Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl ring, which was auctioned for $1,025,000 to benefit coronavirus relief efforts. Image courtesy of Fanatics
BOSTON (AP) – One of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl rings put up for auction to raise funds for coronavirus relief has sold for more than $1 million.
Michael Jordan’s game-worn autographed Nike Air Jordan 1s from 1985. Sotheby’s image
NEW YORK – Sotheby’s sold Michael Jordan’s Game-Worn Autographed Nike Air Jordan 1s from 1985 for $560,000 Sunday in an online auction – the new world auction record for any pair of sneakers.
LOS ANGELES – Julien’s Auctions, the world-record-breaking auction house to the stars, has announced that the guitar played by Kurt Cobain during Nirvana’s acclaimed MTV Unplugged in New York performance will be sold at their MUSIC ICONS event taking place on Friday, June 19th and Saturday, June 20th, 2020 live in Beverly Hills, with absentee and online bidding available through LiveAuctioneers.
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The basket and backboard, at auction May 24, was rescued from Cleveland’s Richfield Coliseum before its demolition. Heritage Auctions image
DALLAS – “The Shot,” it’s called – that and nothing more. “Of all the famous buckets Michael Jordan sank,” Sports Illustrated recently noted, “only one of them is iconic enough to be known simply as ‘The Shot.’”
Prince’s custom-made 1984 blue Cloud guitar, adorned with the artist’s distinguishing love symbols on the neck and gold hardware. Julien’s image
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A guitar from Prince’s prime and some legendary Beatles lyrics sketched out by Paul McCartney are among the items going up for auction at a major music artifacts sale.
Marvel’s The Avengers was one of the titles distributed on Free Comic Book Day last May. Image provided by Gemstone Comic Distributors
NEW YORK – The pandemic has transformed Christina Blanch, owner of Aw Yeah Comics, into a nightly TV host.
Nine times a week, Blanch leads a livestream from the store she lives above in Muncie, Indiana, to sell some comics and interact with regulars.
Grouping of Clinton-era White House Easter eggs used at the Easter Egg Roll from (right to left) 1996-1999, respectively. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers and Alexander Historical Auctions
WASHINGTON (AP) – Melania Trump has been spreading some colorful Easter cheer to workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.
Director Clint Eastwood on the set of the movie ‘Million Dollar Baby.’ Image courtesy of SMG Marketing and LiveAuctioneers
WASHINGTON (AP) – What world leader could resist a Million Dollar Baby boxing glove signed by director Clint Eastwood? Or a decoupage tray featuring a painting of President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort? Or how about a sports jersey?
The Beatles’ 1966 Shea Stadium New York concert poster set a world record Saturday when it sold for $137,500. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions
DALLAS – A rare 1966 concert poster from The Beatles’ performance at New York’s Shea Stadium set a world record for the most expensive concert poster ever sold at public auction when it brought $137,500 to lead Heritage Auctions’ Entertainment Auction to $1.68 million on Saturday, April 4. The sale more than doubled its preauction estimate and boasted a sell-through rate of 96.5% by value sold.
The storefront of Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash in Red Bank, NJ, which retails comic books and other goods. Source: Flickr, Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash. Photo by Stinkie Pinkie, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) – This month many comic book shops will not have a fresh crop of issues, which are released weekly, for the first time in recent memory — making purveyors of masked superheroes and illustrated stories the latest industry to face big changes due to the novel coronavirus.