You can't accuse Topps of waiting until the last minute to start offering information on its products. We've got details on one of the company's longer running and most popular lines: 2022 Topps Chrome Baseball, which isn't set to arrive until July 27. Topps has been ramping up its efforts to put a little more color into Chrome for a while now, and '22 is no … [Read more...] about 2022 Topps Chrome Baseball Preview
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2021 Topps Chrome Baseball Preview, Checklist
2021 Topps Chrome Baseball is set to return, as the long-running brand puts a shiny spin on this year's flagship design. Topps has revealed some details on the annual issue, which has a release date of August 20. A full checklist is available for download below. 2021 Topps Chrome Configurations and Base Set Once again, look for Chrome to be available in … [Read more...] about 2021 Topps Chrome Baseball Preview, Checklist
2020 Topps Chrome Sapphire Released
The 2020 edition of Topps Chrome Sapphire baseball is out, but it’s once again an online exclusive with limited availability. A high-end spinoff of the 2020 flagship set, Chrome Sapphire was offered to Topps Montgomery Club members on Tuesday for $299.99 per box and a limit of two boxes per order. Boxes were then offered to collectors who have accounts with Topps … [Read more...] about 2020 Topps Chrome Sapphire Released
What’s Hot: Return of Sports Helping Boost an Already Strong Market
I was working at my shop on Monday and I realized that on one day, I was going to be able to watch the Nuggets play their first playoff game of the year, the Avalanche were taking a 2-1 lead into their playoff game against the Coyotes and the Rockies were starting a series with the Astros. We have come a LONG way since we were happy watching Russian non-contact hockey, … [Read more...] about What’s Hot: Return of Sports Helping Boost an Already Strong Market
Notes: Robert Superfractor Pulled; New Hall of Fame Book; Sports Museum Founder Dies, More
The biggest prize in 2020 Topps Chrome has been uncovered—and it didn’t take long. The Luis Robert SuperFractor from Topps Chrome was pulled from a hobby box by a customer of New Hobby Sports Collectibles in Salem, OR, just after the product was released late last week. A new book uses baseball memorabilia to help tell the stories of players in the Baseball Hall … [Read more...] about Notes: Robert Superfractor Pulled; New Hall of Fame Book; Sports Museum Founder Dies, More
Notes: HA Sale Netted $9.4 Million
The just concluded Summer Trading Card catalog at Heritage Auctions resulted in 1,971 bidders pushing the auction’s tally past the $9.4 million mark. As we reported earlier this week, bidding was topped by an all-PSA 10 1986-87 Fleer set including the Michael Jordan rookie card that sold for $216,000. Three high-grade 1933 Goudey Sport Kings all topped the … [Read more...] about Notes: HA Sale Netted $9.4 Million
Sports Card Release Calendar: 8/5/20 – 8/18/20
Late season baseball and pre-season football releases will dominate the sports card release calendar during the first half of August. Here's a look at some of what's on its way to hobby shops, online retailers and breakers. 8/5 2020 Topps Luminaries Baseball Luminaries (click the link to see the newly released checklist) returns with the usual configuration of one … [Read more...] about Sports Card Release Calendar: 8/5/20 – 8/18/20
2020 Topps Chrome Baseball Preview
Six months after the flagship release breaks winter's grip--at least momentarily--2020 Topps Chrome will put a shiny spin on this year's set. The long-running product is set to return with two configurations and a release date of August 7. 2020 Topps Chrome Configuration and Checklist Topps will offer two ways to buy Chrome on the hobby level. Standard issue Hobby … [Read more...] about 2020 Topps Chrome Baseball Preview