Mac Jones was the player most often seen by SGC graders in the month of January. The company graded around 2,400 Jones rookie cards in the month that ended Monday. That’s according to Gem Rate, which tracks grading totals based on company population reports.
Jones’ 2021 Donruss card was the most graded single card in the month with around 2,400 being examined. Michael Jordan was close behind, followed by Tom Brady, LaMelo Ball and Kobe Bryant.
2021 Donruss Football, 2020-21 Optic, Prizm and Select Basketball and 2020 Select Football were the five most graded sets at SGC in the first month of 2022. However, the company graded more baseball cards than any other sport at around 25,000.
SGC, which built its reputation as a grader of vintage cards, especially those dating from the 1940s and earlier, found that 42 percent of the cards it graded last month were made in 2020 or 2021. About 28 percent of PSA’s graded cards were from the last two years while 18 percent of Beckett graded cards were of the ultra-modern variety.
In all, SGC graded over 81,000 cards in January.
PSA’s top graded players were Ja Morant (approx. 13,500), Zion Williamson (13,000), LeBron James (11,500), Michael Jordan (10,100) and Luis Robert (10,000).
The most graded cards were mostly from 2020 Topps Baseball, led by Robert (1,900), Bo Bichette and Kyle Lewis.
2019-20 Prizm Basketball (26,500), 2020 Mosaic Football (23,500), 2019-20 Mosaic Basketball (22,900) and 2019-20 Chronicles Basketball (21,400) were the most graded sets at PSA, according to Gem Rate. In all, PSA graded about 775,000 cards last month.
It would be even better if baseball’s warring factions could get their act together and start spring training on time, but snowbirds are finding their way to the jaw dropping exhibit of baseball history on display in Florida.
As we reported a few weeks ago, the 22-year effort to acquire some of the planet’s best Yankees memorabilia has made Jay Baker’s collection into a Naples tourist attraction.
Baker and his buyer, Pete Siegel, tracked down key items from Yankee greats and all of it is now on display.
This week, WINK-TV stopped in to visit with the former Kohl’s executive who is enjoying the reaction from fans:
Tom Brady’s retirement announcement had some collectors and fans looking to buy a rookie card or an autograph while others were ready to sell now that he won’t be adding any more accomplishments to his unparalleled list of career achievements.
Some unscrupulous folks were again trying to peddle fake autographs (here are some tips for avoiding them).
WCVB in Boston stopped into one of the hobby’s longest running shops, which was busy taking calls.
A digital trading card of pro soccer sensation Erling Haaland has just sold on the Sorare platform for $678,327.
Before the auction, Sorare claimed that it “could go down as the most expensive auction in platform history.”
The 1/1 card is used as part of a weekly fantasy sports type game that’s based on actual matches with users competing online.
Haaland collectibles have been among the hottest worldwide. Last June, the 1/1 2019 Topps Chrome Bundesliga Haaland Superfractor sold through Goldin for $442,800.
Upper Deck will release its second product under its new deal with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) this summer.
AEW Spectrum will be released in the summer. It’ll offer the first-ever AEW all-metal insert cards, “On The Mat Relics” with swatches of match-used ring mats,“Table For 2 Relics” which pairs two iconic wrestlers together with a piece of event-used table, and “Ring Generals Relics” with three swatches of different match-used ring components that include pieces of mats, turnbuckles and aprons embedded into the cards.
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