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Gavels 'n' Paddles: Uncut sheet, baseball cards, $32,200, Blackwell Auctions

Gavels 'n' Paddles: Uncut sheet, baseball cards, $32,200, Blackwell Auctions

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far
by Ken Hall
An uncut sheet of 110 Topps baseball cards from 1956 sold for $32,200 at an Americana Auction held June 10th by Blackwell Auctions in Clearwater, Fla. Also, a Los Angeles Police Dept. lieutenant’s badge #7, accompanied by a 14kt gold retirement badge, went for $7,500; an 1852 daguerreotype of American artist Thomas Hicks, with a lock of Hicks’ hair, made $13,200; and a 14kt gold pocket watch presented by Pres. Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 to a British ship’s captain hit $9,300. Prices include the buyer’s premium.

Gavels ‘n’ Paddles: Uncut sheet, baseball cards, $32,200, Blackwell Auctions