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...]
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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...]
Bowman Mega Boxes Returning to Target
2018 Bowman Mega Boxes are set to arrive in Target stores on May 23. After making its debut last year, the Mega Box will return with five packs of regular 2018 Bowman baseball cards and two five-card packs of Bowman Mega Box exclusive chrome cards inside. The 2018 Bowman Mega Box exclusive cards will highlight 100 chrome prospects with five different color refractor … [Read more...]
What’s Hot: It’s Bowman and, Well, Everything Else
It is time for another edition of What's Hot and I feel like answering that question by yelling "EVERYTHING!" at an uncomfortably high level. I am talking megaphone loud, arena time-out loud and just-got-new-speakers loud because there are many more than five releases that are not just hot, but on fire. Collectors are buying just about everything. As I said before, … [Read more...]
Topps Launches On-Demand ‘Rookie Sensations’ Set
Topps has created an On-Demand set that’s nothing but rookies. The online exclusive set is priced at $75 postpaid and includes 30 cards plus one autograph and three parallel or chase cards (Alternate Photos and Rookie Teammates are the two subsets in the latter). Parallels include Green (# to 50); Purple (# to 25); Blue (# to 10); Red (# to 5) and 1/1 Gold. … [Read more...]
Topps Living Set Acuna Card a Huge Seller
Fans and collectors bought more than 46,000 "Living Set" cards of Atlanta Braves' rookie Ronald Acuna during the seven-day sales period that ended early Wednesday afternoon, setting a record for the newly launched on-demand platform and nearly tripling the number of the biggest selling Topps NOW card to date. Acuna, the 20-year-old who made his MLB debut late last month, was … [Read more...]
