Sports Collectibles

After Michael Phelps record breaking Olympic run, his trading cards have taken on a new cachet.
News sources have reported that as little as two weeks ago, his 2004 autographed Donruss cards were trading for $25 – not any more.
Arlington, Texas-based Donruss produced about 300 of the autographed Phelps cards in 2004 and about 5,000 “common” [...]

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Rare Autographed Sports Memorabilia Now Available in Online Charity Auction
Monday July 28, 9:00 am ET
All Proceeds Benefit Denver Mother’s Clinical Trial Treatment for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
DENVER, CO–(MARKET WIRE)–Jul 28, 2008 — Exclusive National Hockey League (NHL) memorabilia is now available for online auction benefiting Katie Thomas, a Denver woman fighting Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. The auction begins today [...]

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Rare Baseball Paraphernalia Set To Hit Auction Block
July 13, 2008
NY1
“Just in time for next week’s All-Star game at Yankee Stadium, some rare pieces of baseball history are on the auction block.
Hunt Auctions is offering 900 items, most of them Yankee-related, including the ball Babe Ruth hit for his 712th homerun. It’s [...]

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Trove of rare baseball treasures can be won at ALS
By Carol Karm
Sunday, July 13, 2008
“A newly discovered stash of rare sports memorabilia fell into Patrick McMinn’s lap this year.
The Thousand Oaks resident and marketing company owner is the primary organizer for the coming 4th Annual CytRx Strike Out Lou Gehrig’s Disease All Star Invitational Tournament, [...]

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Candy-coated popcorn, peanuts and $157,000 prize
BY JOHN JEANSONNE
Newsday.com
April 24, 2008
“For $157,000, a complete set of 1915 Cracker Jack baseball cards went to the man in the navy blue T-shirt and baseball cap near the back of the room.
…The card set was one of 203 lots of sports memorabilia put up for bid Thursday by Sotheby’s, [...]

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This story goes against the grain of previously reported trends as far as baseball memorabilia with players involved in the steroid scandal. It looks like it’s the scandal itself that is generating the interest, as Brian McNamee, the star witness in the real life drama, put baseballs, photos and other collectibles from his ex-pal [...]

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Antiques and Estate Auctioneers of Wellington, Ohio is having an Automotive and Aviation Memorabilia Auction on Saturday, April 5, 2008. The catalog is available online, as well as online bidding at www.proxibid.com/asp/Catalog.asp?aid=11305.
Some of the highlights include:
Select pieces from a private collection. Containing Large presentation framed autographed photo of Juan Manuel Fangio in his Mercedes [...]

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Rare Piece of Baseball History Heading to the Auction Block
Yahoo! Finance
Wednesday November 28, 2007
“TUSTIN, Calif., Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ — A one-of-a-kind piece of baseball history could set a new standard for values of the sport’s most historic documents on Dec. 8, when the rookie-year baseball contract of Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson is sold by [...]

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ — Daytona International Speedway (DIS), along with The Kroger Co., today announced it will put up for online auction a once-in-a-lifetime collectible helmet featuring signatures of the 24 living past champions of the DAYTONA 500 – racing’s Living Legends.
In addition to receiving the helmet, the highest bidder in the [...]

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Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries’ Sports Collectibles division will present a fabulous array of vintage sports memorabilia and trading cards in their upcoming October 26 2007 Signature Auction to be held in Dallas, Texas.
“While this auction is packed with far too many spectacular pieces to list, there are three in particular that should draw the [...]

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