A look back at the historic 1989 Guernsey’s Topps Auction, where original Topps files from 1953–1966 across four sports were sold.
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Negatives used to create the 1965 Topps Mantle World Series card resurface in Lelands' 2025 auction, with provenance from the legendary 1989 Guernsey's sale.
Here’s the original artwork used for John Schweder’s 1952 Bowman football rookie card. REA sold it for $1,800 in the fall of 2014, but its…
In May 2024, I shared the original football card artwork for Chuck Hunsinger’s 1952 Bowman card and mentioned that the original art was first sold…
Hobby historians learned a lot from Guernsey’s Topps Auction, which occurred on August 19th/20th, 1989, following a two-day public exhibition at the Hunter College Sportsplex…
Here’s the original artwork used as the foundation for the 1957 Topps Football Paul Hornung rookie #151. The flexichrome, a full-color painting on a black-and-white…