If you grew up in the late 1980s or 90s, Michael Jordan was your guy. If your first basketball memories came a little later, you probably took a fadeaway jumper and yelled “Kobe!” Upper Deck once held the rights to autographs for both and now one of the ten copies featuring their first dual-signed card is on the market. Heritage Auctions is offering one of the ten … [Read more...]
6-Figure “South Dakota Find” Includes Pair of Mantle Cards, Other High Numbers
They're out there. Surrounded by "finds" of 1990 Donruss and Fleer, but they're out there. Decades old, high-grade baseball cards owned by folks who will eventually get around to doing something with them. The latest discovery isn't big on quantity, but the material itself is off the charts. All Sports Auctions recently acquired a consignment of … [Read more...]
Vintage Pack Facts: 1978-79 Topps Basketball
The NBA was having a rough time back in the late 1970's. The league had merged with the ABA but the limited excitement created by the move didn't last long. Rumors of franchise shifts were common and sometimes they happened. Larry Bird and Magic Johnson hadn't yet arrived and Michael Jordan was still in high school. Trading card sets were kept to a … [Read more...]
2021 Topps Archives Signature Retired Player Edition Preview
Some former stars will sign cards from the past as Topps pieces together mountains of them for 2021 Archives Signature Retired Player Edition. The follow up to the Active Player Edition that kicked off Topps' 2021 product schedule, the Retired Edition is set to arrive July 14. As usual, each box will contain one encased card from a previous Topps issue, this time … [Read more...]
Jewels in the Junk – 1990s NBA Sleepers
We’ve written, at some length, about the formative and transformative periods in the history of basketball cards. We all know the drill by now: star-studded 1961-62 Fleer gives way to, well, nothing for the better part of a decade. Topps redefines the hobby, first with its legendary 1969-70 set, then as the only game in town until early 1980s. Topps makes for the exit, again, … [Read more...]
Records for Soccer, Golf Cards at Goldin Auctions
There were plenty of high-end basketball, baseball, football and hockey cards sold at Goldin Auctions over the weekend, but the big news centered on two sports in which trading cards have been traditionally an afterthought. The company sold a 1979 Panini Calciatori Sticker Diego Maradona rookie card graded PSA 10 for $555,960 and a PSA 10 2001 SP Authentic Golf #45 Tiger … [Read more...]
2021 Archives Set Pays Tribute To 7 Decades Of Topps Card Designs
Typically, Topps Archives features three designs from the past to complement its annual set. But with Topps celebrating its 70th year, the 2021 Topps Archives set will draw from every decade it has manufactured baseball cards, starting with the 1950s. So, the 300-card base set will be broken into designs from the 1957, 1962, 1973, 1983, 2001 and 2011 sets. To put a new spin … [Read more...]
No, There’s No Card No. 216 in 2021 Topps Heritage, But There Will Be
Box after box, case after case, it became pretty clear to those piecing together sets of 2021 Topps Heritage Baseball. @Topps What's going on with 2021 Heritage baseball. I opened a full case and did not get ANY #216 cards..Gavan Biggio.. Is there an explanation for this.. — Rosario Varisano (@RosarioVarisano) March 30, 2021 Has anyone seen a 2021 Heritage … [Read more...]
2021 Allen & Ginter Chrome Will Unfurl Sophomore Set In November
The Allen & Ginter set that Topps puts out annually is one of its most wide-ranging issues, with baseball stars and rookies sharing center stage with politicians, inventors, and pop culture icons. For the second straight year, Topps is putting out a shiny version. 2021 Topps Allen & Ginter Chrome is expected to be released the week of Nov. 17. 2021 Topps Allen … [Read more...]
Rare Vintage Cards, Pack Collection, Game Used Items Part of Hunt Auctions Sale
Pieces of multiple long-time private collections—many coming to auction for the first time—are headlining Hunt Auctions’ newly launched April Premier Live Auction. Leading off the sale is the third installment of the “Texan Collection” of historic sports cards. Curated over a 40-year period, the collection is one of the finest assembled of its type with the initial two … [Read more...]