Notes: ESPN on Grading; Talking Babe-o-Bilia; NBA Top Shot Guy vs. Topps, More
When hundreds of thousands of cards are arriving every week, it’s easy to understand why PSA needed to call timeout. The company’s recent decision to pause most lower cost authentication and grading work until it can made some headway on a massive backlog of orders means bulk submitters are largely either on the sidelines or utilizing the services of another company.
Beckett and SGC are backlogged, too, meaning more new business for newcomer CSG. The whole thing even caught the attention of ESPN, which published a story Thursday.
A baseball autographed by Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and other members of the 1927 Yankees has come home to Johnstown, PA–nearly 94 years after Ruth parked a batting practice pitch over the wall before an exhibition game against a team of locals.
We chatted with Collectable Daily about Babe Ruth, ahead of the company’s rookie card IPO…
The CEO of Dapper Labs, which developed NBA Top Shot, fired a shot across the bow of Topps and its partner for the new NFT for Series 1 Baseball that’s set to release next week.
Top Shot has had its own issues, so it’s a little funny to see, but Roham Gharegozlou’s issue has to do with what he believes is a lack of pizzazz in what Topps is doing.
StarStock, a marketplace for buying and selling modern rookie cards–even if you don’t take possession of them–says it now has one million cards in inventory.
A new look for Hunt Auctions. The company has revamped its platform, making changes to the look of its Live and Internet Auction catalogues with easier navigation in addition to mobile optimization.
