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Heritage Auctions World Record with $504,000
Result for Ricky Williams’ 1998 Heisman Trophy
DALLAS, TX – The world’s largest collectibles
$49,200: 1998 Doak Walker
auctioneer flexed its muscles in impressive fashion last Award Presented to University of
week as it shattered two longstanding pricing records Texas Longhorns Running Back
en route to a $2.9 million tally. After a marketing Ricky Williams. (shown, far left)
blitz that saw the impending sale of University of $38,400: 1915 Boston Red Sox
Texas Longhorns running back Ricky Pitching Staff with Rookie Babe Ruth
Williams’ 1998 Heisman Trophy promoted by Original News Photograph, PSA/DNA
Sports Illustrated, The New York Times and Type 1. (shown, center) The photo dates to the
hundreds of other major media outlets, an first World Championship season that Ruth and Speaker would share, a
alumnus of the school marvelous snapshot-sized (4 x 4.75”) image of the
claimed victory with pitching rotation that posted the third-highest winning
the placement of a percentage in BoSox franchise history.
$504,000 bid for $28,800: 1923 Green Bay Packers Stock Certificate,
college football’s most one of the most significant early Green Bay Packers
coveted hardware. artifacts to surface on the hobby. (shown, below) Its
The second-highest survival to present day—just a tiny handful are known
price achieved in the to exist—is as unlikely as the survival of the team itself,
1,100-lot event like- which teetered at the edge of insolvency when this cash-
wise shattered the raising scheme was hatched.
standing world record $27,600: Signed 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle
as an oversized New #253, PSA/DNA Authentic Auto 8.
York Yankees promotional nodder manu- $18,000: circa 1919 “Shoeless Joe” Jackson Original News Photograph,
factured in the early 1960s claimed a PSA/DNA Type 1.
$90,000 result. The sale broke the $16,200: circa 1920 Reach Sporting Goods Sign. (shown, above) This
previous record by $30,000, which stunning two-sided, diecut,
was also set by Heritage in March heavy base metal sign once
2015 for $60,000. hung outside a Reach
Championship rings, one of branch store.
the hottest subgenres in the Heritage Auctions is the
sports collectibles marketplace, largest fine art and col-
continued their meteoric pricing lectibles auction house found-
ascent in the two-day event, the ed in the United States, and
most noteworthy result being $69,000 for Pittsburgh Steelers safety Tyrone the world’s largest collectibles
Carter’s 2005 Super Bowl XL model. Five rings commanded five-figure prices. auctioneer. For more
Other highlights included: information visit HA.com
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Result for Ricky Williams’ 1998 Heisman Trophy
DALLAS, TX – The world’s largest collectibles
$49,200: 1998 Doak Walker
auctioneer flexed its muscles in impressive fashion last Award Presented to University of
week as it shattered two longstanding pricing records Texas Longhorns Running Back
en route to a $2.9 million tally. After a marketing Ricky Williams. (shown, far left)
blitz that saw the impending sale of University of $38,400: 1915 Boston Red Sox
Texas Longhorns running back Ricky Pitching Staff with Rookie Babe Ruth
Williams’ 1998 Heisman Trophy promoted by Original News Photograph, PSA/DNA
Sports Illustrated, The New York Times and Type 1. (shown, center) The photo dates to the
hundreds of other major media outlets, an first World Championship season that Ruth and Speaker would share, a
alumnus of the school marvelous snapshot-sized (4 x 4.75”) image of the
claimed victory with pitching rotation that posted the third-highest winning
the placement of a percentage in BoSox franchise history.
$504,000 bid for $28,800: 1923 Green Bay Packers Stock Certificate,
college football’s most one of the most significant early Green Bay Packers
coveted hardware. artifacts to surface on the hobby. (shown, below) Its
The second-highest survival to present day—just a tiny handful are known
price achieved in the to exist—is as unlikely as the survival of the team itself,
1,100-lot event like- which teetered at the edge of insolvency when this cash-
wise shattered the raising scheme was hatched.
standing world record $27,600: Signed 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle
as an oversized New #253, PSA/DNA Authentic Auto 8.
York Yankees promotional nodder manu- $18,000: circa 1919 “Shoeless Joe” Jackson Original News Photograph,
factured in the early 1960s claimed a PSA/DNA Type 1.
$90,000 result. The sale broke the $16,200: circa 1920 Reach Sporting Goods Sign. (shown, above) This
previous record by $30,000, which stunning two-sided, diecut,
was also set by Heritage in March heavy base metal sign once
2015 for $60,000. hung outside a Reach
Championship rings, one of branch store.
the hottest subgenres in the Heritage Auctions is the
sports collectibles marketplace, largest fine art and col-
continued their meteoric pricing lectibles auction house found-
ascent in the two-day event, the ed in the United States, and
most noteworthy result being $69,000 for Pittsburgh Steelers safety Tyrone the world’s largest collectibles
Carter’s 2005 Super Bowl XL model. Five rings commanded five-figure prices. auctioneer. For more
Other highlights included: information visit HA.com
C RA
F A LL PSL O R T S C D A UCTIOC N VIEEW | TRACK | BBID
D e c em er 5 – 7 | Ebm t d e d O n i l n e iB d n i d g H HA.COM/500220
t x en
$
0 000,
E st i m e t a $ 8 00 , 00 +00 E st i m e t a $ 8 0 , 0 000 + E st i m e t a $ 200 + E st i m e t a $ 05 , 000 + E st i m e t a e $ 2 00 , 000 +
877-HERITAGE (437-48244) SPOR TS@@HA.COM
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CIHC|
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D A L L A A S Y O R K Y L L I H S F R A N S I C C O A G O E A C H
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