Why baseball still has the edge over football and basketball in the sports card word
While the NFL and NBA have surpassed baseball in mainstream popularity, the balance in the trading card world is different ...
Is Willie Mays underrated by baseball card collectors?
“Mickey Mantle is really the face of the hobby,” long-time dealer Paul Borges of PB Collectables in Newport, RI said. “It’s ...
Manatee High School community to celebrate compassionate life of 'an amazing man'
As an educator and a coach, Steve Olsen, a Manatee High School Hall of Famer, had a gift for steering kids in the right ...
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A new generation of collectors are embracing US sports cards – with some fetching prices in the millions
In America, sports trading cards have been collectible for decades. Now they’re popular around the world, but US sports still ...
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Babe Ruth 'called shot' jersey sells for record $24 million at auction
The previous record was for a rare mint condition Mickey Mantle 1952 rookie card, which sold for $12.6 million in 2022. Whether or not Ruth actually pointed to the center field stands and then hit ...
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Babe Ruth's ‘called shot' jersey from 1932 World Series sells for over $24 million at auction
The buyer wishes to remain anonymous, Heritage said. The amount that the jersey sold for topped fellow Yankee Mickey Mantle's 1952 rookie card, which the Dallas-based auction house sold for $12.6 ...
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Babe Ruth’s ‘Called Shot’ Jersey Sells for $24M, Dethroning Mickey Mantle Rookie Card as World’s Most Valuable Sports Collectible
Ruth has now dethroned fellow New York Yankees legend Mickey Mantle for the highest-priced collectible in sports, a title Mantle’s 1952 Topps rookie card earned when it sold in August 2022 for ...