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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      December 8, 2021

      Al Kaline Collection, Baseball Rookie Cards Star in $26 Million Auction

      Throughout his seven decades in baseball, Al Kaline accumulated countless memories he shared with fans.  He also accumulated plenty of…
      November 26, 2021

      Notes: Found in Shoebox, Kobe-LeBron Card Nets $312,000

      It sat in a shoebox for years but over the weekend, one of the 50 copies of the 2008 Topps…
      November 8, 2021

      Sports Card Release Roundup: 11/3 – 11/22

      MLB will be dishing out postseason awards by the time they arrive on hobby shop shelves but  fresh 2021 baseball…
      February 16, 2021

      Notes: Kurt Rappaport Buys Wagner for $3.7 Million

      Among the very best well-known T206 Honus Wagner cards has a brand-new residence. Kurt Rappaport, a 49-year-old Southern California property…
      December 4, 2021

      What’s Hot: Top 5 Selling Sports Card Boxes December 2021

      I hope you all enjoyed a tremendous Thanksgiving and that it helped you forget about the one you might not…
      June 16, 2021

      Babe Ruth Rookie Card Traded for 1975 Topps Mini Set Brings $328,800 at Auction

      It was Nolan Ryan for Jim Fregosi.  Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas.  Lou Brock for Ernie Broglio.  All may have…
      July 20, 2021

      Joe Orlando Resigns; Nat Turner Now CEO of Collectors Universe

      Collectors Universe, parent company of PSA, announced Friday morning that Joe Orlando has resigned as CEO. Executive Chairman Nat Turner,…
      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…
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