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Vintage Baseball Memorabilia Set for Auction
By Richard Mueller
The catalog for Robert Edward Auctions’ 2010 baseball and other sports memorabilia sale will ship on April 9, 2010. The first copy off the presses will be presented to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York for their library, as is REA’s time-honored tradition. The remaining 10,000 catalogs will be sent to collectors all over the world who have been anxiously awaiting the baseball collecting world’s most highly anticipated auction. Inside the catalog will again be hundreds of items worthy of the most prestigious collections in the world, both public and private. Bidding begins April 12. Total sales for the event are expected to exceed $5 million. Serious baseball collectors all over the world look forward to Robert Edward’s annual spring auction. Highlights include the Sy Berger Collection. The legendary Sy Berger, universally recognized as the “Father of the Modern Bubble-Gum Card” has chosen Robert Edward Auctions to help him share his stash with the collecting world. Sy Berger was the face of Topps for over fifty years, and is one of the most important hobby industry pioneers in the history of collecting. The original paintings used for the 1953 Topps set will be among the items sold. Possibly the most incredible and historically significant item in this year’s auction is the famous “Merkle Ball.” This baseball is arguably the most important baseball of the 20th Century. This baseball is the ultimate relic from the most controversial call in baseball history – the one that resulted in Fred Merkle being vilified in the media for his entire career, and the one that resulted in the Cubs winning their last World Championship. The reserve price is $25,000. Also included in the auction is the most highly sought-after and valuable baseball card in the world – the T206 Honus Wagner. Graded poor-fair, the “Connecticut Wagner” has been lost to the collecting world, locked away in a safe deposit box for the past 25 years by a father and son who purchased the card along with a complete T206 set for $10,000 at a Connecticut card show in the 1980s. The final date of bidding in this year’s auction will be Saturday, May 1. Vintage baseball memorabilia has become one of the most popular types of collectibles. Many rare items not only hold their value but appreciate over time. Cards like the Wagner and the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle when offered in higher grades, often find new homes at higher prices than they were sold for just a few years earlier. |
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Thank you for sharing this information on these great collectables, Richard. Even in these tough times, sports collectables seem to bring continuing interest.
Keep up the good work.
Best wishes.
Frederick
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