SportsCardLink’s April/May 2011 Featured Auction of cards and memorabilia is now open for bidding at www.sportscardlink.com. The auction, which contains over 300 Vintage, Graded card and memorabilia lots with no seller reserves, will run from now until the evening of Wednesday, May 4th, when the lots will begin closing at 8:30 p.m. EST. This auction features important and exciting sports cards and memorabilia from the late 1880’s through the Modern era.
Stand-out graded sports card highlights include a collection of 3 ultra rare, new to the hobby W600 Sporting Life Cabinet cards, a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle in PSA 7 NM, an amazing high grade collection of Topps and Bowman Mickey Mantle cards (including 1952 and 1954 Bowman Mantles in PSA 8, a 1953 Bowman in PSA 9 and 1956, 1958, 1959 and 1963 Topps Mantle cards in PSA 9). The auction also features an SGC graded 1933 Goudey partial set with 156 of the set’s 240 cards included as well as a complete, fully SGC Graded 1933 Goudey Sport King set. Top memorabilia highlights include a very unusual signed and inscribed Ty Cobb photograph, a remarkable 21 piece 1930’s NFL program collection, and a significant late 1920s Babe Ruth glass photographic negative.
Other Graded card highlights include: a T206 Ty Cobb Red Portrait in SGC 4(50) VG/EX, a T206 Napoleon Lajoie (with Bat) in PSA 6 EX-MT, a 1915 Cracker Jack Honus Wagner in SGC 3 (40). a 1940 Play Ball Ted Williams in PSA 8 NM-MT, a 1954 Topps Jackie Robinson in PSA 8 NM-MT, a 1954 Henry Aaron #128 PSA 6 EX-MT, a 1955 Topps Sandy Koufax #123 PSA 8 NM-MT, a 1955 Roberto Clemente #164 SGC 7 (84) NRMT, a 1960 Nu-Card Highlights Ruth #16 PSA 10 GEM-MT, and several spectacular, freshly graded PSA 10’s from the 1950’s – 1970’s, as well as a strong offering of cards of Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Ted Williams and Sandy Koufax from the 1940’s – 1960’s.
Complete or near complete set highlights include a near complete (322/324) 1951 Bowman baseball set, a complete 1953 Bowman Color baseball set, a 1953 Topps baseball partial (209/274) set, a 1954 Johnson Cookies near complete set, a 1955 Johnston Cookies Series 1 Panel with high grade Aaron, a 1960 Topps Football partial set (34) all in PSA 8 with HOF’ers, a 1962 Topps Football partial set (72) all in PSA 7 with HOF’ers, a complete 1954 Bowman Power for Peace set, and many more.
Other Memorabilia highlights include an Old-Timers signed baseball with 8 HOF’ers including Roger Hornsby, a Ted Williams
Underjersey w/ LOA, a 22 piece collection of 1950’s and 60’s baseball photos from the collection of
Yankee great Ralph Terry, Thurman Munson’s locker nameplate from his final game in 1979, a very unusual 1926 Red Grange Chicago Bears barnstorming program as well as multiple lots of vintage, high-grade, professional and collegiate football programs from the 1930s through the 60s — and much more!
We have some exceptional highlights already lined up for the SportsCardLink July Featured Auction. If you would like to sell in this auction, and “max out” your auction preview exposure, please email your list of prospective auction items to buysell@sportscardlink.com or contact Chris Porter, Josh Nathanson, or Douglas Gillock at 617-517-0072; press option 1.
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