Innholdsfortegnelse for June 15, 2021 i Sports Collectors Digest

As I prepared to join Sports Collectors Digest, I went on an educational adventure, a fact-finding mission to learn as much as I could about this wild and crazy hobby. I had collected sports cards at different phases of my life but had been away from the hobby for years. Meanwhile, this astounding pastime has reached unprecedented heights since I last collected, so I had some catching up to do. One of the best places to learn about the hobby is at your local card shop. An LCS, as they are so fondly called, is a great place to meet dealers and collectors and discover some wonderful treasures. It’s a fun place to spend an afternoon. While hanging out at my friend Jimmy’s Collector’s World, I heard multiple dealers say…

As a kid growing up in the 1980s, Stewart Newman traveled with his dad, Thomas, to the annual National Sports Collectors Convention every summer. It was a fun, educational experience for young Stewart — except for one, small downside. “The only downside is that I never got a lunch break because he was on the go from the minute we entered the conventional hall,” Stewart said. A neurologist from Tampa, Fla., Newman amassed quite an impressive collection during his trips to sports card and sports memorabilia shows around the country. His collection became so large that he had boxes of unopened cards from the 1980s stored at his medical offices. “My dad began collecting in the early 1980s, starting with baseball cards from 1957 and 1959 when he was 10…

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Eighty years after his death, Lou Gehrig continues to put up big numbers with collecting’s heavy hitters. This past April, a bat the Yankee slugger used in the 1938 World Series sold for $715,000 at an SCP Auction. Interestingly, the 34-inch, 36-ounce Louisville Slugger was a Bill Dickey model that Gehrig occasionally used. The previous April, the prototype used by Hillerich & Bradsby to manufacture bats for Gehrig garnered $1,025,000 at Heritage Auctions. The bat had been sent to Gehrig when he joined the Yankees in 1924, and after swinging it several times, he found it to his liking and sent it back to the Louisville company with instructions to design his bats to these specs for the rest of his career. The auction house referred to it as “Bat…

The 2021 baseball season has produced a spike in hot rookie prospects who have arrived in the majors. Accompanying the promotion of each up-and-comer, of course, is a flurry of bidding activity for their cards and collectibles. Below, we’ll look at hot items tied to four rookies. But first, let’s consider that the most anticipated debut hasn’t happened yet — and may be weeks, if not months, away. That would be Wander Franco, the hard-hitting shortstop in the Tampa Bay chain. For a few days in May, Franco-mania was at a fever pitch. Why? Because the Rays dealt incumbent shortstop Willy Adames to Milwaukee. The trade fueled quick speculation that Franco would be called up. But, no, the Rays brought up Taylor Walls instead, preferring to give Franco more seasoning.…

The T206 Honus Wagner is the “Holy Grail” of sports cards, and it’s always setting records in the hobby. Another one fell in late May when Goldin Auctions sold a 1909-11 T206 White Border Honus Wagner card for $3,751,500, an all-time record for any Wagner card and the fifth-most expensive trading card of all time. A 1952 Mickey Mantle card and a 2003-04 LeBron James Exquisite Collection card set the all-time records earlier this year at $5.2 million. "Every time we have the opportunity to handle the sale of a T206 Ho-nus Wagner card, we know we're in for something special,” Goldin founder and CEO Ken Goldin said. “This is the type of card that reminds collectors why we love this hobby so much. To own one is to own…

Lou Gehrig is one those larger-than-life figures who is considered bigger than the game in certain respects. His work ethic and dedication to baseball arguably rank behind only Cal Ripken Jr., but his beautiful yet heartbreaking farewell speech on July 4, 1939 left an indelible mark on baseball history. When I think of Gehrig’s best trading card, five cards come to mind: the 1932 U.S. Caramel; the two 1933 Goudeys; the 1933 DeLong; and the two 1934 Goudeys. Each card is beautiful in its own right and each showcases different qualities that make them alluring to collectors and investors. However, I’m going to make the case for the 1932 U.S. Caramel as Gehrig’s best. This is Gehrig’s first card, which ultimately makes it his rookie card even though he wasn’t…

1. $126,655 on 75 bids: 2009-10 Topps Chrome Stephen Curry Refractor, #87/500 (PSA 10) 2. $73,653 on 116 bids: 2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection LeBron James, #52/100, auto patch (BGS 8) 3. $72,400 on 77 bids: 2019-20 Panini National Treasures Zion Williamson, #19/99, auto patch (ungraded) 4. $70,000 on 70 bids: 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan (BGS 9.5) 5. $67,951 on 113 bids: 1996-97 Flair Showcase Michael Jordan Legacy Collection Row O, #46/150 (PSA 10) 6. $65,002 on 65 bids: 1996-97 Topps Chrome Kobe Bryant Refractor (BGS 9.5) 7. $64,099 on 39 bids: 1996-97 Topps Chrome Kobe Bryant Refractor (BGS 10) 8. $62,100 on 102 bids: 2018-19 Panini Prizm Luka Doncic Choice Tiger Stripe (PSA 10) 9. $61,211 on 63 bids: 1961-62 Fleer Wilt Chamberlain (PSA 8) 10. $60,100 on 50…

Score Football burst onto the scene back in 1989 and they could not have picked a better year to enter the football card market. With the rookie class including Hall of Famers and icons such as Barry Sanders, Troy Aikman and Deion Sanders, just to name a few, Score really scored in their own rookie season. What started out with a bang as the premier football product that season has, over the years, become a middle- to lower-end product. With all of the new brands, products, lines and technologies coming to market over the last 25-plus years, Score has taken a backseat to bigger and shinier cardboard. The 2021 Score Football set is the first officially licensed release of the new season, offering the first true RCs of a fine…

Eight decades later his words endure and resonate. Lou Gehrig’s “Luckiest man on the face of the Earth” oratory is considered baseball’s “Gettsyburg Address.” Though just 277 words long, it was so moving, so eloquent that noted wordsmith William Safire included it in a book about history’s greatest speeches, alongside those delivered by popes, presidents, kings, playwrights, civil rights activists and philosophers. That this once strapping, seemingly indestructible New York Yankees slugger was able to express optimism and gratitude in the face of death remains a transcendent, inspirational moment all these years later. On a sweltering Independence Day at a packed Yankee Stadium in 1939, Gehrig stepped up to home plate and came through wielding a microphone rather than a Louisville Slugger. The renowned line-drive hitter delivered lines that have…

ALABAMA June 19 AL, Birmingham. The Flip Collectibles Trade Show, Soiree Event Gallery, 2132 Lorna Ridge Ln., Birmingham, AL 35216. SH: 10am-6pm. T: 75 ($55-$65). A: $5. Contact: Robert Steelman steelman9@icloud.com ARKANSAS Sept 3-4 AR, Bentonville. GG2 Sports Cards Show, Four Points Hotel, 211 SE Walton Blvd., Bentonville, AR. SH: Fri: 11am-7pm, Sat: 9am-5pm. T: 100+. A: Free. Contact: Matt Canaday 479-586-4494, griffeyguy@yahoo.com CALIFORNIA June 26-27 CA, Fairfield. Solano Town Center (Old Forever 21), 1350 Travis Blvd., Fairfield, CA 94533. T: 200+ (currently accepting vendors). A: $1. Contact: Dion Noriega or Thecardattic232@yahoo.com (707)246-4473 CONNECTICUT June 5 CT, Enfield. Sportscard Show, American Legion Hall, 566 Enfield St., Enfield, CT 06082. SH: 9am-2pm. T: 48. A: $1. Contact Cliff Gorneault 860-302-0493, clfgorneault@yahoo.com June 12 CT, Waterbury. Sports Card Show, Uncle Tom's Main…