SCP Auctions is looking forward to a fun and productive National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago from August 3-7, 2011. We will be actively buying, selling and seeing consignments for our October auction. If you've decided it's time to liquidate some of you quality sports cards or memorabilia holdings, you can be confident that SCP Auctions will make your selling experience as rewarding as possible. Our booth numbers at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL are 921, 923, 1022 and 1020.

SCP Auctions is proud to offer what is certainly the most important and comprehensive basketball player collection ever brought to market as parts of our Fall, 2011 Premier Auction and November Monthly Auction. Highlights from the Dr. J Collection will be on display at the National Sports Collectors Convention in Rosemont, Il. from August 3-7 at our booth (#921, 923, 1022, 1020).

The bidding for a 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee #18 Wayne Gretzky rookie card, the original UCLA Pauley Pavilion jump circle and the personal basketball memorabilia collection of Hall of Fame coach Arnold “Red” Auerbach is expected to heat up during the next five days, as collectors scramble to secure these coveted pieces of sports history before SCP Auctions’ April auction comes to a close April 30.

More than 750 lots of Important Sports Memorabilia & Cards are open for bidding, including items from The Red Auerbach Collection. Bidding will conclude on Saturday, April 30th. Get your bids in now to qualify for extended bidding on final day.Don't forget you can also find us on Facebook and Twitter to see updates and the latest auction and memorabilia !

The offered bat, dubbed “The Lake Oscawana Cobb Bat” is among the elite Ty Cobb game bats known in the marketplace, and believed by third party experts to be the only know Cobb gamer to bear his non-personalized dated inscription. It has descended in the family of the gentleman to whom Cobb gifted it to personally some 85 years ago. Rarely handled, and wonderfully preserved, the family heirloom was unknown to the collecting community until earlier this year.

SCP Auctions is proud to announce the inclusion of a Johnny Unitas 1960’s Baltimore Colts game worn helmet that originates directly from the Unitas family and is described in an accompanying letter of provenance from John Unitas Jr. as “the most significant piece of memorabilia from the Unitas family collection.” The letter also asserts that this helmet has remained in the family’s sole custody since Johnny Unitas last wore it. Few objects in the realm of football memorabilia could inspire more awe than a helmet worn by Johnny U in the field of battle, and no such object could come with a finer pedigree that the one we present here as part of our April Internet Auction.

SCP Auctions is proud to present these splendid examples of two of the hobby's true crown jewels, card #30 and #103 from the 1915 Crack Jack issue featuring Ty Cobb and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson respectively. Each is among the elite graded examples, in unmistakable Mint condition, validated as such by their 96 MINT 9 assessment from SGC. These exceptional cards will be featured as part of SCP Auctions April 15th-30th, 2011 Auction. Call today or visit our website for more information about this important auction event.

SCP Auctions A fleet-footed slap hitter who perennially topped the .300-mark, Patsy Donovan entered the Deadball Era having already established himself as one of the game's most consistent stars. After his days as a regular player wound down, Donovan went on to leave an indelible mark on the new century as a much-traveled manager and longtime scout. One sportswriter called him an "excellent judge of the ball player in the raw." Indeed, Donovan's greatest accomplishment may have come in 1914 when he convinced the Boston Red Sox to sign a talented young left-hander named George Ruth.

SCP Auctions is honored to represent the estate of basketball legend Arnold "Red" Auerbach in the sale of his personal basketball memorabilia collection. The substantive collection, representing Red's extraordinary professional life, will be sold in Three Parts over successive auctions, with Part One highlighting SCP Auctions April 30th, 2011 Auction. Among the vast array of items to be offered are significant Celtics Championship rings, important awards, game used items, autographed pieces, personal effects and ephemera. We look forward to presenting this remarkable opportunity to collectors and fans worldwide.

SCP Auctions announced that they added one of the finest Pre-War Hall of Fame uniforms known from arguably the greatest left handed pitcher of all-time. A circa 1931 Lefty Grove Philadelphia Athletics home uniform in spectacular original condition with Grove family provenance. This exceptional piece of baseball history will be featured as part of SCP Auctions Spring, 2011 Auction. Call today to add your consignments to this extraordinary auction event.

Before he became the last player in Major League Baseball to bat over .400 in a single season, before he established the highest career batting average of anyone with 500 or more home runs and before becoming a 19-time All-Star and 2-time winner of the American League MVP Award, Ted Williams honed his majestic swing on the sandlots and ballfields of San Diego, California.

SCP Auctions announced that they added a Babe Ruth signed and inscribed baseball which was hit for his 48th Home Run of the 1927 Season to their spring auction. The ball was hit by Babe Ruth on September 7, 1927 off Danny Mac Fayden, a right hander for the Boston Red Sox, in the first inning of a game at Fenway Park.