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Sotheby and SCP Sports Memorabilia Auction

April 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments

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, 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

Tags: Auctions · Baseball Memorabilia · Sports Memorabilia · Trading Cards

3 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Tonie Laws // May 16, 2008 at 2:12 pm

    I have a 1963 Chicago Bears championship Footbal, with all the teams players signatures on it including George Halas, Mike Ditka and more. what do you thinkit sis worth? it is in Great Shape and onlu needs some air in it.

    Thank You
    Tonie Laws
    tdlaws@illinois.edu

  • 2 Cassie Horn // Aug 27, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    I have a one of a kind collection of ku memorabilia.Original Phog Allen art. Photo of James Naismith, and coaches colletion of awards….. and much more.

  • 3 Cassie Horn // Aug 27, 2009 at 5:02 pm

    FOR SERIOUS COLLECTOR’S OF KU MEMORABILIA (ONLY)
    I CAN BE REACHED AT jazzyvonne2004@yahoo.com or at 785/393/3066

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