Innholdsfortegnelse for December 6, 2019 i Sports Collectors Digest

The baseball is over 100 years old, brownish in color but in otherwise good shape, and though the 28 autographs adorning it are described as “low grade,” they are still visible, as is the description, “1915 Worlds Champions 1915.” It is a piece of baseball history. The baseball is signed by the 1915 World Champion Boston Red Sox and it includes the autograph of a young Babe Ruth. Now, that piece of history is on auction as Lot #8 in Lelands 2019 Fall Classic Auction, running through Dec. 6. The ball is part of the Dick Hoblitzell Collection. Who is Hoblitzell? He was a veteran first baseman who became Babe Ruth’s roommate on the road when he joined the Red Sox in 1915. Adam Miller of Lelands told SCD the…

1. $33,100: 2003-04 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection LeBron James, #21/23, auto (BGS 9.5) 2. $32,700: 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan (PSA 10) 3. $32,500: 2018-19 Panini National Treasures Luka Doncic, #7/99, auto patch (BGS 9.5) 4. $25,000: 2015-16 Upper Deck The Cup Connor McDavid, #13/99, auto patch (BGS 9) 5. $24,500: 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle (SGC 4) 6. $22,600: 2018-19 Panini National Treasures Luka Doncic, #23/99, auto patch (BGS 9.5) 7. $22,523: 2005-06 Upper Deck Trilogy Michael Jordan/LeBron James Signature Swatches, #6/15, auto patch (PSA 10) 8. $17,000: 2018-19 Panini National Treasures Luka Doncic, #47/99, auto patch (BGS 9.5) 9. $15,000: 2009 Bowman Chrome Mike Trout Xfractor, #157/225, auto (BGS 9.5) 10. $15,000: 2000 Playoff Contenders Tom Brady, #8/10 (BGS 8)…

NOTE: TO SEND A LISTING, please follow the style seen here and email dstrege@aimmedia.com. ALABAMA 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 Nov 16 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. Dec 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. CONNECTICUT Nov 16 CT, Plainville. Card Show, VFW Post 574, 7 Northwest Dr., Plainville, CT. SH: 9am-2pm, T: 45, F: $35, A: 99 cents. Contact: Cliff…

I was catching up on my SCD reading and ran across Barry Blair’s article on his 10 favorite players and really enjoyed it [and his challenge to readers to name theirs]. So I said to myself “challenge accepted.” First, a little background. I was born in 1966 and grew up in a small town close to Akron, Ohio. I had played ball since the age of 5 but never collected cards. Then at 12, in 1978, a friend’s brother came to me and handed me two big rubber-banded stacks of 1974 Topps, saying “you want ‘em?” I knew my best friend at the time collected cards so I took them to him. He suggested that I keep them and start collecting and then we could trade with each other. So…

2019 TOPPS TRANSCENDENT COLLECTION BASEBALL The set is referred to as the pinnacle of high-end collecting and for good reason. That would be the $20,000+ price tag, similar to the price of the three previous years of the brand. The Topps Transcendent Collection is limited to a production run of 100 total boxes with each coming with a VIP Event invitation with special guest Ken Griffey Jr. Each box also includes 50 autograph cards from the company’s most notable signers (veterans, rookies and retired players), all sequentially numbered to 25 or less with each box delivering at least two unique 1-of-1 parallels. The box inventory includes a complete set of 50 Transcendent Icons Base Cards, two 50-card sets of Franchise Favorite Reproductions, one 1-of-1 Derek Jeter Autograph Card, one 1-of-1…

It took more than 40 years, but the Exhibit Supply Company finally put players’ info and statistics on the backs of the company’s baseball cards in 1962. Think about what that means today, in this era of sabermetrics and analytics. ESCO produced more than four decades worth of cards without any information about how good, or bad, a player played. And beginning in 1921, ESCO produced a lot of baseball cards. In his several articles on Exhibit Supply cards, Sports Collectors Digest writer George Vrechek writes that it took Topps until 1996 to surpass ESCO in the number of years its manufactured baseball cards. The way analytics has taken over, if the company was still in business it would be under pressure to let fans know that LIPS means “late…

ALL HAIL THE NATS — There’s nothing like a World Series title to draw positive attention to deserving players. For baseball’s newly crowned kings, the Washington Nationals, that attention naturally has spilled into the collecting arena. Consider these post-World Series prices paid at eBay: • $12,000 for a 2018 Topps Transcendent 1952 Retro autographed Juan Soto Superfractor. Some 80 bids fueled this 1-of-1 item (graded BGS 9.5) to that lofty price. • $6,000 for a 2012 signed Bowman Chrome Anthony Rendon Purple Refractor graded BGS 10. It comes from an edition of 10. An Orange Refractor of the same card sold for $2,125 on 22 bids; its grade was slightly lower at BGS 9.5. • $3,600 for a 2016 Bowman Chrome Juan Soto autographed Refractor card, one of 499 made.…

NOVEMBER 15: 2019 Panini Immaculate Collection Football 15: 2019 Panini Passing the Torch Football 15: 2019 Bowman Topps Holiday Baseball 15: 2019-20 Leaf in the Game Used Hockey 20: 2019 Panini Flawless Baseball 20: 2019 Panini Playbook Football 27: 2019-20 Panini Absolute Memorabilia Basketball 27: 2019 Panini Obsidian Football 27: 2019 Topps Transcendent Collection Baseball 27: 2019-20 Upper Deck Black Diamond Hockey 29: 2019 Leaf Perfect Game National Showcase DECEMBER 2: 2019 Panini Rookies & Stars Football 4: 2019 Bowman Draft Baseball 4: 2019 Panini Elite Extra Edition Baseball 4: 2019-20 Panini Prizm Basketball 4: 2019-20 Upper Deck Synergy Hockey 11: 2019-20 Upper Deck Buybacks Hockey 11: 2019-20 Panini Gold Standard Soccer 13: 2019-20 Donruss Basketball 13: 2019 Leaf Metal Draft Baseball 18: 2019 Bowman's Best Baseball 18: 2019-20 Panini…

Key: Bold indicates Hall of Fame players; * indicates a player is in both sets. Hank Aaron*Luis Aparicio* Bob Aspromonte Ernie Banks* Steve BarberEarl Battey Larry “Yogi” Berra* Ken Boyer*Lew Burdette*Johnny CallisonNorm Cash* Orlando Cepeda* Dean ChanceTom Cheney Roberto Clemente* Rocky Colavito*Choo Choo ColemanRoger CraigJoe Cunningham Don Drysdale Dick Farrell Ed “Whitey” Ford*Nelson Fox* Tito Francona*Jim Gentile*Tony GonzalezDick Groat*Ray HerbertChuck HintonDon Hoak*Frank HowardKen HubbsJoey Jay Al Kaline*Harmon Killebrew*Sandy Koufax* Harvey KuennJim Landis*Art Mahaffey*Frank Malzone* Mickey Mantle* Roger Maris* Eddie Mathews*Willie Mays*Bill Mazeroski Ken McBrideWally Moon* Stan Musial* Charlie NealBill O’DellMilt Pappas*Camilo PascualJimmy PiersallVada Pinson* Brooks RobinsonFrankie Robinson Pete Runnels Ron Santo Norm Siebern* Warren Spahn* Lee ThomasLeon Wagner Billy Williams Maurice Wills…