Sports Collectibles

Athletics RHP Ziegler breaks 101-year-old record
MLB - Yahoo! Sports
July 28, 2008
“OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA (TICKER) —Oakland Athletics rookie righthander Brad Ziegler made history on Sunday.
Ziegler worked two innings against the Texas Rangers to establish a modern major league record for consecutive scoreless innings (27) to begin a career. He broke the previous mark of 25 innings established […]

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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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In a slump - Baltimore Orioles
baltimoresun.com
By Kevin Cowherd | Sun reporter
March 29, 2008
“For collectors of Orioles memorabilia, these are tough times.
…And at Arena Sports Cards and Games in Eldersburg, owner Dave Palasek laments that the famous Topps baseball card company, in its new Baseball Card History series, features 50 current well-known players “and not one […]

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Baseball Collectibles Give Up the Game
Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
Thursday January 17, 2008
“Talk about bad timing. When Mastro Auctions, the country’s largest auction house for rare, vintage sports memorabilia, decided to set the date of its recent auction for December 12-15, no one could have known that the Mitchell Report, listing 89 major league players […]

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The Future of Baseball
The Official KFVS12 and Heartland News Web Site
Jan 7, 2008
By: Holly Brantley
“CARTERVILLE, Ill. - One 1987 Topps Card is the only thing we could find with Roger Clemens name on it at the Baseball Card and Sports Memorabilia Show at John A. Logan College.
Part of that has to do with the fact […]

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Steroids Report a Concern Among Baseball Collectors
WRAL.com
Dec. 14, 2007
“The cloud of steroids-abuse allegations surrounding Major League Baseball after Thursday’s long-awaited, much anticipated Mitchell Report is already having a negative impact on dozens of people in the Triangle.
…They said Friday that the steroids controversy is hurting the values of collectibles of the players involved.”
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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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