If you’re all about rookies, there’s a set hitting the market that’s in your wheelhouse. 2018 Topps Rookie Year in Review is an on-demand set and if you want one, you’ll have to hustle. They’re only available for seven days but could sell out sooner. Priced at $100, each box will have one complete set of 49 rookie cards, two Rookie of the Year Tribute cards … [Read more...]
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Notes: Ohtani and Acuna Cards; Big Bucks for Old Micks; Bobblepalooza; Rams, 49ers Jerseys to Help Fire Victims
Appropriate, maybe, since he was named Rookie of the Year about the same time, but the chase for the 1/1 2018 Bowman Chrome Ohtani Superfractor autograph ended on Monday when the card was pulled by a collector in southern California. Well, not the actual signed card. Unfortunately, it’s a redemption he’ll have to submit online but considering that the off-season … [Read more...]
2018 Topps All-Rookie Team Named; NOW Cards Go Up
They made their debut in 1959 and Topps continued the tradition Tuesday with the announcement of the players who’ll get the All-Star Rookie cup on their 2019 baseball cards. You can also snare autographed Topps NOW versions right now. Twelve top newcomers were named to the 2018 Topps MLB All-Star Rookie team, with three teams nabbing two spots apiece. Dual threat … [Read more...]
PSA Hires Head of Japan Office, Announces Plans
The new PSA office in Japan we’ve been telling you about now has a face—and a plan. Scheduled to open this month in Tokyo, the new digs won’t offer on-site grading and authentication but collectors and dealers won’t face language barriers anymore. They’ll be able to drop off or mail their shipments to the office and conduct business via a website created entirely in … [Read more...]
Shohei Ohtani Superfractor Sells for $184,056
He's got a torn UCL but that recent dose of bad news was still A-OK with bidders who chased Shohei Ohtani's most famous American baseball card in an online auction. The 1/1 autographed Superfractor from 2018 Bowman Chrome sold Thursday night for $184,056. There was no immediate word on the identity of the winning bidder but Beckett Media, which facilitated … [Read more...]
eBay Reps Meeting Collectors, Dealers at NSCC
The hobby gets tossed into a time warp of sorts during the National Sports Collectors Convention. It’s the one time of year when avid buyers and sellers turn their attention toward a card show than selling online. At this year’s show in Cleveland, though, eBay is one of the exhibitors. Company representatives have been talking with buyers and sellers, … [Read more...]
2018 Bowman Chrome Ohtani Superfractor on Display at NSCC; Heading to Auction
Beckett Grading Services will showcase the most talked about 2018 baseball card at this week’s National Sports Collectors Convention: the 2018 Bowman Chrome Shohei Ohtani Superfractor Autograph. The subject of a $100,000 bounty as Ohtani made his dual threat debut with the Angels this spring, the 1/1 card will be on display in the Beckett Media booth during the … [Read more...]
2018 Topps Baseball Factory Sets to Include All-Star Version
If you’re the type who’d rather skip the process of building your own set, the 2018 Topps Baseball Complete Factory Sets are here--and there are three different bonuses to choose from, depending on which box you pick. Each set will carry the same 700-card complete set, but the five-card bonus packs included in both the Retail and Hobby versions--and the newly announced … [Read more...]
Notes: Ohtani Finest Superfractor Pulled; Big $ for Yankee Stadium Relic
Topps Finest Baseball released on Wednesday and one of the big hits has already been pulled. A customer at Oliver's Sports in Wichita, Kansas unwrapped the 1/1 Shohei Ohtani Superfractor on Wednesday. It won't be staying in his personal collection. The card quickly made its way to eBay where it's got a hefty Buy it Now price. The Bowman Superfractor, which … [Read more...]
A Vintage Collector Plays the Ohtani 2018 Bowman Lottery
If you've read my stories here, you generally understand that the bulk of them have a vintage and pre-war spin. Truthfully, that's really all I collect. I haven't bought packs of modern cards in years and couldn't tell you the last thing I purchased. But all of the talk about Shohei Ohtani's 2018 Bowman cards got me to thinking. Could a vintage collector play the Ohtani lottery … [Read more...]
