Sports Collectors

June 16, 2021
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Abandoned Detroit Plant That Held Millions of Junk Era Cards Being Torn Down

If you’ve been a long time reader, you might remember the photos of that abandoned building in Detroit that held…
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June 16, 2021
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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…
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June 15, 2021
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Music Loses an Icon, Hobby Loses a Celebrity Collector

Music may have lost a legend recently, but the hobby lost one of its most passionate celebrity collectors. B.J. Thomas…
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June 15, 2021
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Upper Deck, Panini Reach Settlement Over MJ Images

Upper Deck and Panini America have resolved their issues over images of Michael Jordan that appeared in the background of…
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June 12, 2021
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Record Rookie: O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky Card Sold for $3.75 Million

On December 11, Heritage Auctions sold one of the two 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky rookie cards for what was then…
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June 12, 2021
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Hoops Unicorn: 1969-70 Topps Basketball Box Coming to Auction

Topps had been out of the basketball card business for 12 years when a phone call between the company and…
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June 11, 2021
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Notes: NSCC is On; eBay on Bid Retractions; COMC Shipping; Shop Stories

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the National Sports Collectors Convention will go on as schedule July 28-August 1. On Tuesday, the…
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June 11, 2021
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Beckett Suspends Most Grading Services as of June 7

Overwhelmed with orders, Beckett Grading Services will temporarily stop accepting most trading card submissions next week. Like its competitor, PSA,…
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June 10, 2021
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1914 Baltimore News Ruth Sold for Record Price; Will Hit Fractional Shares Market

One of about ten known copies of Babe Ruth’s first baseball card—issued when he was still a minor leaguer—has just…
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June 10, 2021
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Notes: More KY Shop Burglaries; Topps Earnings; Northeast Show on the Move

The wave of burglaries at card shops in SEC country continues. Sometime early Wednesday morning, someone climbed into Louisville Sports…
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