Innholdsfortegnelse for June 1, 2022 i Sports Collectors Digest

PWCC Marketplace and Certified Sports Guaranty have launched a new program designed to help make it easier and quicker for buyers and sellers of sports card to get raw cards graded. The program was created through a new partnership between PWCC and the Certified Collectibles Group, the parent company of CSG. The program, which began April 28, includes PWCC-managed submissions and includes shipping, estimated 10-day grading turnarounds, no value-based grading tiers and no upfront fees. “This offering is now the fastest and easiest pathway for customers looking to grade the vast majority of raw trading cards currently in circulation,” said Jesse Craig, director of business development for PWCC. “The partnership removes the major hurdles associated with grading and selling raw trading cards. You submit your raw cards once to PWCC,…

Brooks Robinson is as important to one franchise as any player in baseball history. Robinson spent his entire 23-year career with the Baltimore Orioles, which is tied for the longest career with one team in major league history. That's just the beginning of his story, as Robinson is still widely considered the greatest defensive third baseman in the history of the game and overall one of the greatest to ever play the position, period. Robinson's accomplishments on the field stack up with anyone. He was an 18-time all-star and a key component in bringing two World Series titles to Baltimore, including capturing the MVP of the 1970 Fall Classic. Flashing leather like no one had ever seen before, he won an amazing 16 Gold Gloves. The 1964 AL MVP is…

The hobby pioneers articles in the Jan. 1 and Feb. 1 issues of Sports Collectors Digest generated several nice responses from readers about long-time collectors. When collectors look at cards they collected as kids, it brings back memories of the enjoyable, relatively brief days of our youth when we were opening packs, trading cards and trying to find cards of our favorites on a meager budget. Likewise, when the names and faces of longtime collectors are published, it brings back memories of the early days of collecting as an adult, when we discovered there was a hobby with other collectors, dealers and eventually card shows and the internet. We might even think nostalgically about the prices from the early days of the hobby and whatever budget we may have had.…

eBay is already making big changes to its new Authenticity Guarantee program, requiring cards sold for more than $2,000 to be graded by PSA. Under the new partnership with PSA, sellers of graded cards that sell for $2,000 or more will be required to send the card to PSA, which will use its graders to verify that the card matches the listing description and that the sealed plastic holder and label are authentic and have not been tampered with. PSA will use different graders than the team currently working through its grading backlog. The PSA service will eventually expand to include cards sold for $250 or more. The new requirement comes just four months after eBay announced its Authenticity Guarantee, which requires raw cards to be inspected to make sure…

The bat Jackie Robinson used in the 1949 MLB All-Star game sold for a record $1,080,000 in Goldin’s Jackie Robinson’s 75th Anniversary Auction. The bat was purchased by Hunt Auctions for a private client. The 1949 game marked the first time black players were allowed to play in the MLB All-Star game. Robinson, who broke the MLB color barrier in 1947, had a double and scored three runs in the game. After the game, Robinson, who won the 1949 NL MVP award, kept the bat for his personal collection. “We are elated to have been able to purchase the 1949 Robinson All-Star bat on behalf of our client. The direct provenance from Rachel Robinson and the added historical significance of the 1949 All-Star Game being played in Brooklyn place this…

Like so many other kids growing up, I collected sports cards. I bought fresh packs right off the shelves and used money from my paper route to pick out some undiscovered gems at flea markets. And after years of collecting throughout my childhood, I went off to college and I forgot all about my cards. About six years ago, my parents asked me to come home and empty my stuff in the storage bin. So I gathered up my boxes of memorabilia stored there and brought my collection home. After dusting off the binders and taking a look, nostalgia kicked in and I was hooked on collecting once again. First, I started exploring what the hobby looks like years later and the products I discovered are different from the mass-produced…

Not all sports cards are created equal. That being said, not all PSA 10s, BGS 9.5s or SGC 9.5s are created equal either. Mike Baker and Demian Werner are trying to differentiate the cream-of-the-crop pristine cards from the rest of the field. In August 2020, the duo started Mike Baker Authenticated (MBA), a certification service for high-end graded products from the three leading third-party grading card companies: Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA), Beckett Grading Services (BGS) and Sportscard Guaranty Corporation (SGC). Baker’s grading roots date back to when he was PSA’s first employee and then its first director of grading when he worked at the company from 1991-2001. He hears all the time: “You’re grading the graders? We send a card off to get graded, and then we send it off…

Everyone dreads moving, especially a card collector with a massive, priceless collection. But when Greg Nussbaum and his family bought a new house, he added a state-of-the-art display system and a new friend. The move was well worth it. It all started when Nussbaum posted an unassuming thread on the Facebook group “Vintage Wax and Packs” in August of 2020. Nussbaum mentioned he was thinking about hiring a carpenter to build custom collapsible shelves to display his unique collection, which is dominated by unopened rack packs. On that Facebook forum, collector Brent Meyer responded that he builds every day for his business, and instead of cash compensation for Nussbaum he would “work for racks and cellos” — a tongue-and-cheek reply. Meyer and his wife, Catherine, own 7th Street Salvage, an…

A Kobe Bryant jersey photo-matched to his rookie season and the 1996-97 NBA playoffs is expected to attract $3-$5 million at SCP Auctions. The gold and purple jersey, which highlights SCP’s Spring Premier Auction, has been matched by Resolution Photomatching to four games during Bryant’s rookie season, including two playoff games. According to Resolution and SCP, Bryant wore the jersey during games on April 13, April 17, May 8 and May 10 of 1997. The May 8 and May 10 games were Games 3 and 4 of the Lakers’ Western Conference Semifinal matchup with the Utah Jazz, the first playoff games for Bryant. The 18-year-old Lakers star scored 19 points in a 104-84 Lakers victory in Game 3 and scored nine points in a 110-95 Game 4 loss. The Game…

On Jan. 13, 1991, I spent the whole day getting ready. The Los Angeles Raiders, who are currently the Las Vegas Raiders but whom I called the Oakland Raiders both then and now, had a late afternoon AFC divisional playoff game against the Cincinnati Bengals. I wore the Raiders parka I got for Christmas all through church and during the Giants’ 31-3 beatdown of the Chicago Bears. I held the Raiders troll doll I bought at Ben Franklin’s with my stocking money for the entirety of the 1 o’clock game, stroking its black, stand-up hair and hoping that Bo Jackson would run for 1,000 yards later that afternoon. My perceptions of NFL rushing statistics had been largely shaped by the original Tecmo Bowl. At the time, I was a Raiders…

One after one, each piece is more remarkable than the next. • A single-signed Babe Ruth baseball graded PSA 9. • Lou Gehrig’s 1936 MVP trophy. • Joe DiMaggio’s uniform from the 1951 World Series, when he hit his last home run at the Polo Grounds. • The only Type 1 photo of Honus Wagner that was used for his famous T206 card. • And the highest graded example in existence of Mickey Mantle’s iconic 1952 Topps card. The collection Marshall Fogel has amassed over the last 30 years is frankly unbelievable. Breathtaking for any sports fanatic and collector. The 81-year-old former attorney is on the top of Mount Rushmore for sports collectors. Fogel’s overall portfolio is what strikes Collectable CEO Ezra Levine. In February, Levine’s fractional investment company conducted…