Celebrity Card Collections

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Posted By: Dave

I'm aware like probably everyone else of Keith Olberman's collection....what about anybody else with a public face? Anyone aware what type of collection Charlie Sheen has? I would assume George Will has one as well....anyone else?

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Posted By: Jeff Prizner

Dmitri Young

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Posted By: Dave

I've heard of Dmitri Young having a collection...I figured all modern stuff though

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Posted By: jeffdrum

Don't forget "Mr. X."

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Posted By: Dave

Which Mr. X?

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Posted By: MVSNYC

charlie sheen has sold a lot of his stuff over the last 7-8 years (he uses Lelands)...so i don't know what he currently has, but...

he had/has some great items, like the 86 mookie/buckner ball, WS stub from 1903, game used jerseys, bats, etc...some really amazing/unique vintage memorabilia, even some 19th century items.

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Posted By: Ray Piskadlo

The "Mr. X" they refer to is a "celebrity" who had a collection of high grade T206 cards. He consigned the cards to a dealer on eBay and they got PSA to put "Mr. X Collection" on each slab. We never found out who he/she was, did we???

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Posted By: Dave

Oh good...I was about to keel over...for anyone familiar with the Howard Stern show, Robin's Mr X.

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Posted By: Steve M.

I seem to recall that John Sununu was, and maybe still is, a big collector.

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Posted By: Steve f

Dave, shoot me an email. ref: PSA 3 Cobb

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Posted By: Rich Klein

At every NY city show I used to see Joey Ramone walking around collecting cards, he was quite the collector/investor as far as I remember.

I have been told that Jane Fonda used to bring her kid(s) to shows in the LA area frequently in the mid-late 1980's. The kids were the collectors, not her

Rich

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Posted By: Dave

I'm a little surprised Joey Ramone was collecting...can't imagine him with a drawer full of Ramly's.

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Posted By: Dave

Penny Marshall ( Laverne & Shirley fame) had an awesome collection at one time. My dad bought several pieces from here years ago. I had heard she was going to sell off some of her memorabilia at one of the big auction houses but never really followed up on that. My dad got some great older Pittsburgh pieces from her collection.

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Posted By: ErikV

Don't know if these names are considered celebrities, but I've heard Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter and ex-big league pitcher Tim Belcher have card collections.

Also, does Wayne Gretzsky formerly owning the Wagner card count?

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Posted By: Dave

I would say Gretzky was more or less just a pure investor...hardly a card collector IMO anyway

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Posted By: Anonymous

I bought a caramel card from an ebay seller that touted he was selling the collection of Gus Zernial. I don't know if I believe it.

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Posted By: joe brennan

Joe E Brown

In Rememberance of James W. Brennan Sr. 1924-1982. Dad, thanks for everything you did for me.

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Posted By: MVSNYC

how could we forget Tom Candiotti???

a great pitcher who now has some of the greatest cards out there (see photo credits in PSA's top 200 sportscards book)...many high grade vintage, T206 Plank PSA 8, for starters.

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Posted By: Joe D.

knows a guy who bought a LeBaron Convertible that was previously owned by Jon Voight.

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Posted By: Steve M.

It was "John" Voight.

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Posted By: barrysloate

Okay, don't want to get started again...

But you might remember in several episodes at George's Yankee Stadium office there were reproductions of T205's for certain, and I believe Goudeys and N162's also. The latter were hard to tell for sure because they were in the background, but there was one clear shot of the T205's. But that doesn't qualify as a celebrity collection.

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Posted By: Steve f

George's reprints. 'Jerry, It's not a lie, if you believe it.'

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Posted By: barrysloate

"So you wanted to be a banker, but you were never able to become a banker, so you decided to kill yourself."

Newman's pronunciation of "banker" is what makes that routine funny (and I'm hijacking another thread...I think they call me "the king of the hijackers" behind my back).

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Posted By: MVSNYC

does anyone know more about tom candiotti's collection?

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Posted By: JimB

Tom Candiotti had some incredible cards. I heard he sold the whole collection as a single lot to one person recently.
JimB

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Posted By: MVSNYC

wow, i would love to get a break-down of that lot somehow...

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Posted By: Ed McCollum

seems he had a "complete" collection of T206s, and even talked about how he kept them at home and loved to hold, look, smell, etc. just like a lot of us.

Don't know if he is celebrity enough, but a very nice gentleman.

Ed

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Posted By: barrysloate

Candiotti's collection was profiled a couple of years ago in PSA's Sports Market Report, and his goal is to acquire the highest grade possible of every card he collects. He has a 1954 Aaron PSA 10 and the PSA 8 Plank, among many others. I think he focusses more on modern cards where 9's and 10's are available.

For those who saw Billy Crystal's film "61*", Candiotti played the role of Hoyt Wilhelm. That is one of my favorite baseball movies.

Edited to add I wasn't aware he sold it.

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Posted By: MVSNYC

well, he's more of a celebrity than the imaginary george steinbrener on Seinfeld...

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Posted By: paulstratton

I used to see Steve Garagiola(Joe's son and a former sports anchor in Detroit) at all the card shows in the early 1980's. He had a LARGE collection at the time...he must have gotten the collecting bug from his Dad apparently.

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Posted By: MVSNYC

guys, all of these people we are mentioning (even my post about tom candiotti)...they are not really celebrities...

i would imagine there are real celebrities (actors, musicians, etc) who collect...they have so much money and i'm sure it's not just going to cars and houses...

we just hav eto do some detective work and see who they are.

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Posted By: Dave

I would imagine some of the auction houses have secrets as to the big buyers...but can't disclose that information. Out of everybody listed Charlie Sheen I would suppose is the biggest known celebrity.

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Posted By: MVSNYC

dave-

agreed, he is the biggest celebrity mentioned...

i have a few old leand's catalogs with some of his collection for sale...cool stuff

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

I would think Penny Marshall is as big a celebrity as Charlie Sheen, but I'm not sure she collects cards so much as she collects memorablila. She is featured in Smithsonian Baseball.

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Posted By: Dave

Dan...I don't know in 2007 if Penny Marshall is as big. I'm 31 and barely remember reruns of Laverne and Shirley.

I wonder if anything slabbed has ever been labled "Sheen Collection" or something like that...

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Posted By: Sean

I thought Brad Pitt was Mr. X. Rumor was he would ride his bike around with PSA cards in the spokes. Ouch. I'm sure Angelina has put a kabosh on that.

Sean BH

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Posted By: Jim Dale

....Clint Eastwood - I'd bet on it.

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Posted By: Jason L

Why would celebrities hide their collections? I would think they could get more money if they sold pieces with their name attached to them...

In their case, it's not as though the world doesn't already know they have money...
eh, to each their own

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Posted By: Bob

Paris Hilton has a complete set of the R308 Tattoo orbits that you have to spit on to make the player's image appear, doesn't she?

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Posted By: Anthony

There are some entries in the PSA pop report for cards having been graded "The Charlie Sheen Collection"

If my sources are correct the identity of Mr. X would certainly underwhelm you. Not a household name, that is for sure.

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Posted By: MVSNYC

Anthony-

they don't need "more" money...they probably feel that they need "more privacy...that's why they would "hide their collections...my guess.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

Gary Gaetti was a card collector while in the MLB, and was seen at shows looking for singles to finish his sets.

Sheen had a 1934 Goudey sheet with Lajoie that was stolen and cut into singles. He had loaned it to a restaurant and it was stolen from there. He had a lot of quality vintage baseball memorabilia. Lelands also auction off a number of his original Andy Warhol paintings.

I wouldn't be surpised if Richard Nixon owned a few choice memorabilia items, as he was a big sports fan. While President, he would mail his ideas for plays to Redskins coach George Allen. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if living Presidents like George HW Bush (Yale baseball who met Babe Ruth) or George W Bush (Rangers owner) have a few favorite baseball mementos they show to visiting fellow baseball fans.

During his administration, Bush Sr. was advised to avoid American sports phrases when visiting foreign lands as the phrases were not universally understood. In Moscow, he once said something to the effect of "It's fourth down and I'm going to punt," and the Russians had no idea what he was talking about ... Then there was the time Nixon gave the thumbs up sign to a greeting crowd in a courtry where the gesture means "Up yours!"

Then there was the lost-in-translation espidode of Kurt Vonnegut's space alien who communicated by farting and tap dancing. When the alien went to the farm house and tried to to tell a farmer his barn was on fire, the farmer shot him.

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Posted By: Cobby33

Most people in this country don't know what he's talking about.

So- Who is Mr. X?????

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Posted By: RA

At every NY city show I used to see Joey Ramone walking around collecting cards, he was quite the collector/investor as far as I remember.

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Posted By: jay behrens

When I was a limo driver, I got to drive Penny Marshall on several occasions, as she is a Sacramento Kings fan and was often a guest of the Maloof's. She is a big baseball fan, but specializes in sheet music. She probably has the best collection of baseball and sports sheet music.

I got to know Curt Schilling playing Everquest. He collects Lou Gehrig items. I had not gotten back into the hobby yet and found a bunch of Gehrig wire photos I had and sold them to him.





These were just a few of the photos I sold him

Jay

I love pinatas. You get to beat the crap of something and get rewarded with candy.

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Posted By: tonyetrade

Hal Steinbrenner collects vintage wax boxes/packs from at least baseball and football.

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Posted By: peter chao

Jay,

I would say that Curt Schilling definitely qualifies as a celebrity. Does he also collect baseball cards of Lou Gehrig.

Peter

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Posted By: JimB

I believe Billy Crystal collects memorbilia. I don't know about cards.
JimB

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Posted By: davidcycleback

A number of years back I saw an interview of Curt Shilling in his home. He gave a tour of his extensive game used bat collection, and made a special point to show his Roberto Clemente.

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Posted By: Rob L

it was actually Johnny Ramone. Most of his collection went to his wife, Linda, when he died a couple of years ago. I don't know if she has sold his collection off though.