The battle over trading cards and collectibles between Fanatics/Topps and Panini has spread across the ocean.
Soccer stickers are the go-to product in the UK and because of licensing issues, collectors and fans are screaming mad about the 2024 Topps Euro sticker set. It includes members of the Wales club that didn’t even make the tournament and is missing some of England’s key players.
Topps says Panini’s existing rights have hampered its efforts.
“While we are disappointed that a small number of players are missing, this is due to the tournament’s former sticker partner having blocked certain parts of the collection to the detriment of the fans,” Topps UK is telling media outlets there.
Multiple stories about the stickers have appeared in some of Europe’s largest media outlets, including The Telegraph of London.
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He was just a teenager then–still a year away from making his Yankees debut–but a household name in Joplin, MO.
A 1950 Joplin Miners scorecard from a May game signed by Mantle and numerous other team members is among the items in Hunt Auctions’ premier catalog.
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Pat Tillman left a lucrative NFL career to join the US Army in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. The Arizona Cardinals safety lost his life in a friendly fire incident in Afghanistan 20 years ago this month. His 1997 Arizona State Rose Bowl jersey is now up for auction.
It’s on the block through Goldin and is believed to be the first authenticated Tillman jersey ever to be offered at auction.
The current high bid is $26,000. The auction doesn’t end until June 1.
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Several avid Tom Brady collectors recently paid $3,600 to hear a talk by Tom Brady and get an autograph but what they got instead was a hurried illegible scribble.
They’re mad but who’s to blame? Apparently, there’s plenty to go around.
The question remains why couldn’t Brady take seven or eight minutes to sign legibly, no matter what his “handlers” said.
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An antique dealer in New Orleans has just acquired personal items from the collection of Elton John. Among them: a leather punching bag that was gifted to him by Muhammad Ali.
The inscribed bag being offered now by M.S. Rau is priced at $38,500.
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