One of about ten known copies of Babe Ruth’s first baseball card—issued when he was still a minor leaguer—has just become the most expensive baseball card ever sold, but this time collectors and fans will have a chance to buy in and hold a very small ownership stake. Fractional shares platform Collectable announced the sale of a 1914 Baltimore News card Wednesday … [Read more...]
BGS 9 Tom Brady Contenders Championship Ticket Auto Poised to Set Football Card Record
Weekend bidding has made the 2000 Playoff Contenders Championship Ticket autographed rookie up for bid at Lelands the highest priced football card of all-time—and there’s still a few more days left in the auction. The BGS 9 example of Brady’s top rookie card—one of 100 that carry his autograph—stood at $1,895,217 as of Monday afternoon. With the 20 percent buyer’s … [Read more...]
1963 Topps Peel-Offs Set Filled With Baseball Hall Of Famers
The 1960s are a haven for insert collectors. Posters, decals, game cards... you never knew exactly what Topps was going to toss into its packs as a free bonus. The 1963 Topps Peel-Off set offered a bigger, bolder, more colorful look than the stamps that had accompanied the 1961 and '62 cards. This insert set gave collectors some big names, with 41% of the subjects … [Read more...]
Hoops Unicorn: 1969-70 Topps Basketball Box Coming to Auction
Topps had been out of the basketball card business for 12 years when a phone call between the company and the league office led to a revival. They hadn’t sold all that well in 1957-58, but the arrival of Lew Alcindor apparently made it worth another shot. Just about every 24-pack wax box was opened at some point, but there’s one high quality survivor that’s about to … [Read more...]
Topps NHL Stickers Set to Return in 2021-22
Upper Deck may have the NHL's exclusive trading card license, but Topps will once again be in the game on at least one level next season. Their 2021-22 NHL stickers will return during the holidays, with an extensive collection in the works. 2021-22 Topps NHL Stickers Info and Base Set Like most sticker products, they'll come 50 packs to a box with four stickers per … [Read more...]
2021 Topps Chrome Black Preview
As baseball's postseason opens this fall, collectors will have the chance to do some opening of their own with the release date of 2021 Topps Chrome Black Baseball. The product will be making its return after debuting last year to generally positive reviews. While it carries the 'Chrome' brand, Black is a separate issue from the regular Topps Chrome set, which is … [Read more...]
Latest Installment of Hall T206 Collection Auction Set to Open
The latest installment in a multi-year auction distributing one man’s massive collection of T206 cards to the masses will get underway next week. Heritage Auctions plans to launch Part VII of the ongoing series of sales featuring cards from David Hall’s ten-year quest to collect not just a couple of complete T206 sets, but every variation and oddity within it he … [Read more...]
Sports Card Release Calendar: 5/26/21 – 6/8/21
Every major sport is in action so it's fitting that new releases from all of them will arrive as spring pushes toward its final weeks. Shop owners, online retailers and breakers will be busy on the Wednesday before Memorial Day. It's subject to change as always, but no fewer than four products are set to arrive as of now on May 26. Here's a quick roundup of what you can … [Read more...]
1961 Nu-Card Scoops Highlighted Game’s Greats, Big Events
Baseball was covered religiously in newspapers during the 1950s and ’60s, with eye-popping headlines and black-and-white photographs of players in action. That was the template for the 1961 Nu-Card Baseball Scoops set, which was a smaller version of the 1960 Nu-Card Baseball Hi-Lites. Scoops cards measure 2½ inches by 3½ inches, which were the same measurements for … [Read more...]
2021 Bowman Inception Preview
We've already seen one Inception product so far this year, but there's another one coming down the pike on the other end of the calendar. Topps has announced it's bringing back the Bowman-branded version just as the season wraps up. After a multi-year break, 2021 Bowman Inception will mark a return to the baseball card lineup, with a release date of November … [Read more...]