Innholdsfortegnelse for December 21, 2018 i Sports Collectors Digest

With the influx of sports “debate” shows on TV, one topic the debaters love to discuss is which player is the Greatest of All Time (GOAT) in each sport or at a particular position. I used to watch these sports debate shows because I wanted to know what the debaters thought about certain subjects. I no longer watch these shows because I’ve come to realize that the debaters say things just to get a reaction or just to argue. Getting back to the GOAT discussion for each sport, there is no debating that Wayne Gretzky is the GOAT when the discussion turns to hockey. Not only was Gretzky the greatest to lace up hockey skates, he also had a huge impact on hockey card collecting. What makes Gretzky’s career even…

Benny Valenzuela Benny Valenzuela, who had only 15 major league plate appearances, died Oct. 24. He was 85. Valenzuela went 3 for 14 and a walk in 1958 with the St. Louis Cardinals. Despite the limited play in the majors, he had a successful minor league career. Bob Naegele Jr. Bob Naegele Jr., who helped bring the NHL back to the Twin Cities two decades ago, died Nov. 7. He was 78. In 1997 a group that Naegele was a part of paid $80 million to the NHL to bring an expansion franchise to Minnesota. Wally Triplett Wally Triplett, who was one of the first African Americans drafted by an NFL team, died Nov. 8. He was 92. Triplett was the first African American to start for Penn State. He…

1. $94,630: 1997-98 Upper Deck Game Jersey Michael Jordan, auto patch, #18/23 (BGS 8, auto 10) 2. $47,111: 1951 Parkhurst Gordie Howe (PSA 8) 3. $25,850: 2009 Bowman Chrome Mike Trout Blue Refractor, auto (BGS 9.5, auto 10) 4. $23,989: 1961-62 Fleer Jerry West (PSA 9) 5. $22,384: 1957-58 Topps Bill Russell (PSA 8) 6. $20,200: 2015 Upper Deck The Cup Connor McDavid, auto patch (BGS 9) 7. $19,656: 1996-97 Topps Chrome Kobe Bryant Refractor (PSA 10) 8. $19,302: 1957-58 Topps Bill Russell (PSA 7) 9. $19,100: 1984-85 Star Michael Jordan (BGS 9) 10. $19,000: 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan (PSA 10)…

The 1962 NFL Championship Game ended much like the 1961 contest, with the Green Bay Packers beating the New York Giants. Where the ’61 battle was lopsided (37-0), the rematch, however, was quite different. The 16-7 contest took place at Yankee Stadium, with wind often around 35-40 mph and temps in the teens. One broadcaster labeled the game conditions “barbaric.” Bonfires in the dugouts helped TV crews thaw their cameras. Who knows how successfully fans, players and such at the ballpark tried to stay warm that frigid day, but some at home might have watched the festivities while sipping on a heated cup of Salada Tea. One thing is certain, pro football teamed up that season with Salada Tea and Junket brand desserts for a promotion placing images of gridiron…

The first T206 Honus Wagner card to be offered at auction in nearly 18 months has hit the auction block as Memory Lane Inc. opens its year-ending ‘Holy Grail Rarities’ Auction. It’s one of over 1,000 sports card and memorabilia listings in the auction, which runs now through Dec. 15. Graded Authentic by PSA, the Wagner card has been restored on two occasions, details of which are spelled out inside the auction listing. It last sold in 2011 for $188,000 but prices for Wagner cards and other scarce vintage cards have skyrocketed since then. Early bidding is already approaching that 2011 level. The last Wagner sold at auction, a PSA 1 (Poor), netted more than $600,000 in June of last year. The rest of the auction offers a who’s who…

CALIFORNIA Jan 12, 2019 CA, Sacramento. Sports Cards & Collectibles Show, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 5321 Date Ave., Sacramento, CA 95841. SH: 9am-4pm, T: 40, A: Free. Contact: Steve Westerson – PH: 916-704-3865 CONNECTICUT Dec 8 CT, Meriden. Card Show, Platt High School, 220 Coe Ave., Meriden, CT 06451. SH: 9am-1pm, T: 40, A: $1. Contact: Jason Bruenn – PH: 203-715-1245, Email: Jason.bruenn@meridenk12.org, or Ned 860-919-0879, Karen 203-265-1813 Dec 15 CT, Plainville. Plainville Sportscard Show, VFW, 7 Northwest Dr., Plainville, CT. SH: 9am-2pm, T: 45, F: $30, A: 99 cents. Contact: Cliff Gorneault, 1427 Stafford Ave., Bristol, CT 06010. Phone: 860-302-0493, Email: clfgorneault@yahoo.com Dec 22 CT, Trumbull. Trumbull Cards Show, Trinity Episcopal Church, 1734 Huntington Turnpike, Trumbull, CT 06611. SH: 9am-2pm, T: 20+, A: $1. Contact: Karen or Fred Riso –…

The current auction hosted by Clean Sweep Auctions is its final auction of 2018. Spread out over Dec. 12-13, the auction contains just over 1,500 lots, and is Clean Sweep’s unique affordable autograph and memorabilia-only auction. Most items have a retail value of $500 or less, and very low minimum bids, but there are several items in the auction that are worth more than that amount. There is a large selection of signed photos and equipment from key athletes like Muhammad Ali, Tom Brady, Wayne Gretzky, LeBron James, Derek Jeter, and Michael Jordan, just to name a few. Day one of the auction is all about baseball autographs. Autographed cards go back to the 1940s and include several better 1950s and 1960s Topps signed cards. Autograph collectors will find signed…

Grey Flannel Auctions’ Holiday Auction, which contains almost 850 premium auction lots, is now open for collectors to peruse and bid. All major sports are represented, as well as presidential documents with an emphasis on provenance, authenticity and rarity. Opening the sale is an all-original 1954 flannel jersey worn by Yankees icon Mickey Mantle with attribution to the 1953 World Series. Mantle first established his reputation for dominance in the ’53 Fall Classic, hitting two home runs (including a grand slam) and posting seven RBI in the six game series. This is the earliest all-original home Mantle jersey that Grey Flannel has handled, and has been graded a perfect A10 by Dave Grob of MEARS. Also headlining the auction is a collection of Larry Gardner’s World Series Championship jewelry. The…

Given that Chicago Blackhawks fans were forced to endure the team’s dead last finish in the Central Division last season, you might expect that the 11th Annual Chicago Blackhawks Fan Convention would have been a total bust. Nothing could have been further from reality, though. Win or lose, Blackhawks fans are nothing if not loyal to the team. John McDonough, the Blackhawks’ current president, is the father of the modern fan convention concept, having conceived of the idea many years ago, when he was the marketing director of the Chicago Cubs. Clearly, no one knows better than McDonough how to connect with fans of a professional sports team. When he, along with long-time friend and associate Jay Blunk, moved from the Cubs to the Blackhawks in November 2007, they brought…

Having football coins in boxes of Salada Tea and Junket brand desserts for the 1962 football season was a surprise in that it gave collectors an extra gridiron-related set to go after, since Topps, Fleer and Post Cereal were the only card sets of any size for football fans that year. But in the spring of ’62 Salada had the same basic promotion with baseball coins, only in this case the coins were plastic with a paper insert of the big leaguer on the front. In 1963 Salada came back with baseball coins, this time made of metal, but no football coins. A snapshot of the trio of tea sets: 1962 baseball has about 13,700 in PSA holders, with about 2,900 PSA 9s and nearly 500 PSA 10s. The ’63…

2018 Panini Playbook Football Panini America’s Playbook Football is back. Set to arrive in hobby shops in early December, 2018 Playbook Football once again will deliver a variety of booklet cards, including the return of Game of Inches and Armory. On average, each hobby box (four cards per box, eight boxes per inner case, two inner cases per master case) will deliver four autograph or memorabilia cards including one booklet card per box. For the first time since 2012, Playbook will include hard-signed memorabilia booklets and, on average, three in every four boxes will deliver an on-card Rookie Playbook Jersey Autograph numbered to 125 or less. Additional highlights include: • Brand new tri-fold booklets in the Nexus and Vault inserts. Both inserts will include Tri-Fold Jersey Autos numbered to 25…

Thirty years ago, on Aug. 9, 1988, the biggest trade in sports was made when the Edmonton Oilers sent Wayne Gretzky to the Los Angeles Kings in a multiplayer deal that included draft picks and $15 million. It was the biggest trade in history because it proved that no one was untouchable – not even a superstar player who topped the league in scoring seven of the previous eight seasons, led his team to four championships, won 23 individual awards, held 49 league records and was on the verge of breaking many more. Gretzky’s move to the second-largest market in North America not only accelerated the growth of hockey in the United States, it sparked the eventual explosion in popularity for hockey cards and collectibles. Great for the game Sports…

– A pair of 1948 Leaf cards soared to new heights at the conclusion of Heritage Auctions’ Nov. 15-16 Fall Sports Card Catalog Auction. Winning bids for a PSA NM-MT 8 Satchel Paige and a PSA Mint 9 Jackie Robinson of $432,000 and $336,000, respectively, pushed the two cards to the status of becoming the most expensive sale prices from the hobby’s first great post-war issue. Together, the pair of cards accounted for nearly 10 percent of the final auction tally of $8.5 million. “I’ve lost count of how many trading card world records we’ve broken in 2018,” said Chris Ivy, director of Sports Auctions at Heritage. “This might be the strongest bull market we’ve seen in the hobby, and that’s why the top cards keep coming out of the…

DEADPAN JOE D — We prefer his more common nickname: Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio; it has such a nice ring, a rhythm and even the rhyme of his first and last names. But DiMaggio, as noted on his 1936 World Wide Gum Co. card, had another nickname, albeit a lesser-known one: “Deadpan Joe.” DiMaggio wasn’t known for having a smiling, bubbly effervescence. In fact, some considered him to be a bit dour. More than anything, though, he was a serious, straightforward guy. And, he could hit. The Yankees center fielder batted .325 with 389 homers during his 13-year career. And he gave up three prime seasons to serve in World War II; during those years, 1943 through 1945, he turned 28, 29 and 30 years old. The photograph on the front…

GRADED Carroll Dale (PSA 9) ........................ $63 Paul Hornung (PSA 8)..................... $58 Jim Brown (PSA 8) ................ $42-$100 Jim Taylor (PSA 8) .......................... $31 Ollie Matson (PSA 8)....................... $12 Butch Songin (PSA 9) ..................... $10 Milt Plum (PSA 7) ........................... $10 RAW Bobby Layne (NM) .......................... $76 Jim Brown (VG) .............................. $24 John Henry Johnson (EX+) ............. $15 Billy Kilmer (EX+)............................ $14 Sonny Jurgensen (VG+).................... $5 Lot of 22 different (EX+ to NM overall), including short-prints Lenny Moore, Layne, Matson and a PSA 8 of Bill Pellington ............................... $127…

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