Innholdsfortegnelse for January 18, 2019 i Sports Collectors Digest

When I was a kid I loved reading books, especially sports books. My favorite books to read were baseball biographies about past greats who helped shape the game of baseball for future generations. Even though I read biographies about many past baseball players, books about three different players stand out in my memory. One of the first books I remember reading pertained to the life of Babe Ruth. I think it is only natural for any baseball fan to want to learn more about one of the greatest baseball players of all-time. The second player I remember reading about was Lou Gehrig. The fact there was a movie about Gehrig’s life helped prompt me to want to learn more about him and how his career and life was tragically cut…

NL MVP YELICH — In mid-November, when the National League announced Christian Yelich as its 2018 MVP, did it spark a rush to the Brewer outfielder’s memorabilia? Well, not really. Instead of becoming an instantly pricey addition to your collection, Yelich values have remained relatively modest—trending upward, but still modest. The highest-priced items after the big announcement were 2010 Bowman Chromes—a Blue Refractor that brought $732 on 16 bids and a Gold Refractor that fetched $542 on 21 bids. If Yelich were playing in New York or Los Angeles instead of Milwaukee, prices and bid totals would no doubt be elevated by double or triple. As it is, Yelich makes a worthy target for MVP collectors—if you shop around. Sellers with signed Yelich cards, naturally, elevated their prices right after…

2018-19 Dominion Basketball Set to arrive in early January, 2018-19 Dominion Basketball will deliver the first on-card Rookie Jersey Autographs of the year with base versions numbered to 199 and Gold Prime (numbered to 10) and Platinum Prime 1/1 versions. On average, each hobby box (six cards per box, six boxes per case) will deliver three autographs and one memorabilia card. Highlights of 2018-19 Dominion Basketball include: • Rookie Dual, Triple, and Quad combination autographs combining players from the same team, college, position and more. • NBA Champions Dual Signatures showcasing the biggest and brightest stars from yesterday and today. • Main Exhibit Rookie Autographs features the strong 2018 NBA Draft Class with floating autographs on acetate over a shadowbox background. • Huge memorabilia swatches in Mammoth Materials, including Gold…

Editor’s note: The following is the conclusion of the Best Baseball Books of 2018 two-part series compiled by Dan Schlossberg. Selections 1-25 are found in the Jan. 4, 2019 issue of SCD. 26. Gehrig & The Babe: The Friendship and the Feud (Triumph, 273 pp., $25.95), by Tony Castro. Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth no longer hold records for home runs by teammates in a season or in a career but they remain the most legendary 1-2 punch in baseball history. Teammates from 1923-34, they were lefthanded sluggers with nothing in common but the uniforms they wore. Yet they survived Ruth’s carousing, insubordination, and outlandish behavior – including his “called shot” World Series homer of 1932 – plus the death of manager Miller Huggins and a personal…

Here are some recent prices realized for 1969 Topps Football Four-in-Ones, rounded to the nearest dollar. Graded Full panels of four (with main player): Joe Kapp (PSA 9) ....................... $48 Dick Butkus (PSA 8) .................. $33 Larry Csonka (PSA 8) ................ $28 Bob Griese (PSA 8) .................... $26 Len Dawson (PSA 8) .................. $24 Common panels (PSA 8) .........$4-$6 Raw Star stamps Namath (EX+) .............................. $3 Butkus (EX+) ................................ $2 Common stamps 35 to 75 cents each Common raw panels (EX) .......$2-$4 Albums-empty unless noted Patriots (G-VG) ........$10 (complete) Raiders (VG) ................................$8 Redskins (EX) ..............................$6 Bears (G) ......................................$5 Packers (EX) ................................$5 (with 8/10 with Starr and Nitschke)…

MILE HIGH CARD COMPANY CLOSES OUT YEAR WITH STRONG ELITE DECEMBER AUCTION RESULTS – Mile High Card Company (MHCC) capped off a record-setting year with its Elite December Auction, an event that featured just over 500 lots but included some of the most coveted pieces in the hobby. Four of baseball’s most iconic cards went to the auction block, with a T206 Eddie Plank PSA 1 PR netting $41,345, a 1909 E90-1 American Caramel Joe Jackson PSA 2(MK) GOOD that brought in $17,040, a 1933 Goudey #106 Nap Lajoie SGC 6.5 EX/NM+ that sold for $34,012, and a 1952 Topps #311 Mickey Mantle PSA 4 VG/EX that fetched $27,088. “Even as strong as our hobby is right now, I’m still amazed at the groundbreaking prices we’ve realized over the past…

1. $38,500: 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle (PSA 4) 2. $35,109: 1966 Topps Bobby Orr (PSA 8) 3. $34,925: 2009-10 Panini National Treasures Stephen Curry #62/99, auto patch (BGS 9.5) 4. $23,556: 2012-13 Panini National Treasures Kobe Bryant, #3/5, auto with logoman patch (BGS 9.5, auto 10) 5. $22,100: 2017 Panini National Treasures Patrick Ma-homes, #1/5, auto and black-border patch (BGS 9) 6. $21,900: Babe Ruth signed baseball (GoldSmith Official League Ball, dating 1933-39) (PSA/DNA) 7. $21,300: 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Kevin Durant, #94/99, auto patch (BGS 9) 8. $19,400: 2015-16 Upper Deck The Cup Connor McDavid, #57/99, auto patch (BGS 9) 9. $18,600: 1959 Topps Johnny Unitas (PSA 9) 10. $18,500: 2016 Topps Desert Shield, graded 88-card parallel insert set based on 1991 Topps (all PSA 10)…

JANUARY 4: 2018 Panini Contenders Football 4: 2018-19 Panini Dominion Basketball 9: 2018-19 Upper Deck Trilogy Hockey 16: 2018-19 Topps Chrome Bundesliga Soccer 23: 2018-19 Panini Crown Royale Basketball 23: 2018 Panini Limited Football 23: 2018-19 SP Game Used Hockey 30: 2018-19 Donruss Optic Basketball 30: 2019 Topps Series 1 Baseball FEBRUARY 6: 2018 Panini One Football 6: 2019 Donruss NASCAR Racing 6: 2018 Panini Plates & Patches Football 13: 2018 Panini Plates & Patches Football 13: 2018-19 Upper Deck Series 2 Hockey 20: 2018-19 Panini Impeccable Basketball 20: 2019 Topps Tribute Baseball 20: 2018-19 Topps Finest UEFA Champions League Soccer 27: 2019 Topps Heritage Baseball 27: 2018-19 Upper Deck Synergy Hockey MARCH 6: 2019 Donruss Baseball 6: 2018 Panini Encased Football 13: 2018-19 SPx Hockey 13: 2019 Topps Opening…

An October to Remember 1968: The Tigers-Cardinals World Series as Told by the Men Who Played In It (Sports Publishing, 311 pp., $24.99), by Brendan Donley. Wee Willie Sherdel: The Cardinals’ Winningest Lefthander (Friesen Press, 188 pp.), by John G. Coulson with John T. Sherdel. Pinstripe Nation: The New York Yankees in American Culture (Row-man & Littlefield, 314 pp.), by Will Bishop. Baseball and the Bottom Line in World War II (McFarland, 240 pp., $29.95), by Jeff Obermeyer, foreword by Michael S. Neiberg. The 1988 Dodgers: Reliving the Championship Season (Rowman & Littlefield, 307 pp., $36), by K.P. Wee. Baseball Rowdies of the 19th Century: Brawlers, Drinkers, Pranksters, and Cheats in the Early Days of the Major Leagues (McFarland, 233 pp., $29.95), by Eddie…

ARIZONA Jan 19 AZ, Phoenix. Northwest Valley Coin & Card Show, LaQuinta Inn, 2510 W Greenway Road, Phoenix, AZ 85023. SH: 9am-3pm, T: 35, F: $40-$50, A: Free. Feb 23 AZ, Phoenix. Northwest Valley Coin & Card Show, LaQuinta Inn, 2510 W Greenway Road, Phoenix, AZ 85023. SH: 9am-3pm, T: 35, F: $40-$50, A: Free. Mar 23 AZ, Phoenix. Northwest Valley Coin & Card Show, LaQuinta Inn, 2510 W Greenway Road, Phoenix, AZ 85023. SH: 9am-3pm, T: 35, F: $40-$50, A: Free. CALIFORNIA Jan 12 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 Jan 27 CT, Milford. Milford Elks Lodge, 124 New Haven Ave., Milford, CT 06460. SH: 9am-2…

Willie Naulls Willie Naulls, former NBA All-Star, died Nov. 22. He was 84. Naulls played college basketball at UCLA from 1954-56. He was selected with the ninth overall pick in the NBA Draft by the St. Louis Hawks. He was traded to the New York Knicks, where he became the first black player to be named a captain of a pro team in a major American sport. With the Knicks he averaged 19.3 points and 10.7 rebounds. Naulls also played for the Boston Celtics and San Francisco Warriors during his NBA career. Eric Anderson Eric Anderson, a former All-Big Ten Indiana basketball player, died Dec. 10. He was 48. Anderson was a member of the Indiana basketball team that won the Big Ten championship in 1989 and 1991. He was…

Pure Golf Auctions will be hosting a January auction that will be filled with not only golf memorabilia, but memorabilia related to the sports of football, basketball, hockey and soccer. As one would expect, golf memorabilia leads the way in the auction, which opens for bidding on Jan. 17. An item that is sure to attract plenty of bids is an official team photo from the 1999 Ryder Cup held at the Country Club in Brook-line, Massachusetts. The photo is signed by Payne Stewart and Tiger Woods. This was Stewart’s last Ryder Cup and final tournament he played in. Another Tiger Woods item available is a Tiger Woods and caddy Steve Williams signed 2008 Buick Open caddy bib. The bib is framed in a shadow box. The proceeds from this…

The player’s game jerseys normally sported a patch highlighted by the numbers 5 and 0 on the NFL shield/logo, marking 1969 as the league’s 50th season. Football collectors that year, however, were most likely focused a little more often on the numbers 1 and 0, as in ten cents, the retail price of a fresh wax pack of gridiron types, double the previous year’s cost. At least the wax packs held a dozen cards, plus an insert known as a Four-in-One, since a quartet of players showed up on each cardboard “stamp collection.” “The Four-in-Ones were part of the first set I collected as a kid,” said Kevin Pulaski, who eventually built a high ranking grouping of the “framed” inserts on the PSA Set Registry, one that he still chips…

The Hockey Hall of Fame inducted perhaps its most diverse group of honorees on Nov. 12. Consider Martin St. Louis, who at 5 feet 8 inches was passed over in the NHL Draft because he was thought to be too small, and yet ended up being a leading scorer even at the twilight of his career. Then there is hulking, 6-foot-3-inch Aleksander Yakushev, who never played in the NHL but dominated during international play for the Soviet Union in the 1970s. Jayna Hefford was a mainstay for Canada’s international women’s team for 17 seasons, winning 12 gold medals, as well as becoming the all-time leading scorer in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League. Headlining the players’ category was Martin Brodeur, who is the all-time leader for NHL goalies in wins, shutouts…