If you’re not completely and hopelessly immersed in the minutiae of graduate-level NBA Discourse, then you’ve probably not borne witness to The Khris Middleton Debate. In this scenario, chances are you think of Middleton as an excellent basketball player on a series of excellent Milwaukee Bucks teams built on a generational foundation. If this is you, kudos on you … [Read more...]
Sabrina Ionescu Rookie Cards, Most Watched eBay Auctions
At the professional level, she's offered tantalizing glimpses of the skill that made her an amateur legend and despite a year-long injury battle, it's probably a good idea not to sleep on Sabrina Ionescu rookie cards. As the trading card market continues to draw more widespread interest, women's sports cards are gaining a newfound respect and the 2020s could be a big one for … [Read more...]
Notes: Basketball Pop Report Numbers; Record for Dean’s; MLI Coming Soon; Wagner, MJ Update
1986-87 Fleer is the set with the most graded cards of any basketball issue but 2019-20 Prizm isn't far behind. Over 267,000 cards from the set have been graded by PSA alone, including over 20,000 Michael Jordan rookie cards. No other card from the set has come close to touching half that amount as of yet. Nearly 241,000 '19-20 Prizm cards have been examined … [Read more...]
eBay Sports Card Sales Have Skyrocketed During COVID-19
We've all seen comments that a lot of sports cards have been selling during the COVID-19 pandemic. We've heard from regular hobbyists, dealers and hobby shops about increased business. We've even gotten a few cold hard facts about sales of Michael Jordan items. Now, though, we're getting a much deeper look at just how significant the increase has been compared … [Read more...]
Previously Unknown 1995 Action Packed Redemption Autographs Found In Storage Locker
It’s a story straight out of Storage Wars. But instead of an A&E television series, Tyler Feldman did not have a script. Good thing, too. What he found was certainly spellbinding hard to believe. Feldman, 29, who has run Inscriptagraphs in Las Vegas for five years, literally stumbled across two boxes of autograph redemption cards from the 1995 Action Packed Hall of … [Read more...]
Panini Settles With Pennsylvania Man Over ‘Rated Rookie’ Trademark Infringement Case
Panini America has settled with a Pennsylvania man it sued late last year for trademark infringement. In a decision reached in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Panini America agreed to drop its lawsuit "with prejudice" against Rocco Tenaglia, of Reading, Pennsylvania. The Dallas-based company sued Tenaglia on Christmas Eve in the same … [Read more...]
Custom Card Sales Exploding Despite Legal Ramifications
Unlicensed sports cards have been around for some time. These cards have hoped to satisfy customer demands for more issues of athletes. For many years, Topps held a virtual monopoly on the production of gum baseball card issues and knockoffs were common. More brands ultimately surfaced, beginning primarily with the introduction of Fleer and Donruss in the marketplace in 1981. … [Read more...]
Lyle Menendez: Yes, That’s Erik and Me on Mark Jackson’s 1990-91 Hoops Card
One of the strangest stories of 2018 was how a junk wax era basketball card became national news. Not for the accomplishments of the player, but for the notorious duo apparently spotted in the crowd on Mark Jackson’s 1990-91 Hoops card. You can now eliminate “apparently”. One of the Menendez brothers has confirmed that the two young men seated courtside at Madison … [Read more...]
Panini/Fanatics Partner for Warriors NBA Championship Boxed Set
They're the kings of pro hoops for the third time in four years and this time there's a special Golden State Warriors NBA champions trading card set. Panini and Fanatics have partnered for a 30-card set distributed in box form and available online. The Warriors completed a four-game Finals sweep of LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night, … [Read more...]
Joel Embiid Rookie Cards (Finally) Proving Worth the Wait
The start to his NBA career was anything but normal but Joel Embiid’s rookie cards are now among the hobby’s hottest hoopsters. After just one year at Kansas, Embiid nearly went first in the 2014-15 NBA Draft, until the discovery of an injury saw him drop to the third pick. He appeared in multiple trading card products that season but it would be a two-year wait for … [Read more...]