Topps continues the parade of Archives Signature Series products with a planned fall release of the 2018 Retired Player Edition. Set to hit shops and online stores on October 3, the 2018 product will again have a checklist of what Topps calls “Hall of Famers, legends and fan favorites.” Once again, each box has just the one signed card, will be priced at about $45 … [Read more...]
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1982 National Program: Seminars, Swimming, Softball–and a Show
If you made plans to attend the National Sports Collectors Convention 36 years ago this summer, you brought you best inventory. You also may have packed your softball glove, your swim trunks, a few cards to flip...and your Bible. The agenda for the fledgling event's third year was a little different from the one you've become used to in the current … [Read more...]
Panini Signs Trae Young to Autograph Deal
One of the better known players in this year’s draft will stick with the NBA’s licensed trading card partner. Panini America announced Monday that it had reached an exclusive agreement with former Oklahoma star point guard Trae Young. According to Panini, Young "will be a featured attraction in all of Panini America's 2018-19 collegiate and NBA trading card … [Read more...]
J.R. Smith’s “Oops” Game 1 Finals Jersey at Auction
He was the focus of every TV replay, every highlight recap, every story that followed the first game of the 2018 NBA Finals. Unfortunately for former NBA champion J.R. Smith, it was for the wrong reason. The jersey he was wearing in one of the most famous—or infamous-- moments of recent Finals history is on the block through NBA Auctions. After teammate George … [Read more...]
Notes: 1934 Yankees Ball Emerges; a Son and His Late Father’s Orioles Collection
Sports card shop owners dream of someone walking in with a great card collection but sometimes all it takes is one single item. Owner Lou Brown of Legends Sports & Games in Grand Rapids, Michigan has one such item in his shop after a local man stopped in. Watch the story from WZZM-TV below. If you can't see the video, click here. Joe DeLessio's father lived … [Read more...]
Numbering Error in 2018 Topps Series 2
If you’re looking for cards #364 and 565 in the 2018 Topps Series 2 set and can’t seem to find them anywhere, you can stop looking. The company stated Friday that there was an error in the base card numbering that resulted in two different numbers being used twice while those two numbers don’t exist. The error became apparent as collectors and dealers began breaking … [Read more...]
PSA 9 Clemente Rookie Expected to Fetch Big Price
One of just 11 1955 Topps Roberto Clemente rookie cards to land a PSA 9 grade will hit the auction block this summer. Heritage Auctions will offer the card in its July 19-20 Summer Sports Card Auction. It carries a pre-sale estimate of $350,000 or more, but that could be a modest figure. The last two sales of mint Clemente rookies took place in 2016—one selling … [Read more...]
Notes: Rare Cards in RR Auction; Matty Signed Ball Video; Mint ’61 Fleer Set Bidding; Blues Police Set
RR Auctions’ first sports-only catalog auction opened on Friday with over 650 lots on the block including the only PSA graded example of the Old Judge Jim O’Rourke cabinet card. The OJ cabinets were mail in premiums, and are very scarce. It’s believed this is the first time one has been offered at auction. Also up for grabs is an 1895 Mayo’s Cut … [Read more...]
2018 Topps High Tek Preview
After making its return after a long hiatus in 2014, one baseball product born in the 1990s has settled back in as an annual release and now also has a Bowman-branded brother (due out in August). 2018 Topps High Tek will arrive during baseball’s post-season, again offering its dizzying array of backgrounds and parallels to chase. 2018 Topps High Tek Basics Each one-pack … [Read more...]
Topps Signs David Ortiz as Spokesman, “Lead Scout”
Topps has signed David Ortiz to an endorsement deal that will include a new role as “head scout” for the Topps NOW program. According to Topps, Ortiz will work with the company to select “the best moments of the Major League Baseball season and support Topps’ initiatives throughout the year, including National Baseball Card Day.” “The TOPPS NOW program is fun to work on … [Read more...]
