Sell Your Sports Collectibles
How to choose the right auction house for your valuable baseball cards, sets and memorabilia.
Choose A Proven Winner!
For more than 30 years, Robert Edward Auctions has been one of the best places to buy, sell, and auction old baseball cards and sports memorabilia. Specializing in trading cards from the four major sports (baseball, football, basketball, and hockey), REA offers an ideal venue for sellers looking to get the most money for their items.
REA caters to a diverse clientele with the power to buy items from a wide range of price points and has multiple selling formats available to meet your needs as a seller. REA holds the distinction of being the only auction house ever to sell multiple sportscards for more than $6 million each.
We're happy to show you how we consistently out pace our competitors.
Discover why REA is the hobby's premier auction house
Upload photos and receive a free appraisal so that you can know the true value of your items!
Free Estimate
More Bidders Means Higher Prices Realized
With a large network of collectors interested in cards, autographs, game-used equipment, and more, REA puts more cash in your pocket for pre-1980 cards and collectibles. If you're not sure what your items are worth, take advantage of a free estimate and non-binding appraisal so that you know the value of your items and can sell them for their true value.
Extraordinary Results.
Extraordinary Service.
As a company of collectors we get it. We have the right blend of knowledge, expertise, and resources necessary to gain top dollar results at auction for your valuable sports collectibles.
Highly Competitive Sellers Fees
REA provides superior service and realizes higher auction prices while charging a lower percentage than other auctions.
Highest Catalog Circulation
Achieving maximum exposure is essential. REA boasts the largest circulation of free catalogs in the hobby.
Extensive Marketing
An REA auction generates worldwide exposure that reaches beyond the hobby through extensive press / media coverage and targeted advertising.
Higher Prices Realized
With decades of experience as the hobby's premier auction house, our success is well documented. Search our archive to see for yourself.
Generous Cash Advances
REA has the financial security to offer money up front against valuable consignments.
No one pays faster than REA.
We start paying consignors the day after the auction ends and never unnecessarily hold your proceeds.
Fantastic Material, Amazing Results!
REA's dedication to providing the best platform to bring bidders and consignors together continues to result in record-breaking success! It's no wonder that countless price records continue to be set, across all areas of the auction, year over year.
Choosing the right auction house to sell your baseball and sports cards and memorabilia is about getting more. It's simple — REA delivers more bidders, more interest, more bids, and higher prices realized! Here are a few examples from our recent auction:
1916 M101-4 Altoona Tribune #151 Babe Ruth Rookie - Newly Discovered!
Lot 6, Fall 2020
$342,000.00
1910 E93 Standard Caramel Cy Young PSA MINT 9 - 1 of 1 - Highest Graded!
Lot 5, Spring 2022
$522,000.00
1986-1987 Fleer Basketball #57 Michael Jordan Rookie PSA GEM MINT 10
Lot 1, February 2021
$612,000.00
1952 Topps #312 Jackie Robinson High Number PSA NM-MT 8
Lot 11, Spring 2021
$384,000.00
Search our auction archive for more than 20 years of proven results
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Generous cash advances, discounted authentication and grading, and more are always available!
Pre-War Baseball Cards
- 19th Century Cards (Old Judge, Allen & Ginter, Kalamazoo Bats)
- Cabinet Cards (Joseph Hall, Police Gazette, Sporting Life, Obak)
- Tobacco & Caramel Cards
- Gum Cards (Goudey, Play Ball, Double Play)
- Panoramas, Team Composite, and Original Photographs
- Star Players like Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Joe Jackson, Lou Gehrig, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, Cy Young, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams
- Important sets like T205, T206, T210 Old Mill, E90-1 American Caramel, E93 Standard Caramel, E95 Philadelphia Caramel, E107 Breisch Williams, W600 Sporting Life
- Key Cards like Baltimore News and M101-4/5 Sporting Life Babe Ruth; T206 Honus Wagner, Eddie Plank, Joe Doyle; E90-1 and T210 Joe Jackson; 1925 Exhibits Lou Gehrig; 1933 Goudey Larry “Nap” Lajoie
Vintage Baseball Cards, Sets, Original Photography, Game Used Memorabilia
- Complete sets of 1948 to 1955 Bowman; 1951 to 1979 Topps; 1959 to 1963 Fleer
- Regionals & Food Cards (Wilson Franks, Hunter's Wieners, Briggs Meats, Dan-Dee Potato Chips)
- Rarities like Topps Dice Game, Major League All-Stars, Topps 3-D, and
- Star Players like Mickey Mantle, Roberto Clemente, Hank Aaron, Sandy Koufax, Willie Mays
- Key Rookie Cards like 1948 Leaf Satchell Paige, 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays, 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle, 1954 Topps Hank Aaron, and 1955 Topps Sandy Koufax and Roberto Clemente
- Original Unopened Packs, Boxes & Cases (Cello, Rack, Rack, and Vending)
- Original Artwork & Card Production Material Including Uncut Sheets
- Game-Used & Player-Worn Memorabilia (Bats, Jerseys, Uniforms)
- Awards, Rings & Trophies (World Series, All-Star, MVP, Hall of Fame)
Football, Basketball, Hockey, Boxing, Golf
- Complete sets of football, basketball, hockey, boxing, and golf cards from 1895 to 1979
- Star Players like Michael Jordan, Jim Brown, Johnny Unitas, Georges Vezina, Bronco Nagurski
- Important sets like N305 Mayo’s Cut Plug Football, 1933 National Chicle Football, 1911 C55 & C56 Imperial Tobacco Hockey, Sweet Caporal Postcards Hockey, 1948 Leaf Boxing, Copes Golf
- Original Unopened Packs, Boxes & Cases (Cello, Rack, Rack, and Vending)
- Original Artwork & Card Production Material Including Uncut Sheets
- Game-Used & Player-Worn Memorabilia (Jerseys, Uniforms)
- Awards, Rings & Trophies (Super Bowl, Stanley Cup, MVP, Hall of Fame)
Historical or Political
In addition to expertise in sports memorabilia, REA caters to a diverse clientele of collectors interested in historical, political, music, and Americana items. Ranging from George Washington and Abraham Lincoln to Elvis Presley and the Beatles to Harry Houdini and Amelia Earhart, REA is always interested in original autographs; signed letters, photos, and other documents; original photography; advertising displays; and trading cards dedicated to these popular subjects
Non Sports
- 19th Century Cards (Complete, near-complete, or partial sets)
- Advertising Banners & Displays
- Prewar Tobacco & Caramel Cards
- Gum Cards
- Complete sets of 1950s to 1970s Topps, Bowman, Fleer, Philadelphia, and More
- Original Unopened Packs, Boxes & Cases (Cello, Rack, Rack, and Vending)
- Original Artwork & Card Production Material Including Uncut Sheets
- Key Sets like Mars Attacks, G-Men, Superman, Horrors of War, Wacky Packages, Lone Ranger, Garbage Pail Kids, Three Stooges, Sky Birds
- Important Rarities like 1932 US Caramel William McKinley, 1879 N519 Marquis of Lorne, 1935 R72 Schutter-Johnson Strong Man
