3 Top Recent eBay Baseball Card Sales
1) 2010 Bowman Chrome Superfractor – Stephen Strasburg 1/1 – Card # BCP1 – Sold for $16,403 in auction
2) 1928 George Ruth Candy Co. – Babe Ruth Card # 2, Graded PSA7 – Sold for $14,999 in auction
3) 1952 Topps – Andy Pafko Card # 1, Graded PSA7 – Sold for $12,000 in auction
The Miami Herald recently wrote a story on a very rare trading card set which includes stars of the Cuban and Negro Leagues. If you’re not aware of this set, as a card collector, you need to read the article.
Remember the old Topps baseball card sticker books? Well, with World Cup mania upon us, there is a soccer (don’t call it football), sticker book that is becoming a huge collectible with fans of the world’s sport.
No new releases this week, but…………….2010 Allen and Ginter
is coming…………………stay tuned.
An article in the Denver Post, recently stated how baseball cards area a “huge hit again”. It’s an interesting quick read, that talks about the hype of the card market of late, evidencing the Strasburg baseball card sale that topped $16k, among others.
Ken Griffey Jr.
announced his retirement as a major league baseball player after 22 MLB seasons and 630 home runs. He is a certain first ballot Hall of Famer.
2010 Topps Baseball Series 2 was released late in May. The best prices I’ve seen on the internet are currently at Blowout Cards and of course on eBay
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No new releases scheduled until the big drop on June 25th of the now perennial hit, Topps Allen and Ginter. (If you think I might be overlooking a scheduled baseball card release between now and then, please let me know).
Tuff Stuff Magazine released a great article on how certain memorabilia cards are created. This article applies more to racing memorabilia cards than it does to baseball memorabilia cards, but it’s a great inside look at the process nonetheless.
The eTopps Big League Challenge returns for 2010, beginning on Monday, May 24th. Weekly winners and a Grand Prize winner of the game, involving 3 batters and 2 pitchers using fantasy stats each week from unlocked eTopps cards, will earn cases of Topps baseball cards and autographed baseball cards.
The Cardboard Connection recently had a nice post about 20 star rookie cards that can be found for under $20.
3 Top eBay Baseball Card Sales
- 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth #144, graded PSA 7 – sold for $9,703 (auction)
- 1909 T206 Ty Cobb (Bat off shoulder), graded PSA 7 – sold for $6,200 (best offer)
- T206 Ty Cobb (Bat off shoulder), graded PSA 7 – sold for $4,730 (auction)
Here is an interesting additional recent sale on eBay:
1954 Topps Ray Blades #154, graded PSA 9 – sold for $2,550 (auction)
Releases
2010 Topps Series 2 is coming out next week on May 27th. You can find good prices on hobby boxes on eBay
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2010 Tristar In Pursuit of the Majors was released last week. You can find really good prices at Blowout Cards.
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