One of the six 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle cards graded PSA 9 (mint) has a new owner--at a new record price. Late Thursday night, the card offered through Heritage Auctions sold for $2.88 million including the buyer's premium. It's the most ever paid for a post-World War II trading card. Owned for about two years by collector/dealer/former NFL lineman Evan Mathis, … [Read more...]
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Headed to the National? Here Are 5 Things You Should Already Be Doing
This year's National Sports Collectors Convention (a.k.a., the National) isn't until later this fall. The event will be held at the I-X Center in Cleveland, Oh. from August 1-5. We're still a few months away but that doesn't mean you should be sitting on your hands. Do you need to be making arrangements for what you're going to wear? That might be going a little overboard. … [Read more...]
Hottest Shohei Ohtani Baseball Cards
Could he not just be as good as advertised… but maybe better? The fascinating arrival of a big league unicorn from Japan who has led baseball historians to the record books has spearheaded a stampede of collectors and dealers searching for Shohei Ohtani baseball cards. If it seemed impossible for any player to put the market on his shoulders as well as Aaron … [Read more...]
Best All-Time Team Baseball Card Lineup Lists Rolling Out
Topps and Beckett are piecing together “all-time lineups” of baseball cards for all 30 Major League teams and posting them online. The season-long countdown opened Monday. Company representatives will select an all-time trading card line-up for each team, ranking them based on a range of variables. The rankings will be released one per week throughout the 2018 MLB … [Read more...]
Star-Studded Lineup to Appear At This Weekend’s CSA Chantilly Show
Year after year, the Chantilly shows are among the largest and most popular in the hobby. Known for a wide selection of both vintage and modern cards and a large lineup of autograph signers, they are among the most discussed around the hobby. Chantilly's next show is this weekend and, in addition to the more than 100 dealers and exhibitors on hand, the event will include a … [Read more...]
BBCE Discovers 7 “Store Original” 1986-87 Fleer Basketball Boxes
Purchased more than 30 years ago at a toy store at a total cost of about $100, seven full boxes of 1986-87 Fleer basketball cards are about to enter the hobby—at an estimated value of at least 300 times that amount. The discovery of pristine boxes was made by Baseball Card Exchange, the hobby’s top vintage unopened dealer, but it was actually a case of 1984 Topps … [Read more...]
700 Lots Sell in Inaugural Goldin Auctions Internet Sale
More than 700 of the 775 lots of sports, entertainment and historical memorabilia were sold in Goldin Auctions' inaugural Internet-only auction. Prices ranged from $50 to $27,000. The two-week event, held from March 12-24, was the first of four such internet-only auctions scheduled for this year to accommodate items that did not make it into the company's catalog … [Read more...]
Topps Sells Over 20,000 Living Set Cards as Week 2 Group Launches
Topps sold more than 20,000 “Living Set” cards during the first week of the new program’s debut. The never-ending issue promises three new baseball cards created in the design of the 1953 Topps set and offered online for one week only. No player will be featured more than once unless that player joins a new team. The first week of cards created by sports artist … [Read more...]
Orr, Other Stars to Appear at Spring 2018 Sportcard & Memorabilia Expo
Trading card collectors in the United States swear by the annual National Sports Collectors Convention and everything it has to offer. Those of us that love cards and live North of the border have something special of our own in the Sportcard & Memorabilia Expo that is our own paradise, especially for hockey collectors. This time, it aims to be bigger than ever with a rare … [Read more...]
Quick Opinion Service for eBay Autographs Now More Visible
For the last 16 years, PSA/DNA has offered its Quick Opinion Service for autographed items on eBay, but now the process will be easier—and more visible. Collectors who are hesitant about purchasing an autographed item because of forgery concerns can get a PSA/DNA authenticator's opinion before clicking the “Add to cart,” “Place bid,” “Make Offer” or “Buy It Now” … [Read more...]
