Innholdsfortegnelse for July 1, 2021 i Sports Collectors Digest

When paperboy Archibald Arnold Davis pulled a Babe Ruth trading card from the Baltimore News he delivered in 1914, he had no idea the piece of cardboard would one day be worth millions. Ruth, of course, would soon become the greatest player of all-time, pitching and hitting his way into sports history and American folklore. His colossal blasts and prodigious personality almost singled-handedly launched the Golden Age of baseball and transformed it into the national pastime. The Babe loomed so large over the game that former American League President Will Harridge once declared that “Babe Ruth is Baseball.” The greatest home run hitter of baseball’s first century, Ruth was a colorful, flamboyant character whose endearing demeanor was a thing of legend. With too many nicknames to keep track of, no…

JULY 2: 2021 Panini Select UFC MMA 2: 2021 Topps US Olympics & Paralympics Team Hopefuls 7: 2021 Topps Diamond Icons Baseball 9: 2021 Donruss Elite Football 9: 2021 Panini Chronicles Racing NASCAR 9: 2020-21 Panini Select Basketball 14: 2020-21 Panini National Treasures Basketball 14: 2021 Topps Archives Signature Series Retired Player Edition Baseball 14: 2021 Upper Deck Ice Hockey 20: 2021 Sage Aspire Football 21: 2021 Topps Clearly Authentic Baseball 21: 2021 Topps WWE Transcendent Collection Wrestling 21: 2021 Topps Formula 1 Racing 23: 2021 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball 28: 2020-21 Topps Stadium Club Chrome UEFA Champions League Soccer 30: 2021 Topps Chrome Star Wars Galaxy TBD: 2021-22 Onyx Vintage Basketball TBD: 2021 Leaf Flash Football AUGUST 7: 2021 Topps National Baseball Card Day 11: 2020-21 O-Pee-Chee Platinum…

1. $188,989 on 58 bids: 1999-2000 Upper Deck Retro Wilt Chamberlain Inkredible Level 2, #11/13 (PSA 10) 2. $94,223 on 48 bids: 2003-04 Topps Chrome LeBron James Refractor (PSA 10) 3. $75,100 on 146 bids: 2013-14 Panini National Treasures Giannis Antetokounmpo, #4/10, auto patch (PSA 9) 4. $74,600 on 44 bids: 2018 Panini National Treasures Josh Allen, #64/99, auto patch (PSA 10) 5. $73,653 on 116 bids: 2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection LeBron James, #52/100, auto patch (BGS 8) 6. $71,600 on 151 bids: 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle (PSA 7) 7. $65,100 on 30 bids: 2000 Bowman Chrome Tom Brady Refractor (BGS 9) 8. $64,099 on 39 bids: 1996-97 Topps Chrome Kobe Bryant (BGS 10) 9. $61,550 on 49 bids: 2004 Panini Sports (soccer) Lionel Messi Mega Cracks (BGS 9.5)…

The milestone 35th annual TRISTAR Collectors Show in Houston, held June 4-6 at NRG Arena, was record-breaking, riding a perfect storm of a red-hot collectibles industry hungry for the first major, multi-guest show in about 15 months. In fact, Friday June 4 was the biggest Friday at a TRISTAR show in company history, with more than five times the normal attendance for the promotion, which has been holding three-day shows in Houston since 1991. “This was the biggest Friday night, by far,” said TRISTAR vice-president Bobby Mintz. “There is a lot of excitement in our industry right now for multiple reasons. Everything in the hobby is hot right now, especially cards. … Most collectors have not been to a major show since February 2020 … there have been no in-person…

Another type of baseball All-Star “card” worth exploring joined the roster in 1970. That season MLB returned voting to the fans for the first time since 1957, with millions of ballots sponsored by The Gillette Company. Available at major league and minor league stadiums and various retail outlets, the 1970 ballots featured all-time greats such as Aaron, Banks, Bench, Clemente, Mays, Reggie Jackson, Brooks and Frank Robinson and Carl Yastrzemski, among other superstars. Also on the list was Pete Rose, who won the Midsummer Classic for the National League that year in front of a home crowd in a new ballpark (Riverfront Stadium) in Cincinnati with his famous extra-innings bulldozing of Cleveland catcher Ray Fosse. Some collectors might look to buy the ballots to blend with their trading cards from…

We buy the following: 1) Complete Collec›ons Sets, star cards, par al sets, regional issues, oddball items, accumula ons of all kinds. 2) Star Cards Hall of Famers from 1970 and older. 3) Professionally Graded Cards We are strong buyers of PSA, SGC and BVG graded cards. We o›en pay 60-70% of SMR guide for cards pre-1975. We plan to visit these ci›es and places in between: LATE JULY/AUGUST 1. Chicago/Peoria 2. Minneapolis/St. Paul 3. St. Louis/Li›le Rock 4. Des Moines/Quad Ci es 5. Indianapolis/Detroit 6. Cleveland/Cincinna /Columbus 7. Pi›sburgh/Philadelphia 8. New York 9. Boston/Providence/Har›ord 10. Washington D.C./Bal more 11. Bu¢alo/Albany/Syracuse 12. Maine/Vermont/New Hampshire 13. Atlanta 14. All Tennessee/Kentucky 10. All North/South Carolina SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1. San Diego 2. Los Angeles 3. Bay Area 4. Sacramento 5. Fresno/Stockton/Bakers›eld 6. Medford/Grants Pass…

Collect Auctions’ latest offering includes a wide array of vintage cards, sports memorabilia and unopened wax boxes featuring some of the most iconic figures in sports history. The auction, which begins June 28 and runs through July 15, features cards of such legends as Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Ted Williams, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Tom Brady. The collection features a 1952 Bowman Mickey Mantle No. 101 (PSA 6) and two Willie Mays cards — a 1951 Bowman RC (PSA 4.5) and a 1952 Topps (PSA 2.5). Also available is Ted Williams’ rookie card — a 1939 Play Ball No. 92 (PSA 3). One of the rarest cards is a signed 1953 Topps card of Satchel Paige when he was with the St. Louis Browns. The auction also features several…

For most sports card collectors, owning a 1953 Topps Mickey Mantle PSA 10 is a pipe dream. There are only two “The Mick” cards from that year in existence graded equally that high, and the price tag stretches well into seven figures. For everyone who fantasizes about that beautiful piece of American sports cards lore, a company new to the hobby since the pandemic card explosion is giving the average collector an opportunity to live out that dream. Collectable, which went live last September, is the first and only fractional ownership platform exclusively dedicated to sports memorabilia. Investors are able to buy shares in high-end sports cards and memorabilia — similar to putting money into the stock market — and see how prices fare over time. Collectable has had an…

ALABAMA 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: Stephen Moore 256-599-0989, Stephen@jacksonssportscards.com, www.jacksonssportscards.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 June 26 CA, Sherman Oaks/Los Angeles. Card Stock Trading Show/Sports Card, Pokémon, Memorabilia and Coin Show, Sherman Oaks Marriott Grand Ballroom, 4th Floor (5,000 square feet). SH: 9am-4pm. T: 100+ ($55, 2 for…

Last time out, we reported on aggressive and high bidding on first-year cards of a quartet of hot baseball rookies. All four ascended to the majors and made a quick impact. Now, just one deadline cycle later, that same “fab four” has cooled off. • Jarred Kelenic of Seattle got himself bounced back to the minors for more seasoning by mustering only eight hits in 86 at-bats. That’s an anemic .096 average. Never mind the Mendoza Line, we may now have the Kelenic Line. • Yermin Mercedes of the White Sox went into a serious tailspin, going 5 for 52 — also an .096 mark — in nearly the same stretch of time. • The Twins’Alex Kirilloff and the Rangers’Adolis Garcia also stumbled, both hitting below .200 in the three…

Who should make the 2021 MLB All-Star team? National League stars Ronald Acuna Jr. and Kris Bryant and new American League stars Shohei Ohtani and Vlad Guerrero Jr., as well as many others, sprout easily within the discussion. However those teams unfold for the 2021 Midsummer Classic, the rosters will add to the game’s rich history, which began as a “one-off ” exhibition in 1933 sparked by an idea from Chicago Tribune sports editor Arch Ward. The game returns on July 13 this season after only the second missed year since its inception — in 1945 war-time travel restrictions sidelined the matchup and, of course, last year the surging COVID-19 pandemic cancelled the event. But what about a starting lineup from the vintage (pre-1980) All-Star cards? Who makes that squad?…