For
immediate release
July
24, 2014
MEMORY LANE ACQUIRES
‘THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN COLLECTION’
Some
of the hobby’s most coveted high grade cards including multiple Babe Ruth
rookies, make up the eye-popping collection now coming to market.
TUSTIN, CA – One of the highest quality
collections of iconic sports cards in the hobby has been acquired by Memory
Lane and will be offered at auction and private sale. Stretching from the 19th century through the
early 21st century, The Rocky Mountain Collection showcases over 300 marquee
cards in baseball, football, basketball, hockey and boxing.
The
Rocky Mountain Collection includes:
·
Top 200 Sportscards in the Hobby – This set is based on Joe
Orlando’s book The Top 200 Sportscards in the Hobby. The Rocky Mountain
Collection is ranked #3 All-Time Finest on the PSA Set Registry and is 69%
complete with a weighted GPA of 8.36.
Notable cards include:
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1909
T204 Ramly Cigarettes Walter Johnson, PSA 8
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1915
Cracker Jack Hall of Fame Players, including: Ty Cobb (PSA 8.5), Walter Johnson
(PSA 8), Honus Wagner (PSA 8), Christy Mathewson (PSA 9), Joe Jackson (PSA 8)
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1932
US Caramel Lou Gehrig PSA 8
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1933
DeLong Lou Gehrig PSA 8
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1951
Bowman Mickey Mantle (Rookie Card) PSA 9
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1952
Bowman Mickey Mantle PSA 10
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1954
Topps Hank Aaron (Rookie Card) PSA 9
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1954
Wilson Franks Ted Williams PSA 8.5
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1968
Topps 3-D Roberto Clemente PSA 10
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1993
SP Derek Jeter Foil (Rookie Card) PSA 10
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1948
Bowman George Mikan PSA 9
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1961
Fleer Wilt Chamberlain (Rookie Card) PSA 10
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1969
Topps Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) (Rookie Card) PSA 9
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1935
National Chicle Bronko Nagurski PSA 8
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1976
Topps Walter Payton (Rookie Card) PSA 10
·
The All-Time Finest Babe Ruth
Basic Set. This
set includes two Sporting News Babe Ruth rookie cards, both graded in PSA 8. In
2012, PSA named this the Best Vintage Player Set of the Year.
·
1915 Cracker Jack Set. 79% complete with a weighted GPA of 8.07, including the Hall of
Fame players listed above.
·
Significant single cards, with many ranking as the finest
known examples ever registered:
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1934
Goudey Lou Gehrig
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1934
World Wide Gum Babe Ruth PSA 9
In
addition, the Collection also holds many high grade single cards from the
baseball pre-war (Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson) and post-war eras
(Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle, Brooks Robinson) as well as key players from other
sports, including: Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Julius Erving, Pete
Maravich and Walter Payton.
The
total value of the collection is estimated at between $5 and $8 million. Memory
Lane intends to offer these cards in both private sale transactions and catalog
auctions.
“The Rocky Mountain
Collection contains one of the most impressive runs of key cards that has come
to market in recent memory, including a host of iconic rookies in high grade,” said PSA President Joe
Orlando. “While the collection exhibits
many outstanding components, the most noteworthy one is centered on Babe
Ruth. A complete run of Ruth’s most
important major league baseball cards is included, a segment of the collection
that received special recognition in 2012 during our annual PSA Set Registry
awards.”
Memory
Lane is the VIP and Bag Sponsor for the upcoming 35th National
Sports Collectors Convention to be held in Cleveland, Ohio at the International
Exposition (I-X) Center from July 30 – August 3, 2014. Cards from the Rocky
Mountain Collection will available to view in person at Booth #101.
“It’s
an honor to be able to present the Rocky Mountain Collection to our clients and
also to display some of the cards for all collectors to see,” said Memory
Lane’s J.P. Cohen. “It’s rare to see so
many great cards in one place and we’re excited about the opportunity serious
collectors will have to add them to their own collections.”
The upcoming Memory Lane Summer Classics Auction will feature all four Babe Ruth
cards in the 1933 Goudey set as well as a M101-4 Sporting News Babe Ruth Rookie
Card (graded PSA 4.5) and 14 vintage Mickey Mantle cards.
The upcoming Memory Lane Summer Classics Auction will feature all four Babe Ruth
cards in the 1933 Goudey set as well as a M101-4
Sporting News Babe Ruth Rookie Card (graded PSA 4.5) and 14 vintage Mickey
Mantle cards.
About Memory
Lane: Memory Lane is one
of the leading dealers of sports Collectibles in the country, with a staff
featuring over 100 combined years of collecting experience and knowledge. Memory Lane has built its reputation on
providing impeccable service to all kinds of collectors and sellers big or
small through auctions, private sales and purchases and its popular I Own it
Now catalog.
About PSA: Professional Sports
Authenticator (PSA) is the largest and most trusted third-party grading and
authentication company in the world. PSA is the preferred choice of collectors,
dealers and auction houses worldwide. PSA has processed over 20 million cards
and collectibles with a cumulative declared value of over a billion dollars.