Innholdsfortegnelse for January 3, 2020 i Sports Collectors Digest

“Are you out of your mind?” In an auction preview of the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311 PSA Mint 9 card in April 2018, Heritage Auctions predicted that at some point the winning bidder would be greeted by someone with these words. Heritage Auctions then went on to justify six- or seven-figure price tags, saying, “In its simplest, unsentimental terms, an elite collectible such as this offering represents the purest distillation of the law of supply and demand. In that regard, it is entirely accurate to consider the value of this glorious example of Mickey Mantle’s 1952 Topps card as grounded in the densest of economic bedrock. The stomach-churning waves of a Bitcoin graph are nonexistent in this world. There can be no Enron crash. There can be no Madoff…

1. $90,000: 2009 Bowman Chrome Mike Trout Gold Refractor, #8/50, auto (BGS 9.5, auto 10) 2. $50,000: 1996 Select Certified Derek Jeter Gold (PSA 8) 3. $44,000: 2000 Playoff Contenders Tom Brady, auto (PSA 9) 4. $39,995: 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan (PSA 10) 5. $37,300: 1909-11 T206 Sweet Caporal Ty Cobb, red portrait (SGC 8) 6. $35,656: 1909 E102 “Set of 25” Ty Cobb (PSA 6) 7. $29,057: 1911 E94 George Close Candy Ty Cobb, gold background (SGC 5) 8. $25,653: 2005-06 Upper Deck The Cup Sidney Crosby, #66/99, auto patch (BGS 8) 9. $23,750: 2000 Playoff Contenders Tom Brady, auto (PSA 8) 10. $22,200: 2015-16 Upper Deck The Cup Connor McDavid, #43/99, auto patch (BGS 9)…

DECEMBER 18: 2019 Bowman's Best Baseball 18: 2019-20 Panini Origins Basketball 20: 2019 Donruss Optic Football 27: 2019-20 Panini Contenders Basketball JANUARY 3: 2019 Panini Contenders Football 3: 2019-20 Panini Revolution Basketball 8: 2020 Topps Archives Signature Series Active Player Edition Baseball 8: 2019-20 Upper Deck Trilogy Hockey 15: 2019 Panini Limited Football 22: 2019-20 Panini Crown Royale Basketball 22: 2019 Panini One Football 22: 2019-20 SP Game Used Hockey 29: 2019-20 Donruss Optic Basketball 29: 2019-20 Panini Obsidian Soccer 29: 2019-20 Upper Deck NFL Star Rookies Box Set Hockey * 2020 Leaf Lumber Kings Baseball * release date unknown at publication FEBRUARY 5: 2020 Donruss Racing NASCAR 5: 2019 Panini Plates & Patches 5: 2020 Topps Series 1 Baseball 5: 2019-20 Upper Deck Allure Hockey 12: 2019 Panini Select…

Fans of the Cleveland Browns are often grudgingly reminded of the drought since their team’s last season as National Football League champions in 1964. Even young fans have mostly heard of the exploits of legendary running back Jim Brown from that team and era. And many know that quarterback Frank Ryan threw three touchdown passes to wide receiver Gary Collins in that 1964 championship game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, as the Browns shut out the Baltimore Colts 27-0 for the crown. But few know what a pink Cadillac and a largely shuttered and demolished ballpark have to do with that team and its legacy. So, 55 years hence, it is time to sort out this oddity of that title season. That is, the strange story of perhaps the most common…

They were placed in a family scrapbook in 1902 and became a family heirloom that was passed from one generation to another, spanning six generations before the family decided to part with them by putting them up for auction. They are nine W600 Sporting Life Cabinets that include six Hall of Famers, Honus Wagner, Connie Mack and Willie Keeler among them, all dressed in formal attire, street clothes or team uniforms. The collection was presented to Memory Lane auction house at last year’s National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago and they are among the 1,360 lots in the Winter Classic Auction from Dec. 21 to Jan. 11. “Unearthed after being held captive in a family scrapbook for well more than a century, their sparkling central images and utmost rarity clearly…

Ted Simmons baseball cards shot up in value and interest with the surprise announcement at the Winter Meetings that the long-time catcher was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Simmons, a switch-hitting catcher who spent 21 years in the majors, was one of two candidates selected from a 10-man ballot by the Modern Era Veterans Committee. The other was the late Marvin Miller, first executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association. Both will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown on Sunday, July 26, along with Derek Jeter, the long-time shortstop and Yankees captain who is virtually certain to be chosen in the to-be-announced January balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Although Simmons was an eight-time All-Star who hit .285 with 248 home…

NOTE: TO SEND A LISTING, please follow the style seen here and email dstrege@aimmedia.com. ARIZONA 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. CALIFORNIA Jan 4 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; Email: sacramentosportscardshows@gmail.com. CONNECTICUT Dec 21 CT, Plainville. Card Show, VFW Post 574, 7 Northwest Dr., Plainville, CT. SH: 9am-2pm, T: 45, F: $35, A: 99 cents. Contact: Cliff Gorneault – PH: 860-302-0493, Email: clfgorneault@yahoo.com Dec 22 CT, Milford. Milford Elks Lodge, 124 New Haven Ave., Milford, CT 06460. SH: 9am-2 pm, T: 40, A: $1. Contact: Ned Skinnon…

YANKEE CAPTAIN I — Baseball Hall of Fame voter Steven Marcus of News-day fame made headlines when he revealed his decision for the HOF’s Class of 2020. He called it his “Just Jeter” ballot, circling only the name of the popular Yankee shortstop. Marcus took some heat from critics who felt his one-man vote too easily dismissed otherwise deserving players. In fact, there are 31 other names on the ballot for 2020 induction. Among them, however, are players whose reputations were stained by links to steroid abuse. The kings of that crew: Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and Roger Clemens. Considering their hefty stats haven’t been enough to get them inducted, it’s clear they’re paying the price for bad decisions. They’re part of an ongoing debate. A host of other players…

2020 LEAF LUMBER KINGS BASEBALL Along the lines of its previous release of Lumber King Hockey cards featuring hockey stick pieces, Leaf Trading Cards is set to debut sometime this month a new set dedicated solely to game-used bats of retired players. The Lumber Kings Baseball features the likes of Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Roger Maris, Jim Rice, Ken Griffey Jr., Barry Bonds and David Ortiz among the categories of the 500 Home Run Club, Signature Sticks, Bat Barrel, Bat Knob, Off the End of the Bat, Dinger Kings, Game-used Lumber, WAR Room, and Rivals. The Bat Knob, Bat Barrel and Off the End of the Bat are one-of-one cards from all-time greats. Multiple players are featured in Home Run Challenge duals, and top hitters come in Bat…