The opening week of the baseball season is something to celebrate, but it doesn’t matter what the calendar says at Tracy Martin’s house. The Grove City. OH fan’s basement is all baseball, all year. Martin's hobby is more than just an accumulation of baseball memorabilia. His collection tells the story of the game, from historic gloves and early recordings to the modern … [Read more...]
Memory Lane to Offer World’s Best Willie Mays Card Collection in Upcoming Auction
Pieced together over decades of collecting, the world’s best collection of Willie Mays baseball cards is about to hit the auction block. Dubbed the “Mays Fan Club Collection”, it includes some of the rarest Mays cards in existence, with many in the highest possible grades. The 282-card collection has been ranked as the best on PSA’s Set Registry since 2004 with a … [Read more...]
All PSA 10 1986 Topps Football Set at Auction
It's been sitting atop the PSA Registry chart for a long time, but by Sunday night, the only 1986 Topps set made up completely of PSA 10-rated cards will have a new owner. Long-time collector Kevin Roberson of Sacramento, CA, is selling the set on eBay where bidding has already surpassed $55,000 ahead of Sunday night's close. He spent several years chasing … [Read more...]
PSA Launches Set Registry Achievement Program; Contest with Prizes
As we reported last month, PSA is launching an achievement program inside its Set Registry. The company released details on Tuesday afternoon, one that also includes a contest on social media where sports cards and other prizes are being given away on a daily basis from now until Christmas. The online program will challenge existing PSA Set Registry members and … [Read more...]
PSA Launches Mobile App for Set Registry Users
PSA has launched a new mobile app for users of its Set Registry. This app, compatible with iOS and Android, comes on the heels of an update to the Set Registry desktop site, which allowed for enhanced mobile compatibility. “Making the Set Registry app was always the goal, with the intention of letting collectors enjoy their sets from anywhere. First, we had to update … [Read more...]
Mint Koufax Rookie Part of Set Registry Auction
Two of the best 1950s card sets ever assembled will be broken up and sold as part of an upcoming auction. The 1955 and 1958 Topps sets, which rank second and fourth, respectively, on the PSA Set Registry will be sold as individual single-card lots in the Extended Bidding format sale. Among the cards on the block is a PSA 9 (mint) 1955 Topps Sandy Koufax rookie card that … [Read more...]
PSA Upgrades Set Registry for Mobile Responsiveness
PSA’s Set Registry has a new design that should make it easier for collectors who want to interact with it via their mobile devices. Home to over 115,000 sets, PSA says the Set Registry is “the hobby’s most used online set organization tool.” It serves as a platform for collectors who collect PSA-graded player, team and company sets for sports and non-sports … [Read more...]
New Record for EX/MT 1952 Mantle; Master Set Comes to Auction
The Mickey Mantle market remains mighty. About a week after a record-breaking auction of a PSA 8 example of his first Topps card, a new mark was set early Friday when a PSA 6 1952 Topps Mantle sold for $133,235 in a Goodwin and Company auction. Just a few months earlier, a PSA 6 had sold for $56,580 in another auction. In a six-month period ending in May of 2014, the … [Read more...]
PSA Launches Online Card ‘Album’ for Registry Sets
It’s a digital world and those who collect PSA graded cards now have a new way to show their collection to anyone, anywhere. PSA is now offering users of its Set Registry the option to put images of their graded cards into a virtual album and share it online. The company has launched the PSA Digital Card Album, designed to look like a traditional trading card binder. The … [Read more...]
Ramblings: Perfect 10 Baseball Set Possible With 1 Vintage Issue
If you’ve been investing in cards at any point, you are aware of the axiom. Buy the best condition of the best cards you can afford. If, unlike the rest of us collectors, you are disciplined enough to actually just buy and sell these cards and do nothing more, then you are aware that certain cards and sets are more difficult to acquire in high-grade than other sets. But did … [Read more...]