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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      February 19, 2021

      eBay: U.S. Sports Card Sales Grew 142% in 2020

      Sales of basketball cards boosted 373 percent from 2019 to 2020 led by a quartet of present and also previous…
      October 2, 2021

      New Brittney Palmer Art of Fergie Jenkins, Jermaine Dye Will Raise Money for UChicago Medicine’s GI Research

      New artwork featuring Baseball Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins and retired MLB veteran Jermaine Dye is being turned into baseball…
      April 22, 2021

      Notes: ESPN on Grading; Talking Babe-o-Bilia; NBA Top Shot Guy vs. Topps, More

      When hundreds of thousands of cards are arriving every week, it’s easy to understand why PSA needed to call timeout. …
      January 23, 2021

      Bills eye Chiefs upset to leave no regrets over Mahomes

      The Bills traded with the Chiefs to enable them to take Mahomes in the 2017 draft  The Buffalo Bills and…
      September 30, 2021

      30 Years Later, 1991 Topps Desert Shield Cards Remain Popular — and Valuable

      It’s hard to believe but the 1991 Desert Shield baseball cards issued by Topps have turned 30. I remember those…
      January 3, 2021

      Auction Software Provider Hit with Foreign Ransomware Attack

      Several sports memorabilia auction sites have been impacted by a ransomware attack on the software company that hosts them. Bob…
      March 16, 2021

      Autograph Forgery Scheme Leads to Plea Deal with Feds

      If you’ve ever purchased an autograph from Everymemorabilia.com, NEAAutograph.com or AwesomeMemorabilia.com, chances are you own a fake. A Maryland man…
      December 11, 2020

      San Francisco 49ers may need to find new stadium as local coronavirus rules bite

      Santa Clara County, which houses the 49ers’ Levi’s Stadium, said all recreational activities, including contact sports, will be prohibited until…
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