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Game-Worn Alcindor Rookie Jersey Highlights Heritage Fall Sports Catalog Auction

 In 2018, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar penned an open letter to that year’s NBA Draft class in which he welcomed them to the “rollercoaster ride that is your rookie year.” Abdul-Jabbar, as accomplished a writer today as he was a scorer during his basketball career, warned the newbies about the “rush of ...

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Mantle Memorabilia Heads Heritage’s Summer Platinum Auction

Heritage Auctions A game worn Mickey Mantle jersey from 1958 is currently at a record $3.9 million (including buyer’s premium) in Heritage Auctions Summer Platinum Sports Auction, with 11 days left to go (bidding through August 19th at 10pm/CT) The previous record for a Mantle gamer sold at auction is this one, with a winning bid at Heritage in ...

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37-Pound Lunar Meteorite, One of the Largest to Come to Auction, Touches Down at Heritage Auctions

imaged by Heritage Auctions A monstrous, 37-pound Lunar Meteorite (NWA 15368 Lunar Meteorite) discovered in Mali by camel shepherds in 2021 (with a minimum opening bid of $600,000), and a rare, 20-foot long mummified dinosaur tail and vertebrae fossil (minimum bid $50,000) headline the March 31 Heritage Auctions’ Nature & ...

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Tom Brady’s (For Now) Record-Holding 624th Touchdown Ball Goes Up for Grabs at Heritage Auctions in May

The very football from Tom Brady’s 624th career touchdown pass is a centerpiece of Heritage Auctions’ May 12-14 Sports Catalog Auction. The historic pass came in the fourth quarter of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ blowout win over the Carolina Panthers on Jan. 9, 2022. Twenty yards, Brady to Mike Evans. ...

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Robinson Memorabilia Headlines Heritage Auctions Black History Month Collection

HA Auctions The tale of Jackie Robinson’s first meeting with Brooklyn Dodgers President Branch Rickey, on Aug. 28, 1945, has been recounted and reshaped so many times it long ago slipped from memory to mythology. Each retelling, in print and on film, is a little different; each detail, slightly tweaked. ...

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Mantle Jersey Among 4200+ Lots In November Heritage Auctions

“There’s a bit of magic to it,” said a recent visitor to Heritage Auctions as he eyed, with awe and reverence, the gray jersey adorned with “NEW YORK” on the front and “7” on the back. The slightly soiled, sweat-stained top belonged, of course, to Mickey Mantle — the No. 7. Of this, there is ...

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Norman Rockwell’s 1945 Masterwork ‘Home for Thanksgiving’ Makes Its Auction Debut

Home for Thanksgiving (HA Auctions) For years, the painting hung in the hallway of a Massachusetts American Legion Post – alone, unattended, on a wall near the front door. “Where anyone could have walked out with it,” Ken LaBrack says with a small laugh.  For years, no one cared too ...

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‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson Autographed Photo Sells for Record $1.47 Million

A new world auction record for a signed sports photograph was established for an exceedingly scarce and important 1911 “Shoeless” Joe Jackson Autographed Photograph by Frank W. Smith (PSA/DNA 9 MT)(Unique Surviving Example) which sold for $1,470,000, far exceeding the estimate of $200,000-400,000. The signed photo was offered by Christie’s ...

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Ruth, McCovey, DiMaggio/Monroe Pieces Highlight Heritage Auction

$20 million worth of sports history will be up for grabs when Dallas-based Heritage Auctions conducts its star-studded Summer Platinum Auction which is underway and continues through August 21-22. The event features a treasure-trove of sports memorabilia including a vintage Babe Ruth rookie trading card worth more than $1 million, ...

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1950 Roy Campanella Brooklyn Dodgers Game-Used Home Jersey Sells for $186,000

A 1950 Brooklyn Dodgers game-used home jersey belonging to Hall of Fame catcher Roy Campanella sold Sunday night for $186,000 at Robert Edward Auctions. A three-time National League MVP, Campanella was considered one of the greatest catchers of his era. He was already a star in the Negro Leagues when Branch Rickey recruited him shortly after ...

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