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Huge Early 1950′s Collection

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:22:01 +0000

Just picked up a beautiful collection. Contained are thousands of cards from the 1950′s. Among the sets represented: 1948 Bowman Baseball, 1949 Bowman Baseball, 1950 Bowman Baseball, 1951 Bowman Baseball, 1952 Bowman Baseball, 1953 Bowman Baseball Color & Black and White, 1951 Topps Red and Blue Backs, 1952 Topps Baseball, 1953 Topps Baseball and more.

Plus there is a bevy of early Bowman Football cards from 1948-1952 as well as the landmark 1951 Topps Ringside Boxing

Among the key cards in the collection are the 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays, 1952 Bowman Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays, 1951 Ringside Rocky Marciano, 1951 Bowman Tom Landry and many many more.

1933 Goudey Babe Ruth #181

admin — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:36:31 +0000

Babe Ruth #181

American Legends picked up this gem earlier in the week. It’s a 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth #181 in excellent condition. Ruth, who has four cards in the landmark ’33 Goudey Set, is one of the most collectible baseball players in history.

Do you have vintage cards that you are looking to sell? Call American Legends at 914-725-2225 today.

1924 St. Louis Browns Baseball with Ty Cobb

admin — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:32:02 +0000

1924 Browns Ball with Ty Cobb

Look what just landed at American Legends. This 1924 team signed St. Louis Browns baseball which also bears the signature of Hall of Famer Ty Cobb. The ball is dated 6/26/24 which was a day off after the Browns played the Tigers in Detroit.

Besides the Georgia Peach, the official American League baseball contains the signatures of George Sisler, Pat Collins (also a member of the 1927 New York Yankees), Norm McMillan, Dave Danforth, Gene Robertson, Dixie Davis, Jack Tobin, Marty McManus and six others.

The baseball has been authenticated by James Spence.

T9 Turkey Red Boxing

admin — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:55:39 +0000

T9 Boxing Cabinet Cards

American Legends has just acquired nine T9 Turkey Red Boxing Cards. Included in the collection of Cabinet cards are Jack Johnson, James Jeffries & Abe Attell.

Do you have vintage trading cards that you are looking to sell? American Legends is actively purchasing pre-1975 sports and non-sports cards. Call us at 914-725-2225 to discuss.

Five Babe Ruth Signed Baseballs

admin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:45:06 +0000

Five Baseballs Signed by The Sultan of Swat

American Legends is very fortunate to have just acquired five signed Babe Ruth baseballs.

One is single signed and uninscribed. The second is a National League baseball signed with additional players besides the Bambino. The third is a 1934 New York Yankees Team signed baseball which includes Lou Gehrig.

The remaining two are personalized, with one an official American League baseball and the other an Amateur League baseball.

Vintage Galore at American Legends

admin — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:31:53 +0000

Old Judge Baseball Cards from 1887

This was a fabulous week for buying at American Legends. This week we acquired almost 200 N172 Old Judge tobacco cards from 1887, over 60 N29 Allen & Ginter cards from 1888 including Cap Anson, a batch of 1933, 1934 and 1935 Goudey Baseball cards including Babe Ruth, and Lou Gehrig, a complete 1941 Play Ball set, a near set of the W551 Strip Cards featuring Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Walter Johnson and last but not least a 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan rookie card graded PSA 8.

Mays & Ford Rookies and Babe Ruth

admin — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:16:43 +0000

Mays & Ford Rookies and the Bambino

Another highlight of this week’s purchases would have to be this four card grouping.

Included are the 1951 Bowman Willie Mays Rookie Card, 1952 Topps Willie Mays Rookie Card, 1948 Leaf Babe Ruth and 1951 Bowman Whitey Ford Rookie Card.

Three of the greatest players in New York baseball history.

1920 W519-2 Unnumbered Strip Card Set

admin — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:08:42 +0000

1920 W519-2 Unnumbered Strip Card Set

This is part of the large baseball collection we acquired on Thursday. This is a complete set of the 1920 W519-2 Unnumbered Strip Cards. The set contains Babe Ruth, Eddie Collins, Eddie Cicotte, Rube Marquard, Frankie Frisch, Joe Murphy, Kid Gleason Ernie Kreuger, Gabby Cravath and Guy Morton. Although the artwork is a little crude, the Ruth card is among the first 20 every issued of the Bambino.

Autograph Collection Purchase

admin — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:00:30 +0000

Mickey Mantle Autographs

A nice collection of autographs rolled into American Legends this week. Included were 5 signed Mickey Mantle 8×10 Photos, a Ty Cobb Signed check, 2 Satchel Paige cuts, a Hank Greenberg cut and another 150 flat autographed items.

Three Collections in 24 hours

admin — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:19:57 +0000

Binder of T206 Polar Bear Tobacco Cards

The last 24 hours has been a buying bonanza for American Legends with the purchase of three great deals. First our travels took us to eastern Pennsylvania for two terrific finds. The first consisted of 80 T206 and T205 cards along with a bevy of 1909 and 1910 non-sport. The lot featured over forty of the Polar Bear T206 backs including the ultra rare Ray Demmitt St. Louis variation as well as a Ty Cobb red background and a Christy Mathewson Sweet Caporal pin. The non-sports cards included Murad, Recruit Flags of All Nations and over 100 Finest or Bravest Tobacco cards of women.

Super Duper Cards

Deal #2 was the nicest of the three in terms of condition. The more than 50 T206 cards, were for the most part, in VG/EX to EX with a very nice Cy Young. The ten T202 Hassan Triple Folders in the collection also had nice eye appeal with the highlight being Christy Mathewson. While the baseball cards were nice, the condition of the 750 non-sport cards was phenomenal; including mid to high grade T53 Hassan Cigarettes Cowboy Series, 1909 T51 Murad Cigarettes College Series, Hassan Cigarettes Indian Life In The 60′s, Hassan The World’s Greatest Explorers Flags, 1910 T42 Mecca Bird Series Gold Borders (too bad these weren’t T205’s) and many more. For good measure, the collection also contained about a thousand 50’s and 60’s cards.

1909 Colgan's Chips

When we arrived back from Pennsylvania, we were greeted at the front door with a gorgeous collection of 1909 E254 Colgan’s Chips Stars of the Diamond. These attractive black and white paper discs contained a super sharp Honus Wagner and Ty Cobb along with another 80 chips (mostly high grade) including Cy Young, Tris Speaker and Joe Tinker.

Do you have sports cards that you are looking to sell? If so give American Legends a call today at 914-725-2225.