For the second straight year, Topps used New Year’s Day for a social media fest centered around 1 of 1 trading cards (1/1, get it?). The company encourages customers, partner athletes and hobby businesses to post their serial numbered 1 of 1 cards with the hashtag #1of1Day.
Thanks to athletes like Tom Brady, Lewis Hamilton, Mike Trout and Antoine Griezmann, the posts reached over 500 million people around the globe.
At Ben’s Card World in Pensacola, FL, we got a look at the 2025 Allen & Ginter Babe Ruth cut autograph card pulled at the shop during Christmas week.
It’s the second 1-of-1 Ruth card pulled at the store in the last four years.
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The annual NHL Winter Classic hadn’t even started yet, but you could already place a bid on game-worn jerseys four days ahead of the face-off.
NHL Auctions is offering jerseys worn by the New York Rangers and Florida Panthers at Loan Depot Park in Miami.
The jerseys were to be collected directly from the team’s locker room by Fanatics Authentic in conjunction with the NHL and comes with an individually numbered, tamper-evident hologram that can be verified online.
The auctions run through Jan. 19. Proceeds from some jersey sales will be donated to the National Hockey League Foundation.
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Tampa Bay Lightning fan Chris Weisman used to get packs of cards for getting good grades in school.
Now, he’s a dad himself–one who never gave up the passion for collecting.
His focus in on his hometown team, the Tampa Bay Lightning and he’s expanded from cards and autographs to game-used memorabilia and anything else you can think of. The local Fox affiliate stopped in for a look:
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Memory Lane’s winter auction, which had been scheduled to open Jan. 7, will now kick off on Jan. 5.
