Sports Collectors
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Overlooked and Underrated Rookie Cards of NBA Greats – Part 2, the 1960s
As was the case in the earliest days of professional basketball, in the 1960s the limelight focused squarely on a…
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The Making of Tom Brady’s First Rookie Card
When I look back at the years I spent developing products for the various sports card companies I worked for,…
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Editor’s Blog: Pause the Panic on Fanatics Sports Card Deal
Fanatics’ acquisition of a large chunk of the sports card landscape will kill collecting! Fanatics’ acquisition of a large chunk…
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Notes: PSA Grading Update; Card Shows Abound; Topps’ Debt Rating Lowered; Globe on Hobby; Jeter Dive Bobble; More
PSA is grading over 20,000 cards per day as it continues to work through the massive backlog of trading ca…
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Near Set of Rare 1921 Self Developing Strip Cards Discovered
Little is known about the unclassified baseball card set dubbed as 1921 Self Developing Strip Cards. But a new discovery…
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Fanatics in Deals to Take Over Trading Card Licenses in Multiple Sports; Topps Merger Deal Dead
Multiple media outlets reported Thursday that Fanatics, the sports retail and memorabilia giant, is creating a new division that will…
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Topps Says It Was Blindsided by Fanatics’ MLB Deal
On Tuesday night, the man who had guided the Topps Company since the fall of 2007 had to be feeling…
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Report: Fanatics Deal with NBA, Players for Trading Cards Now Done
The dominos continue to fall in a stunning turn of events for the sports trading card market. The NBA and…
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2021 National Will Rank “2nd Best Attended”
Promoters of the National Sports Collectors Convention say the all-time record for opening day attendance was “smashed” at this year’s…
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Vintage Pack Facts: 1979 Topps Football
It was the NFL’s 60th season, but there wasn’t much historical commemoration inside 1979 Topps football packs. The company stuck…
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