Sports Collectors

    April 4, 2022

    PSA Parent Company to Open Vault, Gets $100 Million Investment as 100+ Graders Tackle Card Backlog

    PSA’s parent company is planning to offer a vault service for trading cards.  Collectors, the newly rebranded, shortened moniker for…
    January 30, 2022

    1993-94 Topps Finest Basketball Broke New Ground in Hoops Market

    1993-94 Topps Finest basketball was an upping of the ante in the sports card technological arms race right from the…
    January 22, 2022

    Notes: PSA Grading Tallies; Son Sues Mom; $10,000 Jackie Photo

    PSA says it graded and shipped over eight million cards in 2021. While some have been submitted since the company…
    January 21, 2022

    Giannis Suing Leaf Over “Greek Freak” Trademark

    Attorneys for Giannis Antetokounmpo have filed a lawsuit against Leaf Trading Cards over the use of the NBA superstar’s “Greek…
    January 21, 2022

    Massive, Original, Pristine 1927 Babe Ruth Movie Banner Uncovered

    “Grampa Eddie” knew it was special. After all, it wasn’t every day that a movie came out that starred Babe…
    January 20, 2022

    Massive, Original, Pristine 1927 Babe Ruth Movie Banner Uncovered

    “Grampa Eddie” knew it was special. After all, it wasn’t every day that a movie came out that starred Babe…
    January 20, 2022

    Shoeless Joe Jackson Rookie Card Continues Its Meteoric Rise In Value

    While the names of Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb dominate the pre-war baseball card landscape, that pair of all-time greats…
    January 19, 2022

    1980-81 Topps Basketball: Taming a Perforated Monster

    Basketball card collecting has many iconic rookie cards for collectors to chase. From George Mikan to Bill Russell. Lew Alcindor…

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      May 8, 2021

      Notes: KY Shop Burglary; Topps and Trout; Giants into Box Breaks; More

      There was a burglary late last week at a sports card shop in Lexington, KY.  It happened at Jimmy’s Roadshow…
      November 15, 2021

      The Bullpen Card Shop In LA Robbed; More Than $1M In Product Stolen

      Reports of robberies at sports card shops are on the rise, and a theft early on the morning of Nov.…
      July 21, 2021

      Topps Releases 2022 Baseball Card Design

      Production work on sports card releases begins not long after the previous year’s product is released. Topps has been working…
      June 9, 2021

      Game Changer: 30th Anniversary of Upper Deck Hockey Slips By

      Sometimes anniversaries are celebrated, and sometimes they come and go. This year, a big one came and went without much…
      January 2, 2021

      Baseball Lifer Mike Cubbage a Long-Time Collector

      If you opened a pack of baseball cards in the 1970s and early 80s, you remember Mike Cubbage.  If you’re…
      July 1, 2021

      Notes: Son Arrested for Ring Theft; Ohtani’s Dual Bobblehead; Blaster Box Hunting; Upper Deck News

      The son of former New England Patriots defensive tackle Vince Wilfork has been charged with stealing his dad’s two Super…
      August 19, 2021

      T206 Wagner Sells for $6.6 Million, Reclaiming Title as Most Expensive Sports Card

      Honus has reclaimed his throne. One of the best known examples of the famed T206 Wagner card sold at auction…
      January 16, 2021

      2020 Mikey Awards: Sports Card Hobby Rolls with the Punches

      Before I get to some of the follies the sports card and collectible industry enjoyed in 2020, I want to…
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