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 expected to fetch between $100,000 and $200,000.

The warm-up jacket Lou Gehrig wore on the day his consecutive game streak ended is also available, with a presale estimate of $250,000.

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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, which will be held Thursday through Sunday.

…The items include a baseball signed by the original 11 members of the 500 Home Run Club: Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Frank Robinson, Harmon Killebrew, Mike Schmidt, Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Willie McCovey, Reggie Jackson and Ernie Banks.

There are many mint-condition baseball cards, such as a Babe Ruth Commemorative with a 1932 Yankee World Series team photo, and a Lou Gehrig Commemorative with a 1937 Yankee World Series team photo.

The signed items include a Sandy Koufax autographed baseball with a 1984 limited edition Koufax Commemorative Plate, and a Pete Rose autographed ball with card.”

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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, partnering with the sports memorabilia firm SCP Auctions, in a demonstration that “we love sports,” said auctioneer Leila Dunbar. The three-hour session brought in $2,518,130.

…Of all the business Sotheby’s does, sports has “the greatest number of collectors and the steadiest appreciation.”"

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Some of the other prices mentioned:
- Shoeless Joe Jackson’s “Black Betsy” bat, circa 1920: $301,000
- Darryl Strawberry’s 1998 Yankee World Series ring: $55,000
- Mel Ott 30th home baseball: $53,000
- Joe Frazier’s robe from the weigh-in of “The Fight of the Century,” Frazier vs. Ali, March 8, 1971: $20,000

Some of the highlights include:

Select pieces from a private collection. Containing Large presentation framed autographed photo of Juan Manuel Fangio in his Mercedes 300 SLR at LeMans, 1955; Tazio Nuvolari signed and framed newspaper sheet artist sketch which once was in the collection of Graham Hill; Dion Pears oil on canvas; David Lord watercolor.

Limited Edition Indy 500 Bally Pinball Machine
Club Car Electric Golf Cart

Many Automotive and Aviation Limited Edition signed prints by Walter Gotschke, Robert Taylor, Nicholas Watts, Alan Fearnley, William Phillips, Gordon Cox, Simon Atack and others; (7) Race Helmets, some autographed by Paul Newman, Bobby Unser, Johnny Rutherford, Al Unser, Mario Andretti, Geoff Brabham and many others; Autographed Photos of drivers; Dick Simon’s Fire Suit; many Race Books, some autographed; Event Posters; Vintage and newer Race Programs; Set of Floyd Clymer’s Indy 500 Yearbooks, 1949-1967; many Car Models by Carousel 1, 1:18 scale; Quality Auto Art Calendars by Porsche and others; Indy 500 and other races unused and used tickets; badges; pins; race related ladies wear including shirts and jackets; and lots of other racing memorabilia.

Cleveland Browns Autographed Football, many Cleveland Greats including Jim Brown; Collection from Elmore Smith, Cleveland Cavaliers (1976-1979) includes his Training Camp Guide, Playbook, Photos, College Game Movies, and Trophies; Golf Related Animation Art including Tom and Jerry, Donald Duck, Pink Panther, Tazmanian Devil and Woody Woodpecker; Bronze sculpture “Birdie Putt”.

And added today:
International Watch Company Spitfire Mark XV Special Limited Edition Watch; Girard-Perregaux 250 TR Testarossa Ferrari Limited Edition Watch; Girard-Perregaux Automatic Chronograph 156 F.1 Phil Hill Limited Edition Watch; Chopard Mille Miglia Watch; Sinn Corvette C5-R 2000 24 Heures du Mans Watch

January 24th, 2008
by Hanna Scott/KTAR

“Super Bowl XLII is having an impact on just about everything in the Valley, including the trash. Some Glendale homes will have a souvenir for a long time. “As a part of the Super Bowl celebration for the City of Glendale, we developed in recognition of Super Bowl 42, 420 containers that are stamped on the side, ‘Glendale’s Got Game,’” the city’s Stewart Kent said in explaining some new garbage cans.”

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Well, you just know someone is going to swipe your garbage container if you end up with one of these….

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The NYSportsGear.com site is designed for serious and casual sports fans alike. NYSportsGear.com is proud to offer their customers jerseys, apparel and collectibles from the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, NCAA, NASCAR and more. The company features authentic and replica Majestic Athletic baseball jerseys, Reebok NBA and NHL apparel, NFL Equipment football gear, as well as sports fans’ other favorite brands. They boast a full line of Game Time watches, as well as everything else you can think of with a sports logo, including trash cans, blankets, sweat shirts, caps and t-shirts.

NYSportsGear.com is located in New York and love their New York sports teams but respect and bond with serious sports fans all over the world. NYSportsGear.com is honored to provide the best in pro and college sports jerseys, sports apparel and sports collectibles from fan’s favorite teams, players and brands. The company’s appreciation for competition extends to their business where they are dedicated to offering the best prices and fast shipping.

All of NYSportsGear.com’s memorabilia and collectibles are certified authentic by the most respected, top companies in the memorabilia industry.”

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“While this auction is packed with far too many spectacular pieces to list, there are three in particular that should draw the attention of the entire baseball collecting world,” explained Chris Ivy, Director of Heritage Auction Galleries’ Sports Collectibles division (HSC). “A road grey New York Yankees jersey worn in the early 1930’s by Lou Gehrig is one of the few known to exist today, and game used bats from Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb are considered by top experts to be among the very finest in existence.”

“Hall of Fame jerseys and equipment have flooded our offices for this auction,” Ivy noted. “We have baseball jerseys from Hank Aaron and Bob Gibson, basketball jerseys from Pete Maravich and Nate Archibald, football jerseys from Roger Staubach and Gale Sayers and hockey jerseys from Ray Bourque and Wayne Gretzky. Even golf fans are recognized with the bag that carried Tiger Woods’ clubs during his historic 1997 Masters win. This barely scratches the surface.”

“Autograph collectors should find plenty to love as well,” said Ivy. “An oversized photo signed for the Yankees bat boy in 1927 by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig is just extraordinary. And a 1941 Puerto Rican League baseball contract provides one of the few authentic Josh Gibson autographs known to the hobby. Other exceedingly scarce signatures provided within this auction include Amos Rusie and Howie Morenz.”

This prize-winning auction wouldn’t be complete without some prizes of its own, and some of the most notable awards in the hobby are slated for the auction block. “We’re fortunate to have two Rookie of the Year awards,” said Ivy, pointing to gleaming treasures presented to Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown and baseball’s Hit King Pete Rose. “We also have the plaque awarded to Wilt Chamberlain in recognition of being named the 1965-66 NBA Player of the Year.”

“There are so many incredible card lots within this auction that it’s tough to know where to start,” explained Ivy. “One obvious theme is high-grade complete sets, with fantastic examples of 1933 Goudey, 1952 Small Bowman Football, 1957 Topps Baseball and 1959 Fleer Ted Williams.

“Singles collectors will have no shortage of options either,” stated Ivy. “The offerings run from the spectacularly rare to the finest known. There’s tobacco, candy, gum, and everything in between.”

“Two sheets should really stun the collecting world too,” Ivy noted. “A compilation of ten strips form an incredible 1953 Topps Baseball sheet, and a 1968 Topps 3-D Baseball example includes cards that never made it into packs.”

“Sports fans around the world are going to want to participate in this auction,” Ivy said, “and I’d encourage everyone to visit our homepage at www.HA.com, where they’ll see enlargeable, full-color images of each and every lot, complete with our thorough and informative catalog descriptions. They’ll even have an opportunity to place bids online.”
Some of the items include:

Circa 1933 Lou Gehrig Game Worn Jersey:
ESTIMATE: $300,000 & up

1921-22 Babe Ruth Side Written Game Used Bat, Universally Graded 10/10:
ESTIMATE: $150,000 & up

1923-24 Ty Cobb Side Written Game Used Bat:
ESTIMATE: $80,000 & up

1965 Hank Aaron Game Worn Jersey:
ESTIMATE: $50,000 & up

1967 Bob Gibson Game Worn Jersey:
ESTIMATE: $50,000 & up

Late 1970’s Pete Maravich Game Worn Jersey:
ESTIMATE: $10,000 – $20,000

Early 1970’s Nate Archibald Game Worn Jersey:
ESTIMATE: $4,000 – $6,000

Early 1970’s Roger Staubach Game Worn Uniform:
ESTIMATE: $10,000 – $12,000

Mid to Late 1960’s Gale Sayers Game Worn Jersey:
ESTIMATE: $10,000 – $20,000
1997-98 Ray Bourque Game Worn Jersey Signed by Boston Bruins Team:
ESTIMATE: $6,000 – $8,000

1994-95 Wayne Gretzky Game Worn Jersey:
ESTIMATE: $10,000 – $20,000

1997 Tiger Woods Masters Tournament Used Golf Bag:
ESTIMATE: $50,000 & up

The Finest Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig Signed Photograph on Earth:
ESTIMATE: $30,000 – $50,000

1941 Josh Gibson Signed Puerto Rican League Contract:
ESTIMATE: $50,000 & up

Circa 1922 Autograph Book Signed by Rusie, Youngs, Ruth:
ESTIMATE: $10,000 – $20,000

1929 Howie Morenz Signed NHL Document:
ESTIMATE: $1,000 – $2,000

1957 Jim Brown Rookie of the Year Trophy:
ESTIMATE: $20,000 – $40,000

1963 Pete Rose National League Rookie of the Year Trophy:
ESTIMATE: $8,000 – $12,000

1965-66 Wilt Chamberlain NBA Player of the Year Award:
ESTIMATE: $10,000 – $20,000

1933 Goudey Baseball PSA-Graded Complete Set (239):
ESTIMATE: $40,000 & up

1952 Bowman Small Football High Grade Complete Set (144):
ESTIMATE: $3,000 & up

1957 Topps Baseball PSA-Graded NM-MT 8 Complete Set (411):
ESTIMATE: $15,000 & up

1959 Fleer Ted Williams High Grade Complete Set (80):
ESTIMATE: $600 & up

1910 E93 Standard Caramel Co. Ty Cobb SGC 80 EX/NM 6.:
ESTIMATE: $7,000 & up

1933 Goudey Napoleon Lajoie #106 PSA NM 7:
ESTIMATE: $15,000 & up

1933 Delong Gum Co. Lou Gehrig #7 SGC 86 NM+ 7.5:
ESTIMATE: $5,000 – $25,000

1934 Goudey Lou Gehrig #37 SGC 88 NM/MT 8:
ESTIMATE: $5,000 – $12,500

1921 American Caramel Co. Babe Ruth E121 SGC 84 NM 7:
ESTIMATE: $10,000 & up

1950-51 Toleteros Joshua Gibson SGC 80 EX/NM 6:
ESTIMATE: $7,000 – $20,000

1953 Topps Baseball Strips Forming a Complete Sheet (10 Strips of 10):
ESTIMATE: $40,000 – $75,000

1968 Topps 3-D Baseball Uncut Sheet of 9:
ESTIMATE: $50,000 & up

HSC specializes in rare and collectible sports cards, as well as uniforms, equipment, and related vintage sports memorabilia.

For more information about Heritage’s auctions, and a complete record of prices realized, along with full-color, enlargeable photos of each lot, please visit www.HA.com.

If you REALLY want it, I’ll drop my price
By Jeffrey Gitomer , Sales Moves
Eagle-Tribune
September 23, 2007

“I collect sports memorabilia and the National is the place where everyone who is a serious collector or dealer goes. People fly in from all over the world to buy and sell every kind of sports collectible imaginable.

…As you know, asking, “How much is it?” is the second biggest buying signal on the planet. “I’ll take it,” being the first.

Once I ask this question, every element of salesmanship is revealed.”

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MiamiHerald.com
Mon, Sep. 17, 2007
BY EVAN S. BENN

“O.J. Simpson’s arrest after a violent dispute with some memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas opened a door into a dark side of sports memorabilia, collectors said Monday.

Although the market for Simpson collectibles has mostly dried up, he still pops up at conventions and other gatherings — uninvited — to hawk his autographs for cash.

Even the suit he wore at his murder trial has value to some morbid collectors.

”He shows up at conventions unannounced, at the last minute, and he makes a couple of thousand dollars a pop,” said Pete Ausiello, president of B & G Sports Memorabilia in Brick, N.J. “It’s cash-and-carry.”

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International Herald Tribune
By Sharon Reier
Published: May 18, 2007

“An illustration of the sports collectibles frenzy is the 157,000 pounds, or $310,000, paid for the shirt that the Brazilian soccer star Pele wore in the second half of the 1970 World Cup tournament when Brazil beat Italy. The jersey – sold in 2002 by the family of the Italian player, Roberto Rosato, who had swapped shirts with Pele – still holds the record for a soccer shirt. But David Convery, head of the sports memorabilia department at the Christie’s auction house, characterized the soccer collectibles market as “still very strong.” He noted that in 2005, the second Football Association cup – a trophy that was passed to the winning British team each year from 1896 to 1910 – sold for a record 488,000 pounds.

In the United States, where baseball is the preferred sport, the record price for memorabilia is $3 million, paid in 1999 for the season-record 70th home-run ball hit in 1998 by Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals. A New York Yankees jersey worn by Babe Ruth in 1933 was sold for $657,000 last October. Sotheby’s has set an estimated price of between $200,000 and $300,000 for a 1931 Yankees jersey worn by Lou Gehrig that it is auctioning in June.”

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UPDATE: We couldn’t find the final auction price on the Gehrig jersey, so it might have been pulled from the auction. What we did find from the same auction, was a rare Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth Dual Signed Photo From 1939 Lou Gerhig Appreciation Day that sold for $120,000.00.