Innholdsfortegnelse for June 5, 2020 i Sports Collectors Digest

More than 1,000 lots are featured in the Spring Rarities Auction underway at Memory Lane and Lot 1 is about as rare as you can get. It’s a team-signed baseball from the 1924 New York Yankees, including Babe Ruth and a 21-year-old Lou Gehrig. The high-grade ball has 24 signatures and is still in the original Reach factory box. Unique about the Gehrig autograph is that he was but a prospect at the time and his signatures around this period are scarce. Joe Tomasulo of Memory Lane told SCD that only a handful of 1923 and 1924 balls with Gehrig’s signature exist but “looked like Gehrig signed in invisible ink.” “This Gehrig signature is a near-mint signature in my opinion,” he said. “It’s the best rookie-era Gehrig signature on a…

The bat Babe Ruth used to hit his 52 nd home run in the 1921 season sold for $930,000 in the Spring Sports Collectible Auction by Heritage Auctions. It was the fifth-highest selling bat of all time. Other highlights included an ultra-rare 1910 T210 Old Mill card of Shoeless Joe Jackson selling for $492,000, a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle #311 PSA NM-MT 8 selling for $360,000, a 2010 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospect Autograph Superfractor Christian Yelich 1/1 PSA Mint 9 selling for $111,000, Michael Jordan’s 1986 Fleer PSA Gem Mint 10 selling for $96,000, nearly double the previous highwater mark for a PSA-graded Jordan rookie set only a week before, and a pair of Jordan-signed Air Jordan baseball cleats selling for $93,000, almost 20 times the pre-auction estimate.…

Don Shula, the winningest coach in NFL history with 347 total victories, passed away on May 4. He was 90. Shula, who was a head coach from 1963 to 1995, led the Baltimore Colts to an NFL championship in 1968 before becoming the legendary coach of the Miami Dolphins. He led the Dolphins to back-to-back Super Bowl victories, which included the only perfect season in NFL history (17-0) in 1972. He had a regular-season record of 328-156-6 and a postseason mark of 19-17. “Don Shula was the patriarch of the Miami Dolphins for 50 years,” the team said in a statement. “He brought the winning edge to our franchise and put the Dolphins and the city of Miami in the national sports scene.” Said Dolphins owner Steve Ross: “If there…

EMPTY DIAMONDS: FILLING BASEBALL’S VOID — A summer with no baseball? The very idea is heartbreaking, but the priority in America—around the globe—is to overcome coronavirus. At this writing, there’s still talk of a shortened season, but there’s also a possibility we may not see baseball until 2021. While we wait, it might be therapeutic to build a collection of vintage baseball programs. They’re easy on the wallet, usually, the supply is healthy, and they connect you to your favorite team or teams of the past. There are programs from regular-season games, playoff games and World Series matchups. Sometimes, you’ll find examples in which a baseball fan from the past carefully kept score, batter by batter. Or, if you’re more of a near-mint person, you’ll find clean, unused specimens, too.…

MAY 15: 2019 Panini Chronicles Football 20: 2019-20 Panini Mosaic Basketball 22: 2019 Leaf Valiant Baseball 27: 2020 Bowman Baseball 27: 2020 Donruss Diamond Kings Baseball 27: 2020 Panini Prizm Baseball 27: 2019-20 Panini Court Kings Basketball 27: 2019-20 Panini National Treasures Basketball 27: 2019-20 Panini Obsidian Basketball 27: 2019-20 Panini Spectra Basketball 27: 2019 Panini Chronicles Football 27: 2020 Panini Legacy Football 27: 2019-20 Panini Noir Basketball 27: 2020 Topps Big League Baseball 28: 2019-20 SP Authentic Hockey 29: 2020 Leaf Flash Football 29: 2020 Panini Contenders Draft Picks Football JUNE 1: 2020 Onyx Vintage Premium Baseball 3: 2020 Topps Finest Baseball 5: 2019-20 Topps Chrome Bundesliga Soccer 5: 2020 Sage Aspire Football 10: 2019-20 Panini Impeccable Premier Soccer League 10: 2020 Topps Series 2 Baseball 10: 2020 Topps…

Officials from the National Sports Collectors Convention announced the postponement of the show this summer in Atlantic City with tentative plans to reschedule it for Dec. 12-16. The National was scheduled for July 29-Aug. 2, but due to COVID-19 the organizers decided the dates were “no longer appropriate.” Originally, officials were going to wait until May 30 to make a decision but made it sooner. “We have been closely monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic situation with our partners along with city and state officials. It has become clear postponement is the appropriate course of action,” said John Broggi, NSCC Show Promoter. “We have tentative plans to hold the National December 12-16, 2020, at the Atlantic City Convention Center, given state and federal guidelines indicate it is safe to hold our event.”…

A unique 7x9 Associated Press photo shows a smiling Lou Gehrig jumping over a baseball bat held by Joe DiMaggio with signatures from both players, along with legendary scout Paul Krichell, who discovered Gehrig. The distinctive photo is Lot 1 in Clean Sweep Auctions’ June auction currently underway. The auction ends at 11 p.m. Eastern time on June 3. The photo is “one of the finest quality signed photos in the hobby in our opinion,” Clean Sweep Auction stated, adding that it is a “unique and wonderful image even if it was not signed,” but “the autographs bring this to another level.” The autographs are PSA graded 8 for Gehrig, 9 for DiMaggio and 7 for Krichell. A terrific framed display with a superb 1931 Babe Ruth signature/high-quality original photo…

1. $66,124 on 51 bids: 2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Michael Jordan Limited Logos, #12/75, auto patch (BGS 9.5) 2. $61,576 on 45 bids: 2003-04 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection LeBron James, #47/250, auto (BGS 10) 3. $55,255 on 35 bids: 2007-08 Upper Deck Rookie Exquisite Collection Kevin Durant, #31/35, auto patch (BGS 9) 4. $41,340 on 59 bids: 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan (SGC 10) 5. $30,267 on 47 bids: 2009 Bowman Chrome Mike Trout Xfractor, #/225, auto (PSA 10) 6. $26,612 on 71 bids: 1997-98 Upper Deck SPx Pro-Motion Michael Jordan, #17/100, auto die-cut (PSA 10) 7. $26,100 on 74 bids: 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan (BGS 9.5) 8. $25,544 on 79 bids: 1986-87 Fleer Sticker Michael Jordan (PSA 10) 9. $25,300 on 42 bids: 2019-20 Panini Prizm Zion Williamson, #1/10,…

ALABAMA June 6 AL, Scottsboro. Scottsboro Sports Cards & Memorabilia Show, Goose Pond Civic Center, 1165 Ed Hembree Dr., Scottsboro, AL, 35769. SH: 9am-2pm, T: 60+, A: free. Contact: Stephen Moore @ 256-599-0989 or stephen@jacksonssportscards.com CONNECTICUT May 16 CT, Plainville. Plainville Sports-card Show, VFW Hall, 7 Northwest Dr., Plainville, CT, 06062. SH: 9am-2pm, T: 45, A: $1. Contact Cliff Gorneault 860-302-0493, clfgorneault@yahoo.com May 23 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 – PH: 203-265-1813, Email: kmrfdr@gmail.com May 24 CT, Milford. Milford Elks Lodge, 124 New Haven Ave., Milford, CT 06460. SH: 9am-2 pm, T: 40, A: $1. Contact: Ned Skinnon PH: 860-919-0879; email: nskinnon@cox.net May 30 CT, Bristol. CT Show, Doubletree by…

Despite Pete Rose turning 79 on April 14, there are still quite a few Pete Rose collectors out there, many eagerly waiting for the latest Pete Rose card to come up for auction on eBay. A nice example of Rose’s rookie card still commands a premium. But there are several other rare, hard-to-find items Pete Rose collectors are looking for. The 1963 French Bauer milk cap, late ‘60s Topps Standup, Topps disc, and Punchboard to name a few. I have been collecting Pete Rose exclusively since 1969. And as I tell people and other collectors, when your hobby is collecting Pete Rose, you don’t have time (or money!) to collect anybody else due to the sheer number of Rose items out there! One of item that is missing from my…