“That was the collection that fired off the cannon and took Star Wars toys to a new level of importance in the marketplace,” said Alex Winter, president of Hake’s Auctions. Star Wars collectors have stepped up their search for genuine action figure prototypes and rare productions ever since Hake’s introduced the incomparable Russell Branton collection in 2017. Opportunity knocks for sports card collectors, with the auction example assigned a relatively modest $5,000-$10,000 estimate. Only two of these 4-inch by 7-inch pictorial cards are known to exist, making them rarer than even the exalted T206 Honus Wagner baseball card. 26, 1917, depicts the local hero in the final year of his playing career. PSA/DNA authenticated and encapsulated, the 6.5-inch by 8.5-inch photo is expected to reach $20,000-$35,000.Ī 1917 Honus Wagner Doherty Silk Sox (Paterson, N.J.) advertising card produced for Honus Wagner Day, Aug. An authentic circa-1920 Type I original photograph of the immortal Babe Ruth from his first New York Yankees season is credited to Paul Thompson, one of the premier baseball photographers of the early 20th century. Images of two of the all-time greatest legends of baseball will be stepping up to the plate with hopes of knocking it out of the park. They are part of a framed presentation that includes a color photo of Ronald and Nancy Reagan waving from a limo bearing identical No. Only seven individual plates of this type are known to exist, with this duo representing the sixth and seventh. After the inaugural, the plates consigned to Hake’s were gifted to a White House employee. Made as special gifts for the president to bestow on members of his inner circle, an estimated 10 or fewer sets were produced – a total of 20 plates. 1” license plates from Ronald Reagan’s 1981 Presidential Inauguration. It was the crown jewel of the legendary John Hilhouse collection and is estimated at $35,000-$50,000.Ī fantastic rarity of the modern era is the pair of “No. The button entered in this month’s sale is one of only six of its type known to exist. An extraordinary rarity, the button is believed to have been a salesman’s sample, as was the case with the 1.25-inch button sold last March. It could be deja vu all over again when Hake’s offers a 1-inch version of the 1920 Cox/Roosevelt jugate button in its opening session on March 21. That heady price demolished the $70,092 previous auction record for a pinback button of any type, which was achieved by Hake’s with the June 2021 sale of a Babe Ruth 1915 American League Champions button. Last March, Hake’s set a world auction record for a pinback button with the $185,850 sale of a James M Cox/Franklin D Roosevelt jugate campaign button from the US Presidential election of 1920. From Star Wars to sports, vintage toys to rock ‘n’ roll, there’s plenty to discover in the print or online catalog.įounded in 1967 with a specialty in early political memorabilia, Hake’s has set one auction record after another in that category, handling many of the finest known examples. – Hake’s, America’s foremost source of rare and expertly authenticated pop-culture and historical memorabilia, will launch into the 2023 auction season with a March 21-22 offering of more than 1,900 choice lots from 200+ collector categories.
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