“The most significant baseball document in the past 50 years,” the document banning Pete Rose for betting on baseball, goes up for auction on October 10. The document bears the full, legal signatures of Rose, his Jewish attorney Rueven J. Katz, Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti and Deputy Commissioner Fay Vincent. It is expected to sell for more than $100,000, and may bring as much as $1 million.
Read MoreA Robert Edward Auctions’ catalog is a collectible in its own right — lavishly illustrated with beautifully written and deeply researched descriptions. Many of the items up for bid in an REA auction are the stuff of dreams. The current auction includes a T206 Honus Wagner, a 1923 Babe Ruth bat, a book signed by Alexander J. Cartwright, a collection of 1860s carte de viste (CDV) baseball cards — and numerous lots that might be of interest to collectors of Jewish baseball cards, autographs and memorabilia.
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