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Articles for Sports Memorabilia

Man used Jackie Robinson contracts to steal millions from investors. Then he fled to Russia seeking asylum
2 weeks ago

Man used Jackie Robinson contracts to steal millions from investors. Then he fled to Russia seeking asylum

LA Times  

Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers’ second baseman, and Dodgers president Branch Rickey after signing a contract in 1950. The first contract Jackie Robinson signed along with Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey on Oct. 23, 1945, was an agreement to play for the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers’ top farm club. Sports memorabilia can fetch millions these days, and experts say the original …

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Baseball legend Babe Ruth’s shirt breaks sports memorabilia auction record
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Baseball legend Babe Ruth’s shirt breaks sports memorabilia auction record

Al Jazeera  

Ruth wore the ‘called shot’ shirt during a historic game against the Chicago Cubs in his final World Series in 1932. A shirt belonging to American baseball legend Babe Ruth has shattered the record for the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever auctioned, fetching $24.1m after a weeks-long auction. After touring the country, including a return to Wrigley Field, …

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How OJ Simpson became armed robber 13 years after acquittal for double-murder by stealing sports memorabilia at gunpoint...then serving nine years in prison
8 months, 1 week ago

How OJ Simpson became armed robber 13 years after acquittal for double-murder by stealing sports memorabilia at gunpoint...then serving nine years in prison

Daily Mail  

On Thursday, his family announced that he died following a cancer battle He and five other thieves stormed into room 1203 at the Palace Station Hotel and stole sports memorabilia More than a decade after OJ Simpson was acquitted of the double murder of his ex-wife and her friend, he decided to commit another crime - one that had a …

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Mickey Mantle card breaks record, as sports memorabilia soar
2 years, 3 months ago

Mickey Mantle card breaks record, as sports memorabilia soar

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for $12.6 million Sunday, blasting into the record books as the most ever paid for sports memorabilia in a market that has grown exponentially more lucrative in recent years. The rare Mantle card eclipsed the record just posted a few months ago — $9.3 million for the jersey worn …

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A Babe Ruth card that could set a new world record is part of a baseball card collection valued at $20 million going up for auction
3 years, 7 months ago

A Babe Ruth card that could set a new world record is part of a baseball card collection valued at $20 million going up for auction

CNN  

CNN — For over four decades, a doctor from Florida avidly collected baseball cards and sports memorabilia with some items dating back to the 1880s. Courtesy Nancy Newman Over the years, the Tampa doctor collected sports memorabilia, mainly baseball cards, and even traveled to attend conventions to find pristine items to add to his growing collection. “One of the 1933 …

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How This Man Turned His Sports Memorabilia Collection into a New Stock Market
3 years, 10 months ago

How This Man Turned His Sports Memorabilia Collection into a New Stock Market

News 18  

People love to collect memorabilia of their favourite athletes, but one man in Florida has turned his collection hobby into a whole new stock market. It includes items used or touched by some of American sports’ biggest personalities across various games. You can get better and someday be a major league baseball player or build an international hall of fame …

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JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs ... Mickey Mantle? Sports trading card prices soar during pandemic
4 years, 2 months ago

JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs ... Mickey Mantle? Sports trading card prices soar during pandemic

Daily Mail  

Faced with a worldwide pandemic and the upcoming presidential election, American investors are battling a historic case of motion sickness. Take his famed 1952 Topps rookie, which has seen its average market value rise to $362,222, according to PWCC Marketplace, a trading card website and auction house. Mickey Mantle's famed 1952 Topps rookie has seen its average market value rise …

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