At the start of each year is when auction houses help to set the tone for expectations in the sports card market. It of course is not exact science, and some auctions […]
Tracking Kaboom! Card Sales
The sports card hobby goes through ups and downs and it goes through fads. Whether Panini’s Kaboom cards stay popular over the years ahead remains to be seen. Right now they are […]
The Kaboom Card Addiction Is Just Hard to Ignore
The sports card hobby goes through ups and downs. It goes through fads. And it ultimately finds its roots. And then there is Panini’s Kaboom. Pulling a Kaboom card isn’t easy and […]
T206 Honus Wagner, Signed Michael Jordan Rookie, or Arnold Palmer’s Rolex?
You have probably noticed that auction houses tend to have the most interesting and expensive items up for auction. They have a closed network of private bidders and the owners of items […]
eBay’s New Trading Card Authenticity Still Has Lots of Room to Improve
There is a nasty issue happening in the hobby of sports collecting and in trading cards. Fakes! Lots of fakes. Even some of the top online sellers have reprints that they sell […]
Kings of Chicago: Signed Walter Payton & Michael Jordan Rookies!
Walter Payton was the top athlete in Chicago a decade before Michael Jordan took over the NBA. Both athletes would be considered Chicago royalty of there ever was such a thing. Both […]
StartEngine Goes Deeper Into Collectibles with Fractional Ownership of LeBron and Michael Jordan Rookies
You may have seen this coming from a mile away. After the StartEngine platform for private funding got into Art (Masterworks.io) and Wine (Vinovest), Sports collectibles had to be the next stop […]
Low Pop-Report Chase: 1/1 Sports Cards Attracting Serious Dollars!
It’s one thing to buy PSA 10 and SGC 9.5 graded examples of each star’s base rookie card. There are thousands of them in the graded population reports at PSA and SGC. […]
How Crypto & Collectibles Fit in Short-Term & Long-Term Financial Plans
There is a lot that goes into building wealth and financial security over the course of a life. At some point, even the youngest investor and even those in school are going […]
Michael Jordan Ready, Set, Go for MINT25 Auction!
Asking who is the greatest of all-time in basketball may depend upon your generation, but Michael Jordan is definitely a GOAT for anyone who was actively watching basketball in the 1980s and […]
Topps Being Acquired by Fanatics May Save Modern Card Collecting, But…
Topps, Inc. was dealt a potential deathblow in 2021 when it was announced that Fanatics was taking over baseball card production for Major League Baseball. The deal wrecked a merger that looked […]
KABOOM! Already Commanding High Card Prices in 2022
When Panini issued its KABOOM! cards, they were met with a mixed fanfare. Despite some collectors still disliking these cards, that mixed fanfare has been getting much more popular views (and prices) […]
Will LeBron James Rookie Cards Have a Better 2022 Than 2021?
The Los Angeles Lakers are having a mixed season with just 18 wins and 19 losses. They are ranked ranked 7th in the Western Conference and LeBron is in his nineteenth NBA […]
Top 13 Sports Card Sales & Auction Prices of 2021
The year 2021 was a wild year for the collectibles industry. Modern era and vintage cards exploded higher after 2021, but the moves have been unilateral. Despite some cards having cratered since […]
Previewing Each Auction House’s Top 2022 Sports Collectibles Auction
The year 2021 was a major year in sports collectibles. Many price records were shattered with major multi-million sales. Elsewhere, some prices spiked in many modern collectibles to unsustainable levels and then […]
Steph Curry Led Auction Numbers Heading Into Christmas
Christmas 2021 is a year that card collectors will have seen a lot of volume in gifts. So what if some of those gifts are from Santa to Santa. One such auction […]
Steph Curry Cards as He Breaks All-Time Record for Three Pointers!
Wow, that was fast. Steph Curry managed a record-breaking feat in what is still a rather short period of time. He has broken the NBA’s all-time record for three-pointers as the Warriors […]
More Views on MLB Lockout… On Credit Ratings
The December 2021 MLB lockout is here. This is different than a player-led strike, but the outcome and causes are the same. It’s all about money! And it puts the 2022 season […]
Massive Trove of Vintage & Modern Cards Just in Time for Christmas
The holiday season of 2021 is being impacted positively and negatively by many factors. Inflation means higher prices. Supply chain issues have led to product shortages, which at a minimum means fewer […]
Michael Jordan Breaks Yet Another All-Time Record Card Sale Price
A perfect 10 grade on a rookie Michael Jordan is now easily a six-figure card. After hitting a high of more than $700,000 for a few seconds in early 2021, these perfect […]