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New GottaHaveSports auction features LeBron, Mike Trout rookie cards, signed jerseys from sports legends
GottaHaveRockandRoll is expanding its auction business by rebranding its sports auctions as GottaHaveSports.
And it’s starting with a bang as its first Fall Sports Auction is loaded with impressive sports cards and memorabilia.
What better way to build your first sports-only auction than with cards featuring one of the hottest athletes in the modern card market — LeBron James.
The fall auction, which begins Nov. 3 and runs through Dec. 10, features multiple LeBron cards that are sure to attract the attention of collectors. It is highlighted by a 2003 Ultimate Collection LeBron James Rookie Autograph (#127) card that opens with a minimum bid of $50,000 and is estimated to attract $75,000-$100,000.
Other LeBron cards include: an 2003 Upper Deck LeBron James Finite Signatures card, graded PSA 8 with an autograph grade of 10; a 2004 SP Signature LeBron James and Kobe Bryant Dual Authentic Signatures card (PSA 6); a 2005 SP Authentic #SS LeBron James Sensational Sigs (PSA 9) card; and a 2003 Topps Chrome #11 LeBron James (PSA 9).
The other premier card in the auction is 2009 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects Refractors Mike Trout Autograph card (BGS 9.5) with a minimum bid of $25,000 and an estimated value of $35,000-$45,000. Other high-end baseball cards include rookie cards of Vladimir Guerrero, Mookie Betts, Wander Franco and Cory Seager.
Other high-end cards basketball cards include a 2009 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection #72 Stephen Curry Autograph Rookie Parallel (PSA 6, auto 9), as well as multiple Michael Jordan cards, a 1961 Wilt Chamberlain rookie card and a 1980 Topps card featuring rookies Larry Bird and Magic Johnson along with veteran Julius Erving.
The auction also features some impressive sports memorabilia, including a Larry Bird game-worn and twice-signed jersey from the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Other key memorabilia pieces include:
• an Emmitt Smith game-worn and signed jersey from his 1990-91 rookie season.
• a Babe Ruth issued New York Yankees uniform.
• a Shoeless Joe Jackson-signed notepad authenticated by Beckett and JSA.
• a Christy Mathewson single-signed baseball.
• Roberto Clemente’s 1972 MLB All-Star ring, the last ring of his career.
• Kobe Bryant game-used and signed sneakers from his 1996-97 rookie season.
• a Troy Aikman game-worn and signed 75th Anniversary jersey from 1994.
• a Peyton Manning game-used Colts helmet from his rookie season in 1998-99.
• a game-worn, signed and inscribed Joe Montana jersey from 1990.
• a Larry Bird game-worn and signed Boston Celtics jersey from his rookie season.
• a Michael Jordan signed Chicago Bulls jersey from 1995-96 authenticated by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
• game-worn Michael Jordan Nike Air Jordan sneakers from 1989-90.
GottaHaveRockandRoll is continuing its music auctions, while also adding a history auction branded GottaHaveHistory.
Jeff Owens is the editor of SCD.
