Beckett Baseball

RARE MILWAUKEE BRAVES SET SELLS AT AUCTION

If you are a Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, or Atlanta Braves fan or just a fan of Milwaukee Major League Baseball period, a unique 25-card set was sold by Heritage Auctions on November 30, 2025, for $341.60. In 1952, the Boston Braves (64-89)...

AN ALL-TIME WORLD SERIES

IT DOESN’T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS

The modern-day chase for parallels of certain players through public releases seems hard enough but add a short print redemption into the mix… a proverbial Mount Everest trek is ahead. at goes double, or hundreds of thousands, for some Shohei Ohtani...

100 Reasons for a Wild Card

GWYNN TO HELTON HITTING TIPS

WHAT A CATCH!

Would you be interested in six 1941 Play Ball cards for $402.60? What if the deal was sweetened a bit? All six in slabs and autographed? e extra bit… all the autographs will be authenticated. Well, on June 29 at a Heritage Auction, that’s what...

2009 BOWMAN CHROME DRAFT PROSPECTS AUTOGRAPHS BLUE REFRACTORS #BDPP89 MIKE TROUT AU MINT 9, 10 AUTO

The Angels used the 25th overall pick in the 2009 MLB Dra on Mike Trout, and the future Hall of Famer has rewarded the franchise on the field with his play. An 11-time All-Star and three-time AL MVP, Bowman jumped on Trout’s selection in their 2009...

BECKETT BASEBALL

U.S. $12.99 • Vol. 25 No. 5 • May 2025 Issue Code: 2025-77 • Display Until: 5/13/25 Printed in the U.S.A.

ROKI’S FIRST MLB CARDS

When spring training camps opened the second week of February, Dodgers rookie pitcher Roki Sasaki had yet to throw a pitch in an MLB game. But he already had two licensed Dodgers Topps cards. Sasaki, 23, the high-profile free-agent signing by the...

NEARLY A QUARTER OF A MILLION FOR 1/1 OHTANI

What’s the power of a 50/50 season? is 2018 Topps Transcendent ‘52 Topps Autographs SuperFractor Shohei Ohtani autographed Rookie Card (#1/1) - BGS GEM MINT 9.5, Beckett 10 AU – sold for $246,440 in Goldin’s December Elite Auction. e Transcendent card...

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Dr. Jim Beckett has now been away from the company that bears his name for as long as he was at the helm as its founder – 20 years. He launched Beckett Baseball in late 1984, followed by similar price guide magazines for Football, Basketball, Hockey...

GOLDIN OFFERS OHTANI 50TH HR BALL IN AUCTION

The ball Shohei Ohtani launched for his 50th home run this season – making him the first member of the 50/50 Club – was on sale as part of an October Goldin auction. Bidding had reached $16,000 on the one-of-akind piece with more than two weeks...

GEM MINT JOHNNY

Johnny Bench and Reds rookie teammate Ron Tompkins have rarely looked better than on this PSA Gem Mint 10 1968 Topps Rookie Stars #247, often referred to simply as Benchʼs rookie card. Just 15 other copies of this important RC have received Gem Mint...

Fleer's 1970 and '71 World Series Sets

RICE WAS COOKING

New York Yankees rookie Ben Rice had a day for the ages July 6 when he became the first Yankees rookie in history to slug three home runs in a game. The effort helped the Yankees clobber the Red Sox 14-4, with Rice accounting for half of New Yorkʼs...

THIS WOULD BE A HUGE PULL

On its sales sheet promoting 2024 Leaf Lumber Baseball, Leaf has pictured a bat barrel card of Joe Jackson. The all-bats release is scheduled for release in August. Each box comes with four cards, all of which are relics or autographs. Like past Leaf...