1909 Honus Wagner baseball card sells for record $2.35 million (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
1909 Honus Wagner baseball card sells for record $2.35 million (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
LOS ANGELES The “Holy Grail of baseball cards,” the famous 1909 Honus Wagner tobacco card once owned by hockey great Wayne Gretzky, has sold for a record-setting $2,350,000, the seller of the card said Monday. The anonymous buyer has only been identified as a Southern California collector. SCP Auctions Inc., a company that holds sports memorabilia auctions, said it bought a small share of the …
Sports Hall honors SW Conference (KVII 7 Amarillo)
WACO, Texas (AP) - Eighty years’ worth of history and memorabilia from the old Southwest Conference is sitting in a closet at the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. But maybe not for long.
Knotts mementos donated to WVU (WNCT Greenville)
(AP) - Scripts and other Don Knotts memorabilia have been sent to the actor’s alma mater, West Virginia University. Mementos from Knotts’ most famous role, that of Deputy Barney Fife in “The Andy Griffith Show,” are going to a collector in Mount Airy (North Carolina).
Honus Wagner baseball card sells for record $2.3 million (The Fresno Bee)
The “Mona Lisa” of baseball memorabilia, an almost mint condition 1909 Honus Wagner tobacco card, arrived in Los Angeles on Tuesday in the company of an armed guard but without its new owner, a mysterious Southern California collector who shelled out most of a record $2.35 million for it.
Unitas memorabilia pieces fetch more $84K at auction (Sports Illustrated)
A helmet worn by Johnny Unitas in the 1960s sold for $54,050, and the quarterback’s first contract with the Baltimore Colts drew a bid of $29,900 at an auction of sports memorabilia Friday night.
Honus Wagner card sells for record $2.3M (Fox Sports)
The “Holy Grail of baseball cards,” the famous 1909 Honus Wagner tobacco card once owned by hockey great Wayne Gretzky, has sold for a record-setting $2.35 million, the seller of the card said Monday. The buyer has only been identified as a Southern California collector. SCP Auctions Inc., a company that holds sports memorabilia auctions, said it bought a small share of the card. It is scheduled …
Judge to oversee lawsuits linked to ‘body snatching’ (The Record)
More than 100 lawsuits spawned by a “body-snatching” operation allegedly run by a former dentist from Fort Lee are now being funneled through a federal judge in Newark.
Texas Hall planning to SWC wing (Dallas Morning News)
WACO Eighty years’ worth of history and memorabilia from the old Southwest Conference is sitting in a closet at the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. But perhaps not for long.
COLLEGE NOTES (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Eighty years’ worth of history and memorabilia from the old Southwest Conference is sitting in a closet at the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in Waco. But maybe not for long.
Local Scene (The Wayne Independent)
The Hawley Historical Group is scheduled to meet Tuesday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m. at Hawley Library. Participants may bring pictures, articles and other memorabilia of floods in the Hawley area. The mementos will be the centerpiece of the next library exhibit.