About Global Card Auctions
We are a team of passionate collectors who enjoy obscure cards from Running to CDVs
Our Story
Global Card Auctions started with a simple frustration: the cards we loved most were the ones the big auction houses ignored. Vintage nonsports, cricket, CDVs, foreign issues — overlooked categories, often handled by people who had never built a collection of their own. So three lifelong collectors decided to build the house we wished existed: one run by collectors, for collectors, where every card gets the research, respect, and spotlight it deserves.
From Our Personal Collections
Plenty of auction houses are run by businesspeople who have never built a collection of their own. We’re the opposite — every founder here is a lifelong collector first. Here are a few favorites from our personal collections, and why each one made the cut.
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1899 Ogdens Cricketers & Sportsmen Vector Trumper
This set features a ton of Cricketers and Golfers. This is my nicest copy and a Rookie Card of the legendary Victor Trumper
1898-99 Honest Long Cut War Photographs Col. Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt has 3 cards that were published before he took over as President. This is the rarest which is from the Spanish American War
1986 Rock Starts 85/86 Metallica
I’m a huge Metal Fan. This is the earliest full band pic of Metallica. It’s SUPER tough to find with a back as Brazil 80s music cards were stickers.
1909 Real Photo Postcard Dwight Eisenhower
This postcard is an interesting crossover as Dwight D. Eisenhower is shown on his high school baseball team.
1972 Panini Cantanti 72 #305 Black Sabbath -Bisvalida
This card is signed by Ozzy Osbourne and is one of the earlier Black Sabbath cards. In the 72 set, it has the highly coveted Bisvalida back.
1860s Mathew Brady CDV Proof
There are less than 20 known Mathew Brady Proofs. Brady (and his team) would send these to subjects before printing for approval
1888 N76 Duke Great Americans Samuel Clemens
One of my favorite Duke sets is the Great Americans. While I have an SGC 7 in my collection, I elected to showcase the Mark Twain
1887 Lone Jack Cigarettes Inventors Benjamin Franklin
The Lone Jack Inventors are nearly an impossible set to complete. While there are 25 subjects, only a handful sell each year. I built the set in 3 years.
1959 Menko JCM 31C Sadaharu Oh
I almost put my Ramly Walter Johnson in this spot… The Oh was my first Japanese baseball card in my collection.
1910 T226 Red Sun Cigarettes Sam Langford
The T226 Red Suns were only distributed in Louisiana. The 4 black boxers in the set have a handful of copies known.
Steven Lazar
Negro League and Latin American baseball — the history the mainstream hobby overlooked.
1946-47 Propagandas Montiel #64 Stan Musial
Caribbean winter-league history in one card.
1924-25 Aguilitas #843 Cristóbal Torriente
Tobacco-era rarity from the island’s golden age.
1988 Mira Tuttosport #490 Lew Alcindor
The crown jewel of Latin American collecting.
1945-46 Caramelo Deportivo #27 Minnie Miñoso (Auto)
A star the record books left out.
1923-24 Tomás Gutiérrez #76 Andy Cooper
Where Latin baseball cards really begin.
1977 Chong Modesto A’s #5 Rickey Henderson (Auto)
The Chong Modesto set was a minor league regional issue that features Rickey Henderson’s first card. I chose it because Rickey is a record setter and baseball icon
1947 Bond Bread Jackie Robinson (Portrait)
Some consider the 47’ bond bread issue to be Jackie’s true rookie as it’s the his first normal sized card produced. I chose this card because of the impact of Jackie Robinson on not only baseball, but the world.
1955 All American Sports Club #41 Bill Russell (Hand-Cut)
The 55’ Bill Russell shows him as a member of the San Fransico Dons and is a pre-rookie card. I chose this card because of Bill Russell’s heart of a champion and his role as an activist.
1951 Doble Águila #157 (Martín Dihigo)
Nicknamed “el mastero” (the teacher). Dihigo played multiple positions and managed teams. I chose this card to highlight a legend of the game who is an unsung hero
1949-50 Toleteros Willard Brown
This card is one of the highest grade toleteros cards I own. I chose it because Willard Brown is a negro league hall of famer and I wanted to spotlight his career
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Foreign nonsports — British, European, and beyond. I’ll cross an ocean for the right card.
1966 Topps Batman Cello Pack (Black Bat) #1
Picked this up opportunistically at a card show. Only two cello packs with Batman #1 on top have ever been graded, and this is by far the nicer copy. Certainly one of the most iconic non-sports cards out there.
T206 Walter Johnson, Hands at Chest (Broadleaf 460)
Took a big risk and bought this raw at an auction, then had to sweat out the grade at the National. Only a handful of these have been graded — the Broadleaf 460 back is considered the third-rarest back in the T206 set.
2018 Bowman’s Best Superfractor Auto 1/1 — Shohei Ohtani
I spotted this card at the National two years ago, and it took nine months to get a deal done. I PC Shohei Ohtani, and I’m happy to have this as the centerpiece of an extensive Ohtani rookie collection.
Tom Morris Jr and Sr Golf Cabinet Card
Not all CDVs are created equal, and this is one of the most beautiful, clear images you will find on one. It’s also, in my opinion, the nicest image of the legendary father-and-son golfing duo.
1901 Carson’s Chocolate Abraham Lincoln
I have a lot of foreign issues in my collection, and this one is tough to source. The set is quite extensive, and I’ve never seen another. Love the image of Lincoln against the brown chocolate background — the only graded copy on the pop report.
1922 Harry Houdini “The Spirit of Lincoln” Original Photo (1-of-1) Rarest of The Rare Image Used in Lincoln Pres. Library & Museum - PSA/DNA Type 1
Extremely rare, double exposure Type 1 photograph that Houdini used to dispel myths of fraudulent spiritualists in the 1920s. May be the only copy, and one that Houdini himself used to educate people
1936 Jesse Owens Type 1 Photograph Muhlen Frank Card Image
Ive always enjoyed collecting Type 1 photographs that are also card images. This one depicts Jesse Owens in an action shot during the 1936 Olympics in Long Jump competition that is on the 1936 Muhlen Franck card.
Original Type 1 Photograph of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Dual Signed
This photograph has a long fun backstory, and is one of the rare images of both Ruth and Gehrig together in their Yankee uniforms. The signatures are very bold, particularly Ruth’s.
1936 Olympics Jesse Owens Gold Medal 100M Ticket PSA 9 Mint
The holy grail of Jesse Owens tickets. Highest graded copy from his 100M gold medal winning performance. Another raw copy that I graded at the National.
1910 Notebook Covers Honus Wagner PSA 3
One of the most beautiful issues of pre-war baseball in my opinion. These are very difficult to find in clean shape. The artwork is amazing, although funny enough, the image is reversed here!
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