Innholdsfortegnelse for January 1, 2021 i Sports Collectors Digest

For those of us who recall the old ABA—the American Basketball Association—we remember the flashy style of play, the three-point line, the advent of the slam dunk contest at its All-Star Game in 1976 and Julius Erving winning it. We remember players such as Spencer Haywood and Artist Gilmore and George Gervin and David Thompson. We remember the Indiana Pacers, the Kentucky Colonels, the Virginia Squires and the Anaheim Amigos. But most of all, we remember the ball. The red, white and blue ball. Well guess what. The original ball is making a comeback. In celebration of the 45th anniversary of the ABA/NBA merger, Lana Sports is offering the “RSS Official” ABA basketball for the first time so a new generation of youth can play with the iconic ball. It…

2021 LEAF LUMBER KINGS BASEBALL Making a return after a popular debut in 2020, Leaf Lumber Kings Baseball features a variety of cards of current and past greats of the game accompanied by bat pieces. Game Used Lumber includes some of baseball’s all-time sluggers such as Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Duke Snider. The 3,000 Hit Club features legends that are members of that exclusive club like Pete Rose, George Brett and Derek Jeter. Monster Mashed concentrates on sluggers who have hit the longest home runs in baseball history, like Babe Ruth, Mantle and Willie Stargell. Fall Classic is a six-player bat card set featuring participants in some of baseball’s most glorious World Series. Bench/Perez/Rose/Yastrzemski/Lynn/ Fisk in 1975 or Carter/Hernandez/Strawberry/Clemens/Boggs/Rice in 1986 are examples. Nostalgia rules the eight-player bat card…

NOTE: If you have a show listing, follow the style below and send to dstrege@aimmedia.com. In light of the pandemic, be sure to check ahead to ensure the show is still scheduled. ALABAMA Feb 20 AL, Scottsboro. Scottsboro Sports Card & Memorabilia Show, Scottsboro Goose Pond Civic Center, 1165 Ed Hembree Dr, Scottsboro, AL 35769, SH: 9am-2pm, T: 100, A: Free, Contact Stephen Moore 256-599-0989, Stephen@jacksonssportscards.com, www.jacksonssportscards.com May 15 AL, Scottsboro. Scottsboro Sports Card & Memorabilia Show, Scottsboro Goose Pond Civic Center, 1165 Ed Hembree Dr, Scottsboro, AL 35769, SH 9-2, T: 100, A: Free, Contact Stephen Moore 256-599-0989, Stephen@jacksonssportscards.com, www.jacksonssportscards.com Aug 7 AL, Scottsboro. Scottsboro Sports Card & Memorabilia Show, Scottsboro Goose Pond Civic Center, 1165 Ed Hembree Dr, Scottsboro, AL 35769, SH 9-2, T: 100, A: Free, Contact…

FOOTBALL! — The consistently brilliant play of Patrick Mahomes II, Tom Brady, Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers keeps them among the most-collected football players on the planet. But what about running backs Derrick Henry and Dalvin Cook? Both are headed for monster seasons of 1,500-plus rushing yards as they bowl over, evade and confound defenders every week. Yet neither gets the same collector love quarterbacks usually receive. It’s not like they’ve come out of nowhere, either. Henry, 26, has scored 53 touchdowns (and counting) in his five seasons and has now topped the 1,000-yard mark three times for the Tennessee Titans. Cook, 25, has scored 33 TDs (and counting) in four seasons, and has twice cracked 1,000 yards for the Minnesota Vikings. If you’re interested, both are well-represented on eBay.…

DECEMBER 16: 2019-20 NBA Hoops Premium Stock 16: 2020 Panini Elite Extra Edition Baseball 16: 2020 Panini Immaculate Collection Football 16: 2020-21 Upper Deck Synergy Hockey 16: 2020 Topps Dynasty Formula 1 Racing 18: 2019-20 Panini Flawless Basketball 21: 2020 Leaf Metal Draft Baseball 23: 2020 Bowman's Best Baseball 23: 2020 Panini Obsidian Football 23: 2020 Donruss Optic Football 23: 2019-20 Panini Eminence Basketball 28: 2020 Panini Contenders Football 30: 2020 Topps Heritage High Number Baseball TBA: 2020 Panini Kobe Bryant Redemption Packs Basketball TBA: 2020-21 Upper Deck Artifacts Hockey JANUARY 6: 2020-21 Upper Deck Allure Hockey 8: 2020 Leaf Flash Baseball 13: 2020-21 Panini NBA Hoops 13: 2020 Panini Playbook Football 13: 2020 Topps Chrome Formula 1 Racing 15: 2020-21 Leaf in the Game Used Hockey 20: 2020-21 Panini…

Editor’s note: In some cases, it was imperative to allow certain sources to remain anonymous, for obvious reasons, to be able to make the story complete. Scott Mahlum sits down each day and spends a good hour scouring sports memorabilia websites. The owner of Mill Creek Sports in Mill Creek, Wash., is looking for items of three specific players: Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, and former Seattle Mariners stars Ken Griffey Jr. and Ichiro Suzuki. With Mill Creek Sports owning exclusive autograph rights to those superstars, Mahlum is making sure there aren’t any items being sold that weren’t signed by his clients. Mahlum calls his daily monitoring “protecting our product.” Most days, Mahlum’s online searches come up empty. That’s a good thing. But one day in 2014, Mahlum found some…

A lucky collector will see his net worth swell when a one-of-a-kind LeBron James Logoman card is auctioned in Lelands Winter Classic Auction in February. The collector paid $70 to enter a Jaspy’s card-pull event and ended up winning the jackpot: A 2019-20 Immaculate Collection LeBron James (1/1) game-worn Logoman card estimated to be worth over $100,000. The card was immediately sent to Beckett Grading Services and came back as a Gem Mint 9.5. Prices for James and other modern superstar cards have escalated significantly over the last year, and according to Lelands expert Jordan Gilroy, it’s possible the winning bid could fetch even more than expected. Gilroy explains that “important high-grade cards like this rapidly increase in value, so a winning bid that exceeds our expectations would not surprise…

12/06/20 1. $70,000 ON 1 BID 2009 Bowman Chrome Mike Trout Blue Refractor, #62/150, auto (#62/150 (BGS 9.5) $2. 56,204 ON 75 BIDS 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle (PSA 5.5) 3. $54,700 ON 96 BIDS 1997-98 Upper Deck Game Jersey Michael Jordan, auto patch (ungraded; UD Authenticated certificate) 4. $53,433 ON 77 BIDS 2000 Upper Deck SP Authentic Tom Brady, #578/1250 (PSA 10) 5. $50,600 ON 22 BIDS 1958 Alifabolaget Pelé (PSA 6) 6. $50,101 ON 58 BIDS 2009-10 Panini National Treasures James Hardin. #34/99, auto patch (BGS 10) 7. $49,600 ON 60 BIDS 2000 Upper Deck SP Authentic Tom Brady, #330/1250 (PSA 10) 8. $48,612 ON 79 BIDS 2018-19 Panini Prizm Luka Doncic Neon Green Fast Break, #5/5 (SGC 9.5) 9. $47,600 ON 18 BIDS 2003-04 Panini Sports Cristiano Ronaldo…

The jersey Michael Jordan held up after signing his first contact with the Chicago Bulls on Sept. 12, 1984 fetched $320,000 at Julien’s Auctions on Dec. 4. The auction house estimated the jersey would go for between $200,000 and $300,000. There was only one bid. “Jordan held up this exact jersey (professionally photo-matched)—his very first official NBA Chicago Bulls game jersey—at his first press conference as a new member of the team while (Rod) Thorn announced that Jordan had been signed as their first-round draft pick with a multimillion-dollar contract,” the auction house stated. The jersey came accompanied by a letter of authenticity from the former archivist for the Chicago Bulls collection of game-worn items and by a letter of authenticity from Sports Investors Authentication, including a Photo Match Evaluation…

It’s an interesting time to be a card collector, that’s for sure. When the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States and started shutting down states and companies in March, workers were forced to adhere to stay-at-home guidelines. Card collectors who were working from home had more time on their hands, possibly had more money in their pockets from not going out, and had a computer at their disposal 24 hours a day. Naturally, collectors started doing a little more surfing online for cards, and eBay quickly became one of the big businesses that benefitted. Trading card sales increased more than 50 percent on eBay from March to May, according Nicole Colombo, eBay’s General Manager of Focus Verticals, a division that includes trading cards. “There’s been a consistently upward trajectory in…

IT was the morning of Jan. 26, 2020, and Alex Kolosow II was just rolling out of bed when he heard the news: a helicopter had crashed and it was suspected Kobe Bryant was inside. Kolosow scrambled to try and get confirmation if the horrible news was true and his idol was dead. He logged into ESPN.com. The realization was starting to set in. “You hear rumors that he was bringing his daughter to a basketball tournament and you’re like, ‘Oh, God. Please don’t let the daughter be in the helicopter,’” Kolosow said. “The news, it just keeps getting worse. It was just so sad.” When Bryant passed away that Sunday along with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others, the former Los Angeles Lakers star left behind so many…