It's one thing to show your team support through face paint. It's an entirely different manner to tatoo the auction auctographs of members of the team all over your body. One Colts fan did just that. 

Bill Russell will be just one of the many athletes represented in high-end memorabilia in Iconic Memorabilia's December auction. A 1956 team-signed Yankees ball and pieces of pop culture from Marilyn Monroe and the Beatles will also be sought-after items.

Visually pleasing, memory-evoking and most importantly affordable, vintage card pack wrappers and displays have now become a popular hobby niche.

Jon Matlack was finishing up his Rookie of the Year campaign in 1972 when he took the mound for the New York Mets against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The left-handed starting pitcher looked to the plate and saw right-handed hitter Roberto Clemente.
A future Hall of Famer, Clemente was perched on 2,999 career hits. However, Matlack had no idea.

“I was 22 years old, just trying to win a ball game and I was not having a very good day,” Matlack said. “I ended up walking five guys that day, and I think we lost 5-0 or maybe 5-2.

When college football ruled in the 1920s, Red Grange ruled college football. He later turned into a star of the silver screen.

Stephen Wong, author of Smithsonian Baseball: Inside the World's Finest Private Collections, helps stock the Sports Museum of America – a multi-sport museum that lives up to its billing.

When it comes to game-used baseball gloves, not surprisingly, it's the high-end leather that's has paid off the best for collectors.

Are collectors hedging their bets that in just a few years both the major league home run record and major NFL passing records could be broken again? 

Pistol Pete is still blazing when it comes to collectibles from his fabulous career.