The National Sports Collectors Convention is scheduled to open four months from this Sunday. Right now, the host facility is being turned into one of four FEMA field hospitals in New Jersey. While no patients have been sent there yet, the Atlantic City Convention Center will be used to treat patients if regular medical facilities in the area are … [Read more...]
Six-Figure Swap: Tom Brady Rookie Card Traded For Nintendo Game
The sports card and vintage video game collecting universes recently collided in a big way. A New York-based vintage comic book dealer just brokered a mother of sports card trade, and the deal was a little less conventional than the typical auction or trade. Vincent Zurzolo, the co-owner and COO of New York’s Metropolis Collectibles, brokered a deal between two of his … [Read more...]
Milestone Brady Jersey Up for Bids at NFL Auctions
The jersey Tom Brady wore when he passed Peyton Manning for second place on the NFL’s career passing yardage list is up for auction with proceeds going to charity. NFL Auctions is offering the shirt Brady was wearing when he threw for 334 yards and ran for two touchdowns to lead the New England Patriots to a 35-14 win over the New York Giants at Gillette … [Read more...]
Notes: Griffey Autos on Topps’ Kreindler Art; GBSCC Show; Brady Signing; MLB WS Authenticators; PSA & Pokémon
Topps' latest 150th Anniversary of Baseball cards produced from artwork by Graig Kreindler are out--and there's an option for signed Ken Griffey Jr. cards. A few different parallels are being sold with lower numbered colors costing more. Unsigned cards are also available for $7.99, along with 150th Anniversary cards of Willie Stargell and Juan Soto. As of early … [Read more...]
eBay Drops Lists of Top-Selling Teams, Players
With the year heading into its final two months, eBay has released some information detailing 2019’s most popular players and teams across major sports leagues. Their data includes both collectible items and fan-related items. Among the trends: Most In-Demand Teams NBA - Chicago Bulls The Bulls ranked #1 in overall merchandise sales on eBay with an … [Read more...]
Tom Brady Still Tops on NFLPA Top 50 Player Sales List
At the ripe age of 42, Tom Brady continues to consistently win football games for his New England Patriots and, accordingly to a recent press release from the NFL Player’s Association, he continues to push serious volumes of merchandise. The Patriots quarterback, now in his 20th season in the league, topped the NFLPA’s player retail sales list, surrounded by some other names … [Read more...]
12 Tom Brady Cards That Won’t Bust Your Budget
In February 2019, a Tom Brady rookie card sold for a record price of $400,100, the highest price paid for a football card via auction. The 2000 Playoff Contenders Championship Ticket autograph card was just one of 100 that were produced. There a few dozen Brady rookie cards and over 1,600 different Brady cards in all listed on PSA's Master Checklist. While prices for … [Read more...]
Tom Brady Planning Football Card Set?
Is Tom Brady about to launch his own line of trading cards? He is if you put any stock in a recent trademark filing. As first uncovered by trademark attorney Josh Gerben of Gerben Law in Washington, D.C., Brady’s company, TEB Capital, filed for new “Tom Terrific” trademarks last week. One of those applications is for “collectible trading cards, sports trading … [Read more...]
Brady Rookie Ticket Auto Pushes Higher
It's not the Championship Ticket version numbered to 100, but another record-setting sale of a Tom Brady 2000 Playoff Contenders autograph card is in the works. Heritage Auctions is offering a PSA 10 Rookie Ticket auto in its current catalog and bidding has already reached $140,000 ($168,000 with the buyer's premium factored in). It's already the most ever paid for … [Read more...]
Super Bowl MVP Edelman to Sign for Fanatics
Super Bowl MVP Julian Edelman has been pretty busy. Going to Disneyland. Presenting at the Grammys. Auctioning his beard for charity. Now he's sitting down for a private Super Bowl autograph signing session with Fanatics, which is already offering some of the items. The company has been looking to secure Edelman’s signatures on Super Bowl items … [Read more...]