Innholdsfortegnelse for September 11, 2020 i Sports Collectors Digest

2020 TOPPS FIVE STAR BASEBALL Every card in this world-class set features an on-card autograph from one of the best players in Major League Baseball with case hits including metallic ink autographs, Autographed Jumbo Patch Cards and Dual-Subject Pentamerous Penmanship Cards. Each pack contains two on-card autograph cards, unless replaced by a rare Cut Signature Card. The most collectible stars, past and present, are showcased in the Jumbo Patch Cards, featuring jumbo uniform patch pieces and on-card autographs with all cards numbered to 25 or less. The Team Patch Parallel, MLB Silhouetted Batter Logo Patch Parallel, Laundry Tag Patch Parallel and Jersey Brand Patch Parallel are numbered 1-of-1. The Base Autographs of more than 50 of the game’s greats feature parallels numbered to 50, 25, 15, 10, 5 and 1-of-1.…

CONNECTICUT Sept 5 CT, Enfield. Enfield Sportscard Show, American Legion Post 80, 566 Enfield St, Enfield, CT, 06082. SH: 9am-2pm, T: 55, A: $1. Contact Cliff Gorneault 860-302-0493, clfgorneault@yahoo.com Sept 13 CT, Orange. Orange Collectible Show, American Legion Post 127, 630 Grassy Hill Road, Orange, CT 06471. SH: 9am-2pm, T: 30+, A: $1. Contact: Karen or Fred Riso – PH: 203-265-1813, Email: kmrfdr@gmail.com Sept 19 CT, Plainville. Plainville Sportscard 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 Sept 26 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 Sept 27 CT, Milford. Milford Elks Lodge, 124 New…

JOHN MCNAMARA John McNamara, who managed the Boston Red Sox to the World Series in 1986, died July 28 at his home in Tennessee. He was 88. McNamara managed 19 seasons in Major League Baseball with the Oakland A’s, San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds, California Angels, Red Sox and Cleveland Indians. McNamara was American League Manager of the Year in 1986. BOB RYLAND Bob Ryland, the first black tennis player to compete professionally, died from aspiration pneumonia on Aug. 2 at the age of 100. After service in the U.S. Army in World War II, Ryland played tennis on scholarship at Wayne University in Detroit, becoming the first black tennis player to compete in the NCAA National Championship before competing as a pro. CARLTON HASELRIG Carlton Haselrig, a former Pro…

AUGUST 26: 2020 Immaculate Collection Collegiate Football 26: 2020 Panini Black Football 26: 2019-20 Panini Contenders Optic Basketball 26: 2020 Topps Five Star Baseball 26: 2020-21 Upper Deck MVP Hockey 28: 2020 Leaf Valiant Football SEPTEMBER 2: 2020 Donruss Football 2: 2019-20 Panini Encased Basketball 2: 2020 Topps Gold Label Baseball 2: 2020 Topps Stadium Club Baseball 2: 2020-21 O-Pee-Chee Hockey 9: 2020 Bowman Chrome Baseball 9: 2020 Topps Transcendent The Captain's Collection Baseball 9: 2020 Upper Deck CFL Football 11: 2020 Panini Mosaic Football 11: 2019-20 Panini Opulence Basketball 11: 2020 Leaf Trinity Football 16: 2020 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball 16: 2019-20 Upper Deck Clear Cut Hockey 18: 2020 Panini Chronicles Baseball 18: 2020 Panini Origins Football 18: 2020 Panini National Treasures Collegiate Football 18: 2020 Leaf Superlative…

In the July 17 issue of Sports Collectors Digest, we looked at the first wave of “modern era” mainstream vintage Topps baseball card subsets, a period from 1958 through 1968. Now we roll the focus ring toward the second and last wave of this chunk of hobby time, 1969 to 1980. As a refresher, subsets for our purposes are consecutively numbered blocks of cards with a “theme” appearing in a regular issue. Like several ‘60s baseball issues, the 1969 set started its cardboard cavalcade with League Leaders. As 1968 was often referred to as “The Year of The Pitcher,” with Denny McLain’s 31 victories for the Detroit Tigers and Bob Gibson’s phenomenal 1.12 ERA for the St. Louis Cardinals, those hurlers dominate the moundsmen stat toppers early in the ’69…

Normally during the last weekend of July, collectors, company reps, content creators and others descend on the mecca for the hobby known as The National to buy, sell and catch up. This year, like almost every other event, the coronavirus took down the 2020 National Sports Collectors Convention in Atlantic City. The event was postponed then ultimately canceled. Without a National, everyone connected to the hobby had a hole that needed to be filled. Fortunately, some in the hobby saw an opportunity to help fill that hole, doing so with two online events to bring everyone together in a different format: The Virtual Sports Card Con 2020 and HobbyPalooza. Both events enabled viewers to get their fix for buying cards, breaking boxes, listening to experts and hobby people—all to get…

Isiah Thomas’ 1984 NBA All-Star Game MVP Trophy pulled from auction The NBA All-Star Game MVP Trophy awarded to Isiah Thomas in 1984 was on the auction block until the former Detroit Pistons star guard alerted Heritage Auctions that his trophy had been stolen from his high school’s trophy case. The trophy was a part of the Summer Platinum Night Sports Collectibles event that is ongoing through Aug. 29-30. Thomas used Twitter to inform the auction house that the trophy had been “stolen from St. Joseph High School the night Mr. Pingatore my coach died it belongs to me [sic]. You stole my trophy please return it!” Mr. Pingatore was identified as Thomas’ high school coach, the legendary Gene Pingatore, who coached at St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Ill.…

THE SAY-HEY KID AND THE MAGNIFICENT YANKEE — Exactly 60 years ago, it was the summer of 1960, and there was no place like center field—that wide-open expanse on a baseball diamond, a place patrolled by the game’s most athletic types. And back then, Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle were the kings of center field, and they inspired nonstop arguments about who was better. At the time, Mays was 29 years old and in the midst of a season in which he’d hit .319 with 29 homers, 107 runs, 103 RBI and 25 steals. (Sounds like a first-round fantasy baseball stud, no?) Mays would also win his fourth straight among 12 consecutive Gold Glove awards. And Mickey Mantle was 28 and in the process of leading the Yankees to the…

Here are some recent prices realized for Topps baseball subsets 1969-1980. All prices, rounded to the nearest dollar, include shipping. RAW 1973 NL Rookie Third Basemen/Schmidt (NM) $675 1972 Clemente “In-action” (NM) $29 1975 ’74 Highlights, Kaline/3,000 hits (NM) $23 1970 NL RBI Leaders (1971 Topps, w/Bench/Perez/B. Williams) (NM) $21 1969 Bench All-Star (EX) $12 1980 Brock and Yaz/3,000 hits (NM) $2 GRADED 1971 ‘70 World Series Game 5, “B. Robinson Commits Robbery! (PSA 9) $303 1974 Hank Aaron Special (showing 1954-57 cards) (PSA 9) $121 1970 Ryan Saves the Day! (PSA 8) $86 1969 ’68 World Series Game 1, “Gibson Fans 17” (PSA 8) $79 1976 All-Time All-Stars (Ruth) BVG 7/ NM $30 1972 Steve Carlton “TRADED” (PSA 6) $22…

Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb and Mickey Mantle—marquee names from our national pastime and the world of sports memorabilia—are at the top of the lot list in the Mile High Card Company’s September Auction, running Aug. 17 to Sept. 3. “This auction is going to be incredible,” said MHCC President and CEO Brian Drent. “The significance of the four headliners speak for themselves, but just going down the list beyond that, it’s one museum-quality item after another.” The quartet of items Drent refers to are a 1909-11 Sweet Caporal 150/25 T206 Honus Wagner PSA 1; a T206 Ty Cobb with Cobb back, the finest example known from the “Lucky 7 Find” and graded a PSA 4.5; a 1948 Bowman nearly complete wax box (18/24) BBCE, the grand prize of the “The…