The 2025 season was another trying year for Pittsburgh Pirates fans but the franchise has a growing list of young talent throughout the organization. The newest addition to that group is Konnor Griffin, the 2025 Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year and collectors are already squirreling away his cards. Griffin is only the second Pirate and the first since … [Read more...] about Pirates Prospect Konnor Griffin’s Cards Starting to Bring Huge Bounty
Paul Skenes
Paul Skenes Signs Exclusive Memorabilia Deal with Fanatics
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes has signed an exclusive memorabilia partnership with Fanatics. The deal was announced Thursday. Skenes, the 2024 National League Rookie of the Year, joins athletes under Fanatics Authentic, the company's memorabilia and collectibles division. Fanatics will be the sole distributor of Skenes’ officially licensed memorabilia products. The … [Read more...] about Paul Skenes Signs Exclusive Memorabilia Deal with Fanatics
Brief Box Break: 2025 Panini Crusade Baseball Mega Box
I decided to get medieval this week and slash into a brand-new mega box of 2025 Panini Crusade Baseball. I didn't have to time travel back to the Middle Ages with this box that boasts eight packs of six cards per pack, totaling 48 cards per box. Crusade mega boxes carry a price tag of 45 bucks with a typical box holding one autograph from a checklist that consists mostly of … [Read more...] about Brief Box Break: 2025 Panini Crusade Baseball Mega Box
Notes: Miz SuperFractor Auction; Chrome’s Gold Logomen; Scottie Scheffler’s Card Void
Jacob Misiorowski cards have been blowing up since his much anticipated big league arrival. Now, the biggest card to surface yet is up for auction. The 2022 Bowman Draft autographed SuperFractor 1/1 is in the current weekly auction at Fanatics. PSA gave it 10 grades for both the card and the autograph. As of Sunday, it had attracted 32 … [Read more...] about Notes: Miz SuperFractor Auction; Chrome’s Gold Logomen; Scottie Scheffler’s Card Void
2019 Leaf Perfect Game Cards Mark Paul Skenes’ Hobby Origins
Pitcher Paul Skenes is only beginning his first full season with the Pittsburgh Pirates, yet he's already the unquestioned staff ace. Unsurprisingly, the Pirates named Skenes as their Opening Day starter for 2025. His rarer cards and high-end autographs have been among the hobby's most coveted. Twenty-five or 30 years ago, the top cards of rookies rarely fetched big bucks … [Read more...] about 2019 Leaf Perfect Game Cards Mark Paul Skenes’ Hobby Origins
Rookie Collectors Locked In On Dylan Crews
The question in the baseball card market before the opening of the 2025 season is what are the chances that the top rookie, the hobby’s breakthrough player, and the top breakthrough pitcher could all be on the same team? The chances are pretty good if you collect or follow the Washington Nationals. The Nats tore things down and started a rebuild a few years ago after winning … [Read more...] about Rookie Collectors Locked In On Dylan Crews
Dick’s Sporting Goods Announces It Had Winning Bid For Paul Skenes 1/1 Debut Patch Autograph Card
The highly coveted Paul Skenes 2024 Topps MLB Patch Debut card is staying close to home. The 1/1 card of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher, which sold for $1.11 million in a Fanatics Collect Auction on March 20, was bought by Dick’s Sporting Goods and will be displayed in Pittsburgh, near the company’s corporate headquarters in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. The card, featuring the … [Read more...] about Dick’s Sporting Goods Announces It Had Winning Bid For Paul Skenes 1/1 Debut Patch Autograph Card
Paul Skenes Debut Patch Autograph Card Sells for Over $1.1 Million
The auction for the most talked about modern era sports cards in the last five months is over. The 2024 Topps Paul Skenes MLB Debut Patch card sold for $1,110,000 in a Fanatics Collect Auction late Thursday night. It’s the most ever paid for a Skenes card and one of the most expensive newly created sports cards ever sold with a pack-to-sale time of less than four … [Read more...] about Paul Skenes Debut Patch Autograph Card Sells for Over $1.1 Million
PSA’s Offseason Top 20 Most Graded List Includes Mountain of Ohtani
PSA has spent a lot of time grading, encapsulating and shipping Shohei Ohtani cards since the end of the 2024 Major League Baseball season. Between last November, after the LA Dodgers captured the World Series, and the end of last month, the company graded 87,300 Ohtani cards—or on average, about 727 per day and 30 of them every hour, every day since the day after … [Read more...] about PSA’s Offseason Top 20 Most Graded List Includes Mountain of Ohtani
Auction Begins for Paul Skenes MLB Debut Patch Card
Ten months after he was called up from the minor leagues to make his first major league start, the auction for the card with a little piece of that afternoon has hit the auction block. Skenes’ one-of-a-kind 2024 Topps Chrome Update MLB Debut Patch card is now at Fanatics Collect after a whirlwind of publicity. Within the first five hours of the auction launch Thursday … [Read more...] about Auction Begins for Paul Skenes MLB Debut Patch Card