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Notes: Yahoo, Others on Card Market; MLB’s Top Cal Cards; Topps Softball Set; Pirates’ 21 Jersey Auctions

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The hobby continues to be the focus of stories on national and local news media. 

Rich Budnick, the long-time shop ower of America’s Pastime in Fair Lawn, NJ, tells Yahoo Finance, he’s selling more cards than ever while trying to keep up with increasing values of certain cards.

“I can’t even keep up with the prices,” he tells Yahoo Finance. “And I’m selling a lot of stuff at the wrong prices versus the market because I hadn’t had a chance to raise my prices.”

You can watch the interview here.

No matter what time of day, you can probably find a case or box break happening online.  For Top Shelf Sports Cards in the Chicago suburb of Elgin, it’s about 80 percent of their business.

Owner Chris Keller talked with the Daily Herald about the rise of online breaks.

Erik Columbia of Spectrum News Syracuse grabbed his video camera and paid a visit to the home of collector John Newman, who hosts the Sports Card Nation podcast.

MLB.com’s Michael Clair runs down his picks for the best Cal Ripken Jr. cards ever made as baseball celebrates the 25th anniversary of his record-setting 2,131st consecutive game.

Baseball cards meet…softball cards.

Topps has created a new set for the Athletes Unlimited softball league.  The deal represents Topps first women’s professional softball set in the company’s 82-year history.  

In addition to the 56 individual player cards, the set will include four “About the League” cards. Topps will also offer a special “Championship Set” starting October 5th that will feature the Athletes Unlimited Softball League Champion, Defensive Player of the Season and other award and highlight cards.

The set is being sold in on-demand format on the Topps website.  There are randomly inserted autographs and parallels.  The sets are priced at $20.

The Pittsburgh Pirates will honor Roberto Clemente on Wednesday, with players and coaching all wearing the late Hall of Famer’s jersey number 21.

Afterward, they’ll be placed on the MLB Auctions website.  All proceeds will benefit the Clemente Foundation and Pirates Charities.

Kobe Bryant’s childhood home in Wynnewood, PA is up for sale.

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Rich is the editor and founder of Sports Collectors Daily. A broadcaster and writer for over 40 years and a collector for even longer than that, he's usually typing something somewhere. Type him back at [email protected]