He won’t be back on the field for a while but Mike Trout is still putting up big numbers. One of the five 2009 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects Red Refractor Trout autographed cards sold for $922,500 through Goldin Auctions Wednesday night. Graded Gem Mint 9.5 by Beckett, it is now the most expensive modern day baseball card ever sold at auction. The price also … [Read more...]
2020 Bowman Baseball Info, Release Date, Checklist
2020 Bowman baseball will return with its usual emphasis on the game's top prospects. Despite some delays due to COVID-19, cases are expected to begin trickling out starting May 22 and extending into early June. 2020 Bowman Baseball Configuration Bowman hobby boxes will include 24 packs. Each pack will contain a total of ten cards, including five base cards and … [Read more...]
Topps Announces Release Dates; Launches T206 Series
The baseball card production process has begun to ramp up again with Topps announcing some updated release dates for products set to arrive over the next month and a half. The regular calendar was suspended last month after stay at home orders impacted the company's production facility. The biggest news is that 2020 Bowman baseball is now due out Friday, May … [Read more...]
Topps Tallies Early Sales of Project 2020 Cards
Mike Trout and Derek Jeter have been the two biggest sellers on the Topps Project 2020 platform. Print runs from the first few weeks of the ongoing project show approximately 250,000 cards will have been purchased by collectors and baseball fans by the end of this week. More than 20 commissioned artists from around the world are each putting their style to 20 popular … [Read more...]
25-Year-Old YouTuber Won $800,000 Brady Auction
This is the most 21st century story ever. The winning bidder for the "Tom Brady Experience" offered in the ongoing Fanatics "All In Challenge" wasn't some rich guy from Weston. It was a 25-year-old guy who has gotten rich from making YouTube videos. Logan Thirtyacre is a big fan of TB12 who paid $800,000 for airfare, tickets to an upcoming Tampa Bay Bucs' … [Read more...]
High-End Michael Jordan Cards, Collections Arrive at Auction
Some high-end Michael Jordan cards and even one massive collection have arrived on eBay, just ahead of the final two episodes of "The Last Dance" on ESPN. It’s no secret now that Jordan cards have been the hobby’s hottest, with prices for nearly everything soaring to uncharted territory. Even relatively common base cards from the early 1990s are generating interest … [Read more...]
VIDEO: Collector’s Quest for MJ Tickets
His story has made the rounds now. Andrew Goldberg’s quest to collect a ticket or stub from every one of Michael Jordan’s NBA games first appeared on Yahoo Sports. We took you to that story last week and USA Today picked it up this week. To get to know the collection really well, though, you need to see it. Will Manso of WPLG-TV in Palm Beach caught up with him for a … [Read more...]
PSA Backlog Continues to Exceed 1 Million Cards
PSA is still facing a backlog of over one million trading cards in its system as the grading and authentication firm ramps back up following a temporary closure earlier this spring. The division’s parent company, Collectors Universe, saw revenue and income drop during the third fiscal quarter of 2020, but attributed the decline to the impact of a sudden shutdown due to … [Read more...]
Lou Whitaker’s Earliest Cards as Tigers Great Awaits Hall Call
From the late 1970s to the early 90s, you knew who would be playing second base for the Detroit Tigers. Like the fellow prospect who occupied shortstop for about the same amount of time, he was a steady presence, whether the Tigers were really good, really bad or just average. You could find Lou Whitaker baseball cards in packs of Topps cards every year, too. … [Read more...]
2020 National Sports Collectors Convention Postponed to December
As expected, the 2020 National Sports Collectors Convention in Atlantic City won't be taking place this summer--but it hasn't been cancelled for good. The NSCC Board of Directors has voted to postpone the 41st annual event with plans to hold it just before the holidays and on a different schedule. The board cited "health and safety concerns associated with the COVID-19 … [Read more...]