The landmark changes that allow more freedom for current college athletes to profit from promotions and marketing is spreading to trading cards. On Thursday, Panini America announced an exclusive landmark agreement with a group licensing organization that will give Panini the ability to produce trading cards of current college athletes. The deal between Panini … [Read more...]
Entrust Global Group Acquires Southern Hobby Supply
Entrust Global Group, parent company of Beckett, is acquiring one of North America’s top trading card distributors. Nashville-based Southern Hobby Supply has reached a definitive agreement to become part of Entrust. Southern Hobby works with more than 1,000 hobby and specialty stores from its home base in Nashville. Now in its 31st year, the company supplies … [Read more...]
2021 National Hockey Card Day in U.S., Canada Set for Saturday
Much like the 2020-21 NHL season, it's been shuffled around thanks to the lingering impact of the pandemic, but the 2021 edition of National Hockey Card Day is set for this Saturday, July 24 at participating hobby shops in the U.S. and Canada. The event normally takes place in the winter and had originally been moved back to a spring date before a post-season date was … [Read more...]
Joe Orlando Resigns; Nat Turner Now CEO of Collectors Universe
Collectors Universe, parent company of PSA, announced Friday morning that Joe Orlando has resigned as CEO. Executive Chairman Nat Turner, who led a group to purchase the grading and authentication company early this year, will take over that role. Orlando first joined Collectors Universe in 1999. He was named President of PSA in 2002 and took on a larger … [Read more...]
Topps Releases 2022 Baseball Card Design
Production work on sports card releases begins not long after the previous year’s product is released. Topps has been working on the design and other elements for its 2022 flagship baseball product as the current season plays out. On Thursday morning, they revealed just what those cards would look like. Topps unveiled the design for 2022 with a mockup of a card for Tampa … [Read more...]
Regional Online Auctions Can Yield Sports Treasures – Part I
When we think of sports card auctions, we tend to think of the larger sports memorabilia auction houses and eBay. Unfortunately, the ongoing escalation of card prices has frozen many average collectors out of much of this market or forced them to temper their aspirations.There are still some places a little off the beaten path where you can sometimes find some real gems, … [Read more...]
Report: A-Rod SPAC Has Sights on Panini
A special purpose acquisitions company (SPAC) called Slam, formed by Alex Rodriguez, is said to be in merger talks with the Panini Group in a deal that would value the combined entity at $3 billion or more. Bloomberg reported late Tuesday that the former big league player's company is currently talking with the maker of sports stickers and cards that has its corporate … [Read more...]
$871 Million Worth of Sports Cards Sold on eBay in Q1
There may have been a pullback in prices for some items in recent months, but the number of people buying cards and the amount of money spent on eBay in the first quarter of this year was something to behold. Data obtained by SC Daily indicates 20 million new sports, non-sports and gaming cards were listed on eBay from January through March, with an average of 139 cards sold … [Read more...]
PSA’s June Grading Tally: 736,000 Cards, Including Mountain of MJ
PSA’s months-long shutdown for all but some higher value services continues as the company tries to work through millions of cards that clogged its grading pipeline. The numbers of cards being authenticated and graded now is staggering, but there’s still a mammoth backlog. Data compiled by GemRate.com indicates the company graded about 736,000 cards—over 24,000 … [Read more...]
PSA Opens Express Service; Suspends Economy Pack, Ticket Grading
PSA remains closed for lower value trading card submissions, but the company did open its Express level service to collectors and dealers on Thursday. That’s in keeping with a promise made during its shutdown announcement this spring that it would begin re-opening at least some of its services by July 1. The return of Express level services for trading card grading did … [Read more...]