1869-2022: The Most Valuable Baseball Card Sold From Every Year (Almost)
As an internet sports auction house that specializes in matching quality consignments with experienced bidders, we’re fascinated with how baseball card prices serve as a proxy for people’s connection...
View ArticleThe Seven Most Important Questions in Picking a Sports Auction House to...
You have some vintage baseball memorabilia that you’d like to sell. Maybe it’s the proverbial shoebox of cards in your grandparents’ attic. Maybe they’re treasured items collected over many years....
View ArticleThe complete text of lot 1393
Our Summer 2022 Auction lot 1393 is an outstanding example of the 1941 “Who’s Who in the Major Leagues” signed by more than 460 subjects. Unfortunately, character limitations both on our website and in...
View ArticleEvery MLB Team’s Highest-Selling Baseball Card of All Time
When it comes to vintage sports memorabilia collecting, it’s not just about rarity or condition; it’s about the nostalgia of being a fan. It’s all in our name: the Love of the Game. To tap into that...
View ArticleNine Examples of Rare Kalamazoo Bats Baseball Cards from 1887
In our business of specializing in rare and vintage baseball collectibles, one of the most exciting prewar card issues are Kalamazoo Bat Cards. Issued between 1886 and 1887 and known as “K-Bats,” they...
View ArticleA First Look at Memorabilia from Barney Pelty: The Yiddish Curver
Sandy Koufax was arguably the greatest left handed pitcher of all time, and is indisputably the greatest Jewish baseball player of all time. Barney Pelty’s claim to fame? He was arguably the greatest...
View ArticleThe Band-Aid Box Find of 1921 Herpolsheimer’s
The 1921 E121-style cards are found with a variety of different back advertisements, some more difficult to obtain than others. Among the most difficult, however, are the cards advertising the...
View ArticleAn extraordinary piece of hobby research
1921 Herpolsheimer’s Origins Explained, Once and For All We have written extensively about the 1921 Herpolsheimer’s set for years, but they have been front and center in our Fall, 2023 auction due to...
View ArticleThe hobby needs a standard catalog!
by Al Crisafulli Back in late 2014, we received a consignment of several die-cut cards that were known at the time as “Scapps Tobacco” cards. Printed on a tab connecting some of the cards in red ink...
View ArticleThe Frank W. Smith Glass Lantern Slide Collection
by Andrew Aronstein, Operations Manager Late last year, a very special collection of photographic images unexpectedly entered our offices. While magic lantern slides have remained somewhat of an...
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