Investment platform Collectable is making a move into the sports art space. The company announced Wednesday that it would be partnering with well-known watercolor artist and illustrator James Fiorentino, who recently launched a new baseball card art series. “There is Only One” has him recreating replicas of the most iconic trading cards in the … [Read more...] about Renowned Artist Fiorentino to Offer Card Paintings via Collectable
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Joe Orlando Joins Collectable
Joe Orlando, who stepped down from his post as CEO of Collectors Universe last summer, will become an executive with the fractional shares platform Collectable. Orlando spent 22 years with CU, the parent company of grading and authentication firm PSA. He was named President of PSA in 2002 and took on a larger role as CEO of the Santa Ana, CA-based company in 2017. … [Read more...] about Joe Orlando Joins Collectable
Notes: 1913 Photo Album Has Cobb; Brady Rookie Brings $2 Million; TX Burglary Update; Fogel Chat; More
It stayed in the same family for more than 100 years. A photo album, passed down through the generations, mostly chronicles life as it was at the time, but there was something pretty special inside, too. Two pages of photos from a trip to Detroit's Navin Field where they caught a ballgame. Now, those previously unknown photos--including a beauty … [Read more...] about Notes: 1913 Photo Album Has Cobb; Brady Rookie Brings $2 Million; TX Burglary Update; Fogel Chat; More
Notes: Prospects or Rookies?; PSA Update; Fanatics’ Top Selling Athletes; More
The New Year’s Eve release of 2021 Bowman’s Best Baseball has caused a bit of a stir thanks to the unexpected inclusion of some high level prospects in the base set. Wander Franco, Julio Rodriguez, Austin Martin, Spencer Torkelson and several others joined veterans and 2021 rookies in the 100-card set. That, combined with their inclusion in what is a packaged … [Read more...] about Notes: Prospects or Rookies?; PSA Update; Fanatics’ Top Selling Athletes; More
Notes: Big Buyout Offers; Tucker’s Shoe Auction; Topps Now Has F1 Finale Cards
While shareholders in that complete PSA 10 set of 1986-87 Fleer Basketballthat complete PSA 10 set of 1986-87 Fleer Basketball were deliberating whether to accept an offer of $650,000 from a private buyer, an offer of $35,000 more came in and 76.9% of them voted to accept the deal. Based on that vote and feedback, Otis opted to sell. There will be a final net … [Read more...] about Notes: Big Buyout Offers; Tucker’s Shoe Auction; Topps Now Has F1 Finale Cards
Collectable Issues IPO For $2.8 Million 1-of-1 Mahomes Contenders Rookie Super Bowl Ticket Autograph
Collectors now have a chance to own a share of one of the world’s most valuable modern football cards. Fractional ownership platform Collectable has issued an IPO for a 2017 one-of-one Patrick Mahomes Playoff Contenders Rookie Super Bowl Ticket Autograph card. The card has a BGS 9 grade, with a 9 grade for the signature. The card has subgrades of 9.5 for centering, 9 for … [Read more...] about Collectable Issues IPO For $2.8 Million 1-of-1 Mahomes Contenders Rookie Super Bowl Ticket Autograph
Notes: 1914 Ruth Shares Offered; Long Beach Show Returns; KC Show; 6-Figure Giannis Jersey; Ball Coach’s Restaurant
On Sunday night, Collectable offered a very small ownership stake in one of the hobby’s holy grail cards, a 1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth, valued at just over $6 million. Only $66,000 of that was offered publicly, with the rest controlled by the person who bought the card earlier this year. It had been on display for many years at the Babe Ruth Museum and still … [Read more...] about Notes: 1914 Ruth Shares Offered; Long Beach Show Returns; KC Show; 6-Figure Giannis Jersey; Ball Coach’s Restaurant
eBay, Panini Announce NSCC Plans; $3.1 Million Mantle; New Shows; Bucks Jersey Auctions
Panini America has announced its plans for next week’s National Sports Collectors Convention. Among the highlights: the annual Live Redemption Trade-Up program is back with collectors who hold multiple unfulfilled autograph redemption cards that are at least four months old can make a deal for another card. The Silver Pack program is back on a limited scale … [Read more...] about eBay, Panini Announce NSCC Plans; $3.1 Million Mantle; New Shows; Bucks Jersey Auctions
1914 Baltimore News Ruth Sold for Record Price; Will Hit Fractional Shares Market
One of about ten known copies of Babe Ruth’s first baseball card—issued when he was still a minor leaguer—has just become the most expensive baseball card ever sold, but this time collectors and fans will have a chance to buy in and hold a very small ownership stake. Fractional shares platform Collectable announced the sale of a 1914 Baltimore News card Wednesday … [Read more...] about 1914 Baltimore News Ruth Sold for Record Price; Will Hit Fractional Shares Market
Notes: MLI Kicks into Reward for Boy’s Murder; Collectable $ Infusion; Haliburton Debut Jersey, NHL Pucks at Auction
Memory Lane Auctions is kicking in to a growing reward aimed at finding the killer of a six-year-old boy in a road rage incident not far from the company’s Southern California offices. The boy's mother was driving her son to kindergarten when another driver opened fire between 7:55 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. The boy was struck in the stomach. The mother pulled over … [Read more...] about Notes: MLI Kicks into Reward for Boy’s Murder; Collectable $ Infusion; Haliburton Debut Jersey, NHL Pucks at Auction