Sports Collectors

    April 4, 2022

    PSA Parent Company to Open Vault, Gets $100 Million Investment as 100+ Graders Tackle Card Backlog

    PSA’s parent company is planning to offer a vault service for trading cards.  Collectors, the newly rebranded, shortened moniker for…
    January 30, 2022

    1993-94 Topps Finest Basketball Broke New Ground in Hoops Market

    1993-94 Topps Finest basketball was an upping of the ante in the sports card technological arms race right from the…
    January 22, 2022

    Notes: PSA Grading Tallies; Son Sues Mom; $10,000 Jackie Photo

    PSA says it graded and shipped over eight million cards in 2021. While some have been submitted since the company…
    January 21, 2022

    Giannis Suing Leaf Over “Greek Freak” Trademark

    Attorneys for Giannis Antetokounmpo have filed a lawsuit against Leaf Trading Cards over the use of the NBA superstar’s “Greek…
    January 21, 2022

    Massive, Original, Pristine 1927 Babe Ruth Movie Banner Uncovered

    “Grampa Eddie” knew it was special. After all, it wasn’t every day that a movie came out that starred Babe…
    January 20, 2022

    Massive, Original, Pristine 1927 Babe Ruth Movie Banner Uncovered

    “Grampa Eddie” knew it was special. After all, it wasn’t every day that a movie came out that starred Babe…
    January 20, 2022

    Shoeless Joe Jackson Rookie Card Continues Its Meteoric Rise In Value

    While the names of Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb dominate the pre-war baseball card landscape, that pair of all-time greats…
    January 19, 2022

    1980-81 Topps Basketball: Taming a Perforated Monster

    Basketball card collecting has many iconic rookie cards for collectors to chase. From George Mikan to Bill Russell. Lew Alcindor…

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      June 12, 2021

      Record Rookie: O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky Card Sold for $3.75 Million

      On December 11, Heritage Auctions sold one of the two 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky rookie cards for what was then…
      May 29, 2021

      Labor Dept. Report: Topps Paid MLBPA Over $20 Million in 2020

      Topps paid the Major League Baseball Players Association $20.4 million in licensing fees in 2020.  That’s according to the union’s…
      January 20, 2022

      Shoeless Joe Jackson Rookie Card Continues Its Meteoric Rise In Value

      While the names of Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb dominate the pre-war baseball card landscape, that pair of all-time greats…
      January 1, 2021

      Lelands Founder Josh Evans Passes Away

      The sports memorabilia hobby has lost an icon. Josh Evans, the chairman and founder of Lelands, one of the hobby’s…
      August 6, 2021

      Nix selects expense No. 15 Auburn in 30-22 loss to South Car…

      Nix selects expense No. 15 Auburn in 30-22 loss to South Carolina <img course="aligncenter" src ="/ wp-content/uploads/2021/ 01/nix-picks-cost- no-15-auburn-in-30-22-loss-to-south-carolina-e277032. The…
      June 16, 2021

      Babe Ruth Rookie Card Traded for 1975 Topps Mini Set Brings $328,800 at Auction

      It was Nolan Ryan for Jim Fregosi.  Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas.  Lou Brock for Ernie Broglio.  All may have…
      February 26, 2021

      Thanks, Uncle Jimmy: Family Members Reflect on Humble Relative’s 7-Figure Collection

      Uncle Jimmy would absolutely have actually been pleased. James Micioni of Boonton, New Jersey, left a treasure trove when he…
      December 5, 2021

      22 Years in the Making, World’s Greatest Yankees Collection Goes on Display

      Pete Siegel didn’t know the man who walked into his memorabilia shop on 57th street in Manhattan back in 1999. …
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