Morphy’s last two-day auction did well, despite it being the holiday season.
With the blockbuster Margot Robbie/Ryan Gosling movie packing cinemas worldwide, this has been the summer of Barbie - and that has also included the toy collecting world. Morphy’s August sale featured a 1959 first-issue brunette #1 Barbie Doll with its original box, stand and complete set of accessories. Harder to find than her blonde counterpart, the early brunette doll in excellent condition was bid to US$10,455 against an estimate of US$6,000-7,000.
The top seller, though, was an extremely rare, unopened 1976 Topps football rack box containing 24 pristine packs of trading cards. The packs featured images of star athletes of the period, including Fran Tarkenton, Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Bubba Smith, Mel Blount and many others. They realised…