Over 30 Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig cards highlight the first card-exclusive auction at Heritage this year.
Modern Sports Card News
2022 Topps Museum Collection Offers Plenty Of Relics
Game-used base relics and framed Hall of Fame autographs are two new components of 2022 Topps Museum Baseball, due out during the season.
Sports Memorabilia News
Vintage Sports Tickets, Stubs: Most Watched eBay Auctions
The market for vintage sports tickets and stubs has never been stronger. Here’s a look at the current most watched eBay auctions.
- Signed Super Bowl Tickets, Game-Used Balls, Rookie Cards Headline Playoff Auction
- CBP: Cincinnati Agents Seized 1,382 Fake Championship Rings, Trophies in Late 2021
- High-End Sports Auction Includes Vintage, Modern Cards, Historic Memorabilia
- Handwritten 1946 Jackie Robinson Questionnaire Heading to Auction
Business News
All Gem Mint 1980-81 Topps Basketball Set Tips Off Goldin Winter Elite Sale
An all-PSA 10 set of 1980-81 Topps Basketball joins a pile of high-end current era rookie cards and some historic memorabilia as Goldin Auctions kicks off its latest catalog.
Industry News
30 Years Ago, Classic Shook Up The Basketball Market With An Exclusive Contract With Shaquille O’Neal
Classic’s exclusive contract with Shaq in 1992 made headlines in the hobby.
Around the Hobby
Card Back Q&A: Jim Everett Talks Quarterback Challenge, Rams ‘All Sports Days’ and High School Wrestling Career
Jim Everett expands on the backs of his football cards with talk about Chuck Knox and quarterbacks, some college sports hijinks and more.
- Notes: Philly Show Signers; Big Dynasty Pull; $3.3 Million NT Buy; Solution for Slippery Shoe Boxes
- Ken Dryden Rookie Card Turns 50
- Card Back Q&A: Ruppert Jones Talks Taking Up Karate, Hitting Third Deck in Kingdome, Claudell Washington
- Notes: Lawlar Superfractor Pulled; The Company Formerly Known as Topps; Cards’ Winter Warmup Axed; Big Puck Auction
Shop Talk
Shop Talk: Big Ben’s Last Ride at Heinz Field, New Products, Great Local Card Show
Tony takes time out to witness some NFL history; the shop blows through the latest releases and a visit to a long-running Pennsylvania card show.
Editor’s Blog
Notes: Dallas Show; Pokémon No; CSG Tallies 2021 Grading Numbers; ECHL All-Star, NBA Jerseys Up for Auction
A big card show underway in Texas; a seven-figure trading card case turns out to be something else; CCG/CSG are grading lots of collectibles; MeiGray and the ECHL team up for an All-Star auction and some City Edition NBA jerseys are on the block, including those worn by a pair of top rookies.
- Notes: Big Ticket Tickets Close Out Goldin Sale; UD’s New ePack Set, More
- Notes: Chrome Basketball; All-10 1986 Fleer Set Sale; MJ Shoes Deal; Gary Brackett Selling Super Bowl Ring
- Notes: Prospects or Rookies?; PSA Update; Fanatics’ Top Selling Athletes; More
- 1917 Red Sox Calendar Kicks off Antiques Roadshow Season
Popular Stories
2021 Was Hobby’s Wildest Ride Yet
As the world opened up, 2021 became a whirlwind in the sports collectibles business. A look back at the license takeovers, the shutdowns and startups, the big money spent on cards and corporations and the crime that came along for the ride.
- Sports Card Release Calendar: 12/31/21 – 1/25/22
- 1, 2, 3 Strikes and He’s Not Out Yet: VA Cops Hunt Target Card Theft Supsect
- 1917 Red Sox Calendar Kicks off Antiques Roadshow Season
- Tim Horton Was Hockey’s Strongest Man Before He Was Hockey’s Strongest Brand
- “Number One Guy” Selling Unique Vintage Sports Card Collection
- Notes: Winter Card Show at the Ballpark; Shop Burglary; High-End Orr Memorabilia, More
- New Jersey Man Facing Federal Fraud Charges Over “Brady” Super Bowl Rings
- Marty Cordova Q&A: An Oops on His First Card; Game-Used Gifts from Teammates, Missing Bats
- Police Sting Operation Nets Suspect in Theft of Stolen Babe Ruth Card
- Topps, Dave & Adam’s Opening Shop in Cooperstown
- PSA Tallies Year, November Grading Numbers
- Patriot Act: A Far Too Early Mac Jones Rookie Card Recap
- 1904 Scorebook From Teen Ty Cobb’s First Pro Season Set for Display
- 1989 Score Football: Debut Set Loaded with Great Rookies
- Tom Brady’s “Shaved Head” Rookie Card Among Big Sellers at Lelands
- Bill Russell Memorabilia Fetches $7.4 Million in Boston Auction
- eBay’s GM of Trading Cards Bob Means Discusses Pop Up Shops, Massive Growth and Nostalgia
- All 3 Home Run Balls from Braves World Series Clincher Will Be Sold
- Early Willie Mays Cards, Fleer Basketball, 1954 Topps Pack Key $13.3 Million REA Sale
- Nationals Pitcher Kyle McGowin Turns Collecting Love into Shop, Breaking Business