Innholdsfortegnelse for September 27, 2019 i Sports Collectors Digest

A blurb in a newspaper article stating that Nolan Ryan’s rookie card was worth $1,200 sent me quickly to my cigar box full of old baseball cards. I just knew I owned that card. After shuffling through a couple of stacks of cards, I discovered Jerry Koosman and Nolan Ryan staring up at me from a card with sharp corners and edges (though admittedly far from perfect). Somehow it had avoided the fate of a clothespin and bike spokes, unlike some of my other cards. Instead, this card sat in the darkness of my cigar box for years as it gained value. I had struck gold, or at least I thought I did. I held it in my hands as if it were crystal, and then it bit me. The…

DALLAS – The second auction of a celebrated collection of tobacco cards is open for bidding through Thursday, Sept. 11 at Heritage Auctions. Part II of The David Hall T206 Collection features 525 lots containing nearly all of “The Monster’s” most elusive rarities — Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb and Eddie Plank among them — with only the ultra-scarce Joe Doyle NY Nat’l card missing from the impressive assembly. The aggregate GPA of 6.89 ranks the No. 2 T206 set on the PSA Set Registry. “David is a true hobby legend,” noted Chris Ivy, Director of Sports Auctions for Heritage. “Only the most knowledgeable and resourceful of collectors could piece together a T206 set of this condition and comprehensiveness. This is an event no serious tobacco card collector could ignore.” An…

Like all good hitters George Foster remembers pitchers, especially those he had success against. Foster, now 70, vividly recalls batting against former Pittsburgh left-hander Jim Rooker. In one particular game, so the memory goes, Rooker walked Foster on pitches Foster had no chance to swing at. As he left the batter’s box, Foster flipped his bat in the air. Rooker snapped, “Don’t you ever do that again.” Foster fired back, “Throw the ball over the plate.” Next at-bat, Rooker did just that. And Foster hit a line-drive home run. Rooker turned to Foster, “Nice hit.” Foster replied, “You would have come out better walking me.” Foster didn’t flip the bat; he just circled the bases. George Arthur Foster was an outfielder with prodigious power for someone who stood 6-1 and…

ALABAMA Sep 7 AL, Scottsboro. Scottsboro Sports Card & Memorabilia Show, Goose Pond Civic Center, 1165 Ed Hembree Dr., Scottsboro, AL. T: 75, F: $25-$30, A: Free. Contact: Stephen Moore – PH: 256-599-0989, Website: www.jacksonssportscards.com Oct 5 AL, Fultondale. Central Alabama Sports Card And Memorabilia Show, Fultondale BSDA Friendship Hall, 1024 Old Walker Chapel Road, Fulton-dale, AL 35068. SH: 9am-1pm, A: Free. Contact: Adam Berendt – PH: 205-386-0223 Nov 16 AL, Scottsboro. Scottsboro Sports Card & Memorabilia Show, Goose Pond Civic Center, 1165 Ed Hembree Dr., Scottsboro, AL. T: 75, F: $25-$30, A: Free. Contact: Stephen Moore – PH: 256-599-0989, Website: www.jacksonssportscards.com ARIZONA Sep 21 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.…

2019 Topps Five Star Baseball Cards A base autograph checklist of 80 top current stars and rookies, as well as retired greats, is one of the highlights of Topps Five Star Baseball set, released on Aug. 28. Staying with the hit-only MLB format, the set promises two autographs in every hobby box. New to the 2019 set is the Pentamerous Penmanship autograph insert, numbered to 25 or less, that uses a shadowbox design, and the Five Topp Phenom Autograph set for various MLB standouts, which are numbered to 25 or less with a one-of-one Five Star parallel. “Five Star Baseball is back with a new high-end design and premier checklist that guarantees 100 percent on-card autographs of the game’s best Major League players,” said Topps. As was the case in…

1. $98,888: 2005-06 Upper Deck Exquisite Limited Logos Michael Jordan, #22/50, auto patch (BGS 9.5) 2. $51,558: 1997-98 Fleer Metal Universe Tim Duncan Precious Metal Gems Green, #10/100 (BGS 8) 3. $48,895: 1933 Goudey Napoleon Lajoie (PSA 4.5) 4. $40,178: 2018 Panini Prizm Choice Nebula Luka Doncic, #1/1 (PSA 10) 5. $40,000: 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky (PSA 9) 6. $37,199: 2015-16 Upper Deck The Cup Connor McDavid, #54/99, auto patch (BGS 9.5) 7. $36,336: 2003-04 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection LeBron James, #127/250, auto (BGS 9) 8. $35,000: 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky (PSA 9) 9. $33,211: 1966-67 Topps Bobby Orr (SGC 9) 10. $32,000: 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan (PSA 10)…

“What’s up for the weekend?” or something close to it, is a common enough question in general conversation. But entering the last weekend of September 1967, however, what was “up” for several big league baseball players and fans focused on the four teams within a game and a half of each other in the standings vying for the American League pennant. The quartet jockeying for the AL flag that early time of autumn ’67? The Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins. The Twins won the 1965 pennant and Detroit, behind Denny McLain’s 31 wins, did the same in 1968, but this time around it was Carl Yastrzemski leading the Bosox to the World Series as he finished off his Triple Crown year over the last…

On Stolen Bases: “No one thought I could steal bases.” He had 51 career stolen bases, including 17 in 1976. He was caught stealing 31 times in his career. On his idol, Willie Mays: “He hit 52 (home runs) in 1965, so I was really excited to accomplish something that he had done.” The Quote: “It was always my dream to play major league baseball.” The George Foster of 2019: “That’d be tough to tag … I wouldn’t want to put pressure on anyone,” he said with a laugh. “The one I really enjoy watching is Mike Trout. He can really do it. You talk about a five-tool player … you talk about Mike Trout.” Approach at the Plate: “I would step in and out of the (batter’s) box to…

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DALLAS – In a dynamic triple play, photographs of Babe Ruth swept the top three results in a Sports Photography auction Aug. 23 at Heritage Auctions. Just days after dropping the hammer on over $11 million of elite memorabilia and trading cards in its famous Summer Platinum Night auction, Heritage produced dramatic results in this auction, adding $454,000 to its industry-leading sales tally. No fewer than 10 photos topped $10,000 by the time the last hammer fell, with the top lot being a photograph of Babe wearing the uniform of the Boston Red Sox, selling for $37,200. The second-place shot, which sold for $34,800, features a full-body pitching image of Ruth. Nat Fein’s iconic Pulitzer-Prize-winning “The Babe Bows Out” from Ruth’s 1948 final farewell commanded $32,400 for third place. “This…

Here are some recent auction prices realized for 1967 Topps baseball test stickers, rounded to the nearest dollar. RAW Clemente for Mayor (VG). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $93 Yaz for Mayor (VG+ to EX). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $51 Donn Clendenon (VG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .…