The finest collection of vintage baseball-themed board and arcade games ever assembled is available after years of cultivation by collector Dr. Mark W. Cooper. Born of a childhood love of the National Pastime, and the rainy days of his youth, Cooper’s collection swelled with sterling examples over several decades. Read More +
Sports Memorabilia
Midwest firm brokering multi-million dollar Dreier sports memorabilia collection
Legendary Auctions, a premier sports memorabilia auction house, announces it has been selected to handle the sale of the sports cards and sports memorabilia items in the celebrated, multi-million-dollar Dreier collection. Read More +
40,000 pieces of Hollywood memorabilia discovered in abandoned storage locker
A 40,000-piece collection of movie and TV memorabilia, animation art and other important Hollywood collectibles will be offered at public auction Oct. 29, 2011. Read More +
Vintage Dr. J jersey a slam dunk, brings $190K at sports memorabilia auction
An autographed Virginia Squires ABA road jersey game worn in 1972-73 by Julius “Dr. J” Erving smashed through the existing record for a basketball jersey at auction in Grey Flannel’s May 11, 2011 sale with a final bid of $190,414.
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Jaw-dropping vintage celebrity and sports memorabilia offered Aug. 4, 2011 during Chicago’s National Sports Show
"Shoeless Joe" Jackson’s "Black Betsy" bat, Bobby Jones’ personal Augusta National Green Jacket, 1908 Cy Young Boston Red Sox Uniform, a 1952 baseball signed by both Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe – all are major highlights in Heritage’s Aug. 4, 2011 sports memorabilia auction taking place during the Chicago National Sports Show. The jaw-dropping gathering of important sports memorabilia is expected to be led by Lou Gehrig’s 1934 Tour of Japan game worn uniform, straight from The Lou Gehrig Collection, which could sell for an astounding $300,000.
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Lou Gehrig jersey and bat set records in $9.5 million baseball memorabilia sale
The strength of the high-end baseball card and memorabilia market dazzled collectors at Robert Edward’s record-setting May 7, 2011 auction. An astounding 179 lots sold for $10,000 or more. The stunning prices on all 19th and early 20th century baseball cards and memorabilia precisely totaled a staggering $9.5 million across 1743 lots. The average lot sold for $5,472. A Lou Gehrig jersey and a Lou Gehrig bat sold for $329,000 and $176,250 respectively – both records for these items.
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Do you base your antiques inventory prices on value, cost or gut feelings?
Wayne Jordan has a "Home Alone" moment after reading a report claiming that artificially inflating prices for Kindle and iPad ebooks "creates value" for consumers. "I read that statement and screamed. Macaulay has nothing on me," he writes. Dealing in unique objects, antiques sellers may price inventory at the intersection of supply and demand. However, many use three pricing strategies: research, cost (amount paid) and "gut feeling" to move their merchandise. Jordan looks at the pros and cons and explains how all three can help sales.
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Readers’ Letters: Auction company mischief; eBay spoof; Rare milk glass unidentified
Readers spoof eBay’s recent fee increases, a collector wants to learn more about her milk glass vessel and an auction client wonders why he has to pay $50 on a $205 purchase of ephemera.
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Pawn Stars’ Rick Harrison talks collectibles with David Letterman
Rick Harrison took a break from the 2,000 to 3,000 daily visitors to his Gold & Silver Pawn Shop last night to chat with David Letterman. He even brought a few choice specimens from his cases. Among them, a circa … Read More +
Robert Edward Auctions returns with banner baseball collecting auction
Lou Gehrig’s 1938 New York Yankees jersey is one of the featured lots in Robert Edward Auction’s annual spring event; annually referred to as the most anticipated auction in baseball. The final date of bidding in this year’s auction is May 7, 2011.
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