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ATLANTA, Georgia (November 9, 2023) – Lelands, a leading sports auctioneer, and WorthPoint, the world’s largest database for valuing antiques and collectibles, today announced the addition of the auction house’s 57,000-lot archive of auction prices realized. The partnership provides over 20 years of sales data spanning rare sports cards, autographs, game memorabilia, and pop culture collectibles.
“We are excited to work with WorthPoint to provide Lelands’ pricing history information to collectors,” said Michael Heffner, president of Lelands. “We are proud of our strong track record, and we’re happy to add to the database of results for WorthPoint subscribers’ access.”
Lelands carries the distinction of being the first sports auction house in the history of the hobby. Highlights include the $2.3 million sale of the contract that brought Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees; Ruth’s personally-owned 1927 Yankees World Series ring, which sold for over $2 million; and Sandy Koufax’s 1955 rookie jersey, which brought $667,000. The auctioneer holds sales across three formats and offers select items through its eBay storefront.
Lelands and WorthPoint are committed to setting standards for reporting reputable market pricing to meet customer needs, said Will Seippel, founder and CEO of WorthPoint. With the addition of Lelands’ results, WorthPoint is on track to provide the industry’s largest pricing source for sports memorabilia and related collectibles, revolutionizing how buyers and sellers interact in a free and open marketplace.
“WorthPoint and Lelands shared the goal to bring pricing transparency to buyers and sellers,” Seippel said. “The sports memorabilia category is one of the fastest-growing segments of the hobby, so our database must provide the most relevant and timely valuations from reputable sellers like Lelands.”
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About Lelands
Established in 1985, Lelands is the first sports auction house and the premier appraiser and authenticator in the entire sports collectible hobby. Founder Joshua Lelands Evans is a pioneer in the field and is acknowledged by his peers as the most knowledgeable figure in sports memorabilia.
Lelands has handled many of the largest landmark auctions, including The Mickey Mantle Auction of the Greer Johnson Collection ($1.3M), The Harry M. Stevens Auction ($1.8M), and the famed Boston Garden Auction ($2M total sales). Now in its fourth decade, Lelands has been involved in the sales of hundreds of millions of dollars of the most important sports memorabilia and cards in the world.
About WorthPoint
WorthPoint, founded in 2007, is the world’s largest pricing source to value art, antiques, and collectibles within a $360 billion global marketplace. More than 200,000 users visit WorthPoint.com daily to view the Price Guide, which hosts 750+ million auction prices realized and 2+ billion images aggregated from online marketplaces and leading auction houses.
Additionally, WorthPoint provides an industry-leading suite of research and data tools, including a Dictionary of reference articles, a digital Library from leading publishers and institutional archives, a visual database of identifiable makers’ marks, and a digital Vault to store information and images on a variety of in-home valuables and alternative investments. WorthPoint’s Insider newsletter reaches over 200,000 subscribers weekly, and its mobile app—now with visual search recognition—is available for iOS and Android.
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