Launched 14 months ago, trading card app CollX continues to gather investors. The company announced a new $5.5 million seed round Wednesday. CollX launched in January 2022 on both iOS and Android, leveraging artificial intelligence through visual search aimed at allowing users to scan, identify and receive an approximate value of sports trading cards. The app has since … [Read more...] about CollX App Secures $5.5 Million Seed Round
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Beckett Releases 2018 Football, Hockey Price Guide Books
Beckett Media is releasing a pair of price guide/checklist books. Published last month, the 35th edition of the company’s Football Card Price Guide has debuted as the number one release in the Antique and Collectible Sports Card category. The book includes checklists for every major set issued from 1894 to the present along with values for individual cards and complete … [Read more...] about Beckett Releases 2018 Football, Hockey Price Guide Books
Historic Sports Card Pricing Tool Launched; Includes 14 Years of Data
Wondering what a PSA 7 Roberto Clemente rookie card sold for ten years ago? Pondering the price history of 2011 Topps Update baseball boxes? That data is now available—free. PWCC Marketplace has launched a searchable database of sports card transactions conducted on eBay dating back to 2004. Free to anyone who signs up on the company’s website, the database … [Read more...] about Historic Sports Card Pricing Tool Launched; Includes 14 Years of Data
Dr. Jim Beckett Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
The man who helped bring order to the wild world of trading cards during an explosive period of growth was honored Monday in Dallas with an award named in his honor. Dr. Jim Beckett, founder of Beckett Media, was given the inaugural Dr. James Beckett Industry Summit Lifetime Achievement Award. The Summit, held in Dallas for the first time, is a gathering of national … [Read more...] about Dr. Jim Beckett Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
PSA Launches Pricing, Research Tool for Graded Cards
PSA has launched a pricing research function for sales of its graded sports cards at auction houses and on eBay. PSA Auction Prices Realized offers a fully searchable database of cards and associated results dating back over ten years. Users can type in a specific player and retrieve a list of cards. The number of results for each specific card is shown along … [Read more...] about PSA Launches Pricing, Research Tool for Graded Cards
Collectable Acquires Elite Cards to Bring Pricing Data to App
Collectable.com, which offers an app that offers sports collectors the ability to view and search major auctions from their smartphone, has purchased Elite Cards, a mobile-oriented, real-time price guide for sports cards. Collectable founder and CEO David Yoken believes the acquisition will help collectors gather vital information about pricing on vintage and modern sports … [Read more...] about Collectable Acquires Elite Cards to Bring Pricing Data to App
Ramblings: Beckett’s Focus on the ‘Now’ is Understandable
Although I write quite a bit about my days at Beckett, I don't usually write very often about anything happening at the company at present. One reason is I don't want to sound like a know-it-all and the other reason is since I still know many people working in the Dallas office, I really try to be careful about anything I say. However, recently some news has been announced … [Read more...] about Ramblings: Beckett’s Focus on the ‘Now’ is Understandable