sell it, if this story is accurate. The following story is about the college student who ended up with Barry Bonds’ 756th home run baseball, and how he has to actually […]

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Okay, we’re hooked on the ticket memorabilia that are up for auction on eBay. While watching the RSS feed for one of our searches, we saw the following listing end today for a ticket from the famous third game from the 1932 World Series in which Babe Ruth supposedly called where his hit was […]

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Upper Deck Withdraws Offer for Topps
Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
Tuesday August 21, 2007
“NEW YORK (AP) — The Upper Deck Co. on Tuesday withdrew its offer to buy rival baseball card maker The Topps Co., clearing one obstacle in the way of a proposed private equity takeover of the iconic sports memorabilia company.
Topps, maker of baseball […]

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We reported earlier on the Mastro Auctions at the House of Blues in Cleveland, back on August 4, 2007, where the 1912 Pirates Cigarette set sold for close to a million dollars. Apparently there is some controversy over a warm-up shirt from North Carolina at the same auction, that was billed as belonging to […]

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Boston Red Sox Hurler Matsuzaka Becomes the Ace of Upper Deck’s Staff
Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
Wednesday August 15, 2007
The Company Signs Exclusive Autograph and Memorabilia Deal with Daisuke
“CARLSBAD, Calif., Aug. 15 /PRNewswire/ — Daisuke Matsuzaka has made quite an impression on big league batters, most not wanting to stand in the box and face his […]

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T.J. Schwartz analyzes the Upper Deck takeover attempt of Topps from a collector’s perspective, and what it would mean for the hobby in an article that originally ran in in the September 2007 issue of Tuff Stuff magazine, and posted on Sports Collectible Digest:
What If Upper Deck Buys Topps?
Sports Collectors Digest - News
By T.J. Schwartz
“As […]

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Topps-UD Negotiations Ongoing
By Jason Fleming
for HOOPSWORLD.com
Aug 10, 2007, 15:20
“In the past couple weeks Upper Deck’s bid to acquire rival Topps and become a dominating presence in the trading card market seems to have picked up steam.
Upper Deck, a privately owned company, has bid to buy all shares of Topps, a public company, at $10.75 a […]

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Sports Collectors Daily reports on the recent auction by Mastro Auctions at the House of Blues in Cleveland where Barry Bonds’ 70th home run ball from his record-breaking 2001 season sold for just $14,400, after previously being sold for $60,000. As well, some fantastic prices were realized for some early 20th century memorabilia.
Aaron Memorabilia […]

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With Barry Bonds on the verge of setting the all time record for the most home runs, and after our previous post on how the ball probably won’t become one of the all time most expensive sports collectibles, it’s interesting to see a ticket stub up for auction on eBay for the game where Bonds […]

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Fitzsimmons memorabilia valued at $30,000
www.secondsout.com
Boxing - Updates & News - Legends Update
“July 16, 2001 - A collection of fight memorabilia featuring the legendary Bob Fitzsimmons has been valued at an astonishing $30,000 in New York. The collection, which was discovered hidden away in a cabin stove 30 years ago, includes some truly exceptional items which […]

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