(Originally posted on Sports Collectors Daily – by Rich Mueller) Robert Edward Auctions completed its January 2023 Encore Auction Sunday night with more than 3,000 items tallying over $1.1 million. The company says 59,510 bids were placed by a record number of different bidders for an Encore Auction. View the complete auction results at Robert Edward Auction here.
The auction, REA’s first of the year, was headlined by the sale of a 1986 Fleer Basketball #57 Michael Jordan Rookie graded PSA MINT 9 for $17,400 along with a signed 1952 Topps #261 Willie Mays graded a Fair 1.5 by PSA with a NM 7 autograph at $16,800.