Darren Rovell

New York

Founder of @cllctmedia & Kickstand Cocktails. Partner, Tastemaker Capital. Investor in @athleticbrewing, @popupbagels, @gosportcoffee, @bienasnacks & more.

Articles

Tony Gwynn's 1991 Gold Glove sells for $62k, just misses record

6 days ago | cllct.com | Darren Rovell

Tony Gwynn's 1991 Gold Glove award sold for $62,000 at the Realest on Sunday night, narrowly missing the modern record for baseball's fielding trophy at auction. That record belongs to the price paid for Ozzie Smith's 50th anniversary All-Time Gold Glove trophy, which was bought for $65,048 in 2012.
PSA to open dedicated facility for ticket grading

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Darren Rovell

Ticket collecting has grown so much over the past five years that grader PSA has decided the category deserves its own location. Previously graded out of PSA's headquarters in Santa Ana, California, tickets will now move to a new, dedicated facility in Plano, Texas, next year, the company announced Friday. Advertisement"Quicker turnaround is the goal. Operational efficiency is how we get there," PSA president Ryan Hoge said in a statement.
PSA to open dedicated facility for ticket grading

1 week ago | cllct.com | Darren Rovell

Ticket collecting has grown so much over the past five years that grader PSA has decided the category deserves its own location. Previously graded out of PSA's headquarters in Santa Ana, California, tickets will now move to a new, dedicated facility in Plano, Texas, next year, the company announced Friday. "Quicker turnaround is the goal. Operational efficiency is how we get there," PSA president Ryan Hoge said in a statement.
Abraham Lincoln auction yields big results

2 weeks ago | cllct.com | Darren Rovell

A massive Abraham Lincoln auction, the most extensive sale of items from America's 16th president, yielded big prices Wednesday in Chicago. Several of the top-selling pieces in the 144-item auction were from Lincoln's assassination by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington on April 14, 1865.
Abraham Lincoln auction yields big results

2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Darren Rovell

A massive Abraham Lincoln auction, the most extensive sale of items from America's 16th president, yielded big prices Wednesday in Chicago. Several of the top-selling pieces in the 144-item auction were from Lincoln's assassination by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington on April 14, 1865.
How Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson ended up with a birthday gift that moved him to tears

2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Darren Rovell

Collectibles resonate for many reasons. Some items become collectible simply because demand far exceeds supply. Others are deemed collectible because of who made them. And then there are pieces of memorabilia that become collectible because of their story. In my last 20 years of collecting, the latter has filled up my drawers, cabinets and mindshare. AdvertisementThings that often weren't collectible from the start became so because of what happened afterward.
How Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson ended up with a birthday gift that moved him to tears

2 weeks ago | cllct.com | Darren Rovell

Collectibles resonate for many reasons. Some items become collectible simply because demand far exceeds supply. Others are deemed collectible because of who made them. And then there are pieces of memorabilia that become collectible because of their story. In my last 20 years of collecting, the latter has filled up my drawers, cabinets and mindshare. Things that often weren't collectible from the start became so because of what happened afterward.
Scorecard from Jackie Robinson's debut soars into rare territory

3 weeks ago | cllct.com | Darren Rovell

By Darren Rovell Programs and scorecards have long been called collectibles, but aside from a select few, they haven't exactly appreciated much over the years. This weekend, a scorecard is expected to be added to the upper eschelon: one from Jackie Robinson's debut in 1947. The lightly scored, folded piece of history is already at $16,470 at Heritage Auctions, way past the auction house's estimate of at least $5,000.
Debut ticket collector lands pass to U2's first concert

1 month ago | cllct.com | Darren Rovell

Eric Zitter is the greatest ticket collector of sporting debuts. You name it, he has it. Mickey Mantle. Jackie Robinson. Pete Rose. Jerry West. Wilt Chamberlain. Michael Jordan. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Magic Johnson. Larry Bird. Dan Marino. Joe Montana. Jerry Rice. But Sunday, he steered off his sports debut path to buy a gem — the first ever paid concert for U2. Debuts in sports, though rare, are obtainable. Concerts are more of a crapshoot.
Nike, adidas, other shoe companies ask Trump for tariff relief

1 month ago | cllct.com | Darren Rovell

With seemingly little solution to their supply-chain issues, a trade group made up of prominent footwear brands, including Nike, adidas and Sketchers, made a plea to President Donald Trump for tariff relief this week. A letter sent to the White House signed by 76 members of The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America said the tariffs imposed result in an “existential threat” to their businesses.