CENTURY LATER, STILL ROARS

FEEDING THE MONSTER

Istill have the first T206 card I ever bought, and

TWO WAGNERS, TWO WORLD RECORDS

TWO T206 HONUS WAGNER CARDS BRING BIG BUCKS JUST THREE WEEKS APART

EXTREMELY RARE RUTH

Mile High Card Company sells only known example of 1916 Holmes to Homes Babe Ruthfor $162,850

SIGNED RUTH CARD TOUGHER THAN YOU THINK

MILE HIGH AUCTIONS’ 1933 SPORT KINGS AUTOGRAPHED BABE RUTH CARD TOPS $145,900

EARLY MICKEY MANTLE-SIGNED BASEBALLS SOLD BY MILE HIGH

Two baseballs signed in 1949 by then 17-year-old minor

COMPLETE T206 SET REACHES MONSTER PRICE

SET SOLD BY MILE HIGH CARD COMPANY IS NO. 9 ON PSA SET REGISTRY

SOLD!

1933 GOUDEY #181 BABE RUTH FILE CARD SUBMITTED TO THE U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE SOLD IN REA’S SUMMER AUCTION – CLOSED IN MID-AUGUST

GEHRIG GAMER SOLD

SCP AUCTIONS HANDLES SALE OF 1928-30 BAT

ONE FO RECORD

HERITAGE AUCTIONS’ DAVID HALL T206 COLLECTION INCLUDED WORLD RECORD SALE OF A PSA T206 HONUS WAGNER AUTHENTIC

MORE THAN A THE MONSTER

T206. While we know most baseball card sets by more

Packs & Backs GALLERY

The unusual feature of America Beauty cards is that

Printing THE MONSTER

T206 cards still hold up today, more than 100 years

PRINTING THE MONSTER

We as collectors have all at least seen a T206 card.

THE MISSING PLANK

EDDIE PLANK’S SHORT-PRINTED T206 CARD IS ALMOST AS SCARCE AS HONUS WAGNER’S. YET EVEN WITH THAT DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY, PLANK STILL TRAILS HONUS …BY A LOT.

SIGN,KELLY, SIGN!

Mike “King” Kelly was baseballʼs first star player, and believed to be the first player targeted by something new to the game: autograph seekers

CARDBOARD NEWS

SUBSETS – THOSE SOMETIMES THRILLING, SOMETIMES ANNOYING LITTLE BREAKS IN TOPPS BASEBALL SETS FROM THE 1950S-1990S SERVED MULTIPLE PURPOSES: INFORM/EDUCATE, ENTERTAIN AND BREAK UP THE MONOTONY OF POSES

OBAKS:

FROM T212 CARDS TO T4 CABINETS

NEW CATALOG ADDITION: CIRCA 1950 BORDEN’S EVAPORATED MILK JACKIE ROBINSON

One of the greatest parts of my job as Senior Vintage

HE’S NO LEMON

The Harlem Globetrotters were big before Meadowlark

GIVING THEM THE HEISMAN

RICKY WILLIAMS’ 1998 HEISMAN SELLS FOR RECORD PRICE

HAVE A COKE AND A CARD!

AT A TIME WHEN TOPPS OFFERED THE ONLY MAINSTREAM HOCKEY SERIES, THE SOFT-DRINK GIANT FILLED A NICHE WITH A SERIES THAT STANDS THE TEST OF TIME.

DRIVING THE THAMES

English golfer Tony Jacklin not only made headlines

JAKE DAUBERT GAMER IN HUNT AUCTION

Arare piece of game-used lumber from the career of

SOLD! 1966-67 PETE MARAVICH LSU FRESHMAN SEASON GAME-USED CONVERSE SNEAKERS (MEARS & LETTER OF PROVENANCE)

GOLDIN AUCTIONS 2019 OCTOBER LEGENDS AUCTION – CLOSED OCTOBER 20 $16,640

SOLD! VINTAGE CIRCA 1968 KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR “LEW ALCINDOR” SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BASKETBALL (JSA)

SOLD BY GOLDIN AUCTIONS IN ITS 2019 OCTOBER LEGENDS AUCTION – CLOSED OCTOBER 20 $5,760

THE REAL NUKE LALOOSH

STEVE DALKOWSKI DID PLENTY OF THINGS IN EXCESS – DRINK AND PARTY AMONG THEM. HE ALSO HAPPENED TO THROW A BASEBALL AN ESTIMATED 105 MPH.

DOMINANCE X 2

Future Hall of Famers Walter Payton and Earl Campbell