Sports Collectibles

Barry Bonds collectibles a hard sell
Yahoo! News
By DON BABWIN, Associated Press Writer
Fri Nov 16, 2007
“CHICAGO – Ralph DeSantis started taking a baseball signed by Barry Bonds to memorabilia shows a while back, hoping someone would meet his $150 asking price. Two years later, no sale. DeSantis doesn’t figure he’ll do much better this weekend, either, [...]

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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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Matt Marrone of the New York Daily News reports on New York Yankee pitcher, Joba Chamberlain:
Joba showing signs of greatness
By MATT MARRONE
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Sunday, October 7th 2007
“How hot is Joba Chamberlain? The pitcher from Nebraska hasn’t even spent one full season with the Yankees but his autographed collectibles are already outselling established stars like [...]

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As we reported two weeks ago, the Honus Wagner T206 card sold yet again for a record amount. Apparently the card has been dogged by controversy for some time now, although it hasn’t seemed to affect its desirability:
Gretzky’s T206 Wagner baseball card sold again
BY MICHAEL O’KEEFFE
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Friday, September 7th 2007
“As reported in “The [...]

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Barry Bonds’ record ball fetches $750,000
Stuff.co.nz
Reuters | Monday, 17 September 2007
“Barry Bond’s record-breaking home run ball was auctioned for more than $US750,000, well above what sports memorabilia experts had expected the ball to fetch, the auctioneer has revealed.
An unidentified bidder paid $752,467.20 in an online auction run by SCP Auctions Inc, which sells sports’ collectibles’ [...]

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Rare Honus Wagner 1909 baseball card sold for record $2.8 million
MLB – Yahoo! Sports
September 6, 2007
MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (AP)

“The legendary T206 Honus Wagner baseball trading card is displayed June 6, 2000 in New York. This finest known example of the famed T206 Honus Wagner baseball card has been sold, a little more than six months [...]

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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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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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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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