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The G.O.A.T. (s) of Heritage Sports: Part 2
Commentary by Heritage Auctions Consignment Director Chris Nerat
Continued from our June issue … Basketball Card G.O.A.T. 1969 Topps Lew Alcindor #25
PSA Gem Mint 10. Sold for $501,900. A half-million-dollar
Baseball Card G.O.A.T. 1909-11 T206 Sweet Caporal basketball card! At the time, it was the only Gem 10 ever graded
Honus Wagner SGC Authentic - A Newly Discovered from Lew’s card debut, and this one turned heads of card
Example! Sold for $262,900. We’ll call it divine intervention. enthusiasts everywhere. Pristine color, corners, and centering
In truth, the discovery of any new Wagner card could be tell the tale on this cardboard gem.
properly characterized as such. They turn up about as often as
bottles of 1921 Dom Perignon, as Action Comics #1, or as a Hockey Card G.O.A.T. 1979/80
diamond as big as your fist. But the presented example, O-Pee-Chee Hockey Unopened &
unearthed just several years ago, makes the rest seem downright Still Sealed Wax Box (48 packs) -
secular. It was consigned to Heritage by a nun at a Virginia Gretzky’s Rookie Year! Sold for
diocese who utilized the proceeds to support charitable missions both domestically $40,032. The holy grail of modern
and abroad. It was left to her by her collector brother with a note informing her, Basketball cards would be an unopened
“Although damaged, the value of this baseball card should increase exponentially box from the 1986 Fleer series that contains the rookie
throughout the 21st century! card of Michael Jordan. The worthy equivalent for hockey cards is this wax box
Football Card G.O.A.T. 1965 Topps Joe Namath Rookie thanks to card #18, the rookie card of the ‘Great One’ Wayne Gretzky!
#122 PSA Mint 9. Sold for $264,000. It’s a fitting tribute to Misc. Sports Card G.O.A.T. 1958-59 Tupinamba Ltda.
Broadway Joe—a bit flamboyant, larger than life. This first Coleção Quigol Pele Rookie #109 PSA EX 5. Sold for
pigskin issue to feature the “tall boy” format remains a fan $14,400. Is this the most important rookie card in the world?
favorite a half-century after its debut, both for the eye-popping Despite skyrocketing fame, only a tiny handful of these
design and the iconic cast of characters it commemorates. But Brazilian-issue trading cards are known to exist today. The
certainly, no card from that 176-card set is more fiercely coveted entire PSA population stands at twenty, with only six superior
than this important rookie celebrating the professional debut of to this offering. The vast majority of these cards were either
the man who gave Mickey Mantle a run for his money for the pasted into albums or victimized by the fragile nature of their
title of ultimate playboy athlete. It is arguably the most thin paper construction.
recognizable football card that exists, bar none.
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Paul R. Minshull #16591. BP 20%; see HA.com 52651
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Commentary by Heritage Auctions Consignment Director Chris Nerat
Continued from our June issue … Basketball Card G.O.A.T. 1969 Topps Lew Alcindor #25
PSA Gem Mint 10. Sold for $501,900. A half-million-dollar
Baseball Card G.O.A.T. 1909-11 T206 Sweet Caporal basketball card! At the time, it was the only Gem 10 ever graded
Honus Wagner SGC Authentic - A Newly Discovered from Lew’s card debut, and this one turned heads of card
Example! Sold for $262,900. We’ll call it divine intervention. enthusiasts everywhere. Pristine color, corners, and centering
In truth, the discovery of any new Wagner card could be tell the tale on this cardboard gem.
properly characterized as such. They turn up about as often as
bottles of 1921 Dom Perignon, as Action Comics #1, or as a Hockey Card G.O.A.T. 1979/80
diamond as big as your fist. But the presented example, O-Pee-Chee Hockey Unopened &
unearthed just several years ago, makes the rest seem downright Still Sealed Wax Box (48 packs) -
secular. It was consigned to Heritage by a nun at a Virginia Gretzky’s Rookie Year! Sold for
diocese who utilized the proceeds to support charitable missions both domestically $40,032. The holy grail of modern
and abroad. It was left to her by her collector brother with a note informing her, Basketball cards would be an unopened
“Although damaged, the value of this baseball card should increase exponentially box from the 1986 Fleer series that contains the rookie
throughout the 21st century! card of Michael Jordan. The worthy equivalent for hockey cards is this wax box
Football Card G.O.A.T. 1965 Topps Joe Namath Rookie thanks to card #18, the rookie card of the ‘Great One’ Wayne Gretzky!
#122 PSA Mint 9. Sold for $264,000. It’s a fitting tribute to Misc. Sports Card G.O.A.T. 1958-59 Tupinamba Ltda.
Broadway Joe—a bit flamboyant, larger than life. This first Coleção Quigol Pele Rookie #109 PSA EX 5. Sold for
pigskin issue to feature the “tall boy” format remains a fan $14,400. Is this the most important rookie card in the world?
favorite a half-century after its debut, both for the eye-popping Despite skyrocketing fame, only a tiny handful of these
design and the iconic cast of characters it commemorates. But Brazilian-issue trading cards are known to exist today. The
certainly, no card from that 176-card set is more fiercely coveted entire PSA population stands at twenty, with only six superior
than this important rookie celebrating the professional debut of to this offering. The vast majority of these cards were either
the man who gave Mickey Mantle a run for his money for the pasted into albums or victimized by the fragile nature of their
title of ultimate playboy athlete. It is arguably the most thin paper construction.
recognizable football card that exists, bar none.
T NIO
N I V T A A G E SPO TRO S P HO G R AP A UCT
PHY
O OTT
A ug t2 e t x n d e d O n i l n e Bid g
3 | E
d nid
g su
Cir ca 1918 Babe Ruuth 1 9 2 7 Lou G e r h ig O r ig n ina l P ho o t a r g p h 1 9 5 1 Mi c ke a nt e l O i r gi n l a 1955 Roberto Clemente 1939
9 Jackie Robinson Original
e My
e
Original News Photoggraph b y Cha r le s Co n – Ne w s P h o t o g aphr U s e d f or 1 95 1 Rookie Y ear New
o lon
ws Photograph as a UCLA
ou
n Ro
9
, d r a
by Charles Conlonn, U s e df r1 3 3G u ed y C B o w m an o k ie C a rd , Original News Photograph, Bru ins Running Back by Herb
o
allinger, PSA/DNA T
y T
y T
y y e1p
DNAT
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PSA/DNA ype 1 P S A / D NATy P S A /D y y p e1 PSA/DNA ype 1 Da ype 1
S
Sold for $78,0000 Sold for $660,000 Sold foor $71,700 Sold for $19,200 Sold for $2,160
oday!
Accepting CConsignments | DDelivering Results | Call T o
TA
877-HERIT AGE (437-4824) SPOR TS@HA.COM
BM LAP
CIHC|
|
|
LREVEB
D A L L 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
N AS|
W EN|
G NOH|
AVAENEG
|
DRETSM
IRAP|
L O N D O N S V | A A M K O N G
l A w a y s A c c e n i t p g Q u t i l a y C o n g i s n m e t n s i n 4 0 + C e t a g e i r o s
Av
I m me d ia e t C a s h A dv a n c e s A v i a la bl e
1 Mi i l l on + O n i l n e B idd - r e M e mb s r e
Paul R. Minshull #16591. BP 20%; see HA.com 52651
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