A lower grade basic complete set of T206 cards paced Love of the Game Auctions’ Summer Premier event, selling for $101,079.
The 520-card set, which featured some rare backs, is missing only the “big four” cards: Honus Wagner, Eddie Plank, the “Magie” error and the Doyle “NY Nat’l” error.
The auction, which closed early Sunday east coast time, also included a fresh to the hobby 1921 Babe Ruth Exhibit card graded PSA 3 that sold for $20,400 and an original Mike Trout painting by baseball artist Graig Kreindler that netted $36,000.
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The top selling items in Goldin’s August Monthly Auction, which also closed over the weekend was the 1/1 2021 Panini National Treasures Platinum Trevor Lawrence NFL Shield Patch Rookie Auto (#1/1). Graded BGS NM-MT 8 with a Beckett 10 autograph, it sold for $336,000.
The other top lots sold included:
- 2020 Panini National Treasures Rookie Patch Autograph Stars & Stripes #158 Justin Herbert Rookie Patch Auto (#06/20) – PSA 10 – Pop 1 $216,000
- 1986-87 Fleer #57 Michael Jordan Rookie Card – PSA 10 $204,041
- 1957-58 Topps #77 Bill Russell Signed Rookie Card – PSA EX-MT+ 6.5, PSA/DNA 10 – Pop 1 $181,200
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A new sports card marketplace has launched. Card Shop Live, which received a $1.5 million funding round led by SGC in April, offers live shopping, breaks and auctions with interviews and other events also part of the content.
“I have been collecting for 25 years, and I wanted to ensure a fun and safe way for people to expand their collections, so we have heavily focused our seller vetting and curation process to make sure our community has the best shopping experience,” says Mike Gioseffi, a podcast host who is running Card Shop Live. “Trust, quality, and community have been our top priorities when designing and launching this new live streaming marketplace.”
“The health and well-being of the trading card industry means everything to us at SGC,” remarked Peter Steinberg, Chief Executive Officer of SGC. “After speaking to Mike about his vision for Card Shop Live, our team was convinced that a platform like this, grounded in trust, quality, and community was not only on brand with SGC’s vision for the future, but also something that the card collecting community badly needed.”
Card Shop Live offers real time chat, direct messaging, and user forums on products.
The company has partnered with other entities that offer live breaks, auctions, and exclusive events for trading cards and comics.
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The Topps baseball card truck wrapped up its month-long trip around the country on Saturday with a stop at the company’s store in Cooperstown, just a few steps from the Baseball Hall of Fame.
It’s a party outside the Topps by Dave & Adam’s store!
The @Topps truck is here until 2 pm ET with free packs, games & more!#thehobby pic.twitter.com/NTqQe8tWtM
— Topps by Dave & Adam’s (@dacooperstown) August 20, 2022
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For the second straight year, Upper Deck will be the title sponsor of the 2023 NHL Draft. Next year’s event will be held in Nashville. Upper Deck and the NHL and NHLPA announced long-term hockey card license extensions last year.
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