One after one, each piece is more remarkable than the next.
• A single-signed Babe Ruth baseball graded PSA 9.
• Lou Gehrig’s 1936 MVP trophy.
• Joe DiMaggio’s uniform from the 1951 World Series, when he hit his last home run at the Polo Grounds.
• The only Type 1 photo of Honus Wagner that was used for his famous T206 card.
• And the highest graded example in existence of Mickey Mantle’s iconic 1952 Topps card.
The collection Marshall Fogel has amassed over the last 30 years is frankly unbelievable. Breathtaking for any sports fanatic and collector.
The 81-year-old former attorney is on the top of Mount Rushmore for sports collectors.
Fogel’s overall portfolio is what strikes Collectable CEO Ezra Levine. In February, Levine’s fractional investment company conducted a sit-down interview from Fogel’s Denver home to educate collectors — new and experienced — in the first part of a series on how some of the best and most successful collectors have made their mark in the hobby.
“The major thing for us is we wanted someone obviously who’s an incredible collector and has really embodied and epitomized all that it means to be a collector,” Levine told Sports Collectors Digest. “But we also wanted somebody who was a real hobby pioneer, somebody who had seen the progression and the evolution of the industry, someone who had consistently been on the right horses and found trends prior to other people.
“In Marshall, you have a guy who sees the world very clearly, and who sees evolution and oftentimes, again, has just been correct in kind of seeing what the future has in store.”
Fogel’s collection is incredible in Levine’s eyes.
“Literally, it’s the best of the best,” Levine said. “The cards are obviously incredible, but I think the game-used bats that he has are beyond me. In one handful, you’ll be handling a gamer from Mantle and Maris from the 1961 season and then he
