Dressed for Success: Mantle Jersey Sells for $4.6 Million

A year ago, a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle baseball card stunned the sports collectible hobby, selling for a record $12.6 million. Now, 12 months later, two more pristine Mantle pieces combined to sell for more than $9 million in Heritage’s recent Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction. A New York Yankees jersey worn by Mantle throughout […]

Topps Box at Top Spot

We’re heading toward fall, and for many of us, that means football season. Maybe that’s why a box of football cards took the top price at a recent Morphy auction. The Toy & General Collectibles Auction earlier this month offered classic collectible toys like trains, pressed steel cars, bisque-headed dolls, mechanical banks, glass marbles, and […]

Play Ball!

Dear Lee, If it’s October, it must be World Series time! Even if you aren’t a baseball person, there’s plenty of sports memorabilia to attract collectors. I have been amazed at the prices that baseball and basketball cards have been getting in the past year. The crazy prices could be because people were stuck at […]

Sports Signatures

If you come across a sports signature in purple, red, brown or green Sharpie pen, it probably dates from the 1970s, when any color was considered OK. Now everyone knows it’s best to sign most items in blue or black.    

Indianapolis 500 Memorabilia  

The 110-year-old Indianapolis 500 automobile race annually draws 350,000 attendees each year. The event has its traditions with pre-race ceremonies, race procedures and post-race celebrations. Most noteworthy are the 33-car field lining up three-wide for the start, the annual singing of “Back Home Again in Indiana,” and the victory lane bottle of milk.  The recent […]

Vintage Holiday Gift Ideas for Collectors

It’s not too late to buy holiday gifts for your collector friends. Terry Kovel suggests fun and useful vintage gifts. Collectors like the unusual, the historic, the durable, and like to “think outside the box.” 1) Look for a gift that will create memories. Consider the blue glass Shirley Temple set that was free with […]