Sports Memorabilia

Freeman’s | Hindman’s Sports Memorabilia auctions encompass a comprehensive range of categories including competition-used artifacts, athlete personal property, autographed memorabilia, trading cards, and unique ephemera that includes programs, posters, pennants, and tickets.

This department builds on the firm’s record of realizing strong results for sports memorabilia auctions including the historic sales of property from Chicago Stadium and Comiskey Park along with items from the collection of Chicago Bears icon and Hall of Famer Mike Ditka. Whether it’s as official as a game worn uniform or as simple as a signature scribbled on a scrap of paper, Freeman’s | Hindman regularly handles memorabilia from the titans of the sporting world including Muhammad Ali, Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Serena Williams, Tom Brady, Tiger Woods, and Michael Jordan.

The Sports Memorabilia department conducts regularly scheduled auctions of collections large and small consigned by individuals, estates, and institutions. Recent single-owner collection successes include 8.24: The Definitive Collection of Kobe Bryant Rookie Cards; The Mike Ditka Collection; Grails & Goats: A Sports Memorabilia Collection Celebrating The Greatest and Rarest in the Hobby; and Having a Ball!: A Legendary Collection of Signed Baseballs.