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The 2026 NFL preseason opens tonight with Panthers-Cardinals in Canton, and Carson Beck makes his NFL debut. Here is how preseason football actually moves rookie card prices and wh…
Read More →The Hobbit's headline chase card is a roughly 500-copy Gleaming Gold Smaug the Magnificent, exclusive to Collector Boosters and unserialized. Here is how it compares to The One Rin…
Read More →The Astros slugger is hitting .328 with 34 home runs and 77 RBI, leading the AL in all three Triple Crown categories. Here is how a season-long narrative award actually moves card …
Read More →A 1998 Upper Deck Encore Joe Montana autograph sold for $772,208 on August 1, the highest price ever paid for a Montana card. Pair it with a $3.2 million photomatched Jordan jersey…
Read More →Serial killer cards that sparked congressional outrage, Desert Storm wax packs, presidential election chase cards, and packs containing Abraham Lincoln's actual hair. Every set on …
Read More →For every record sale there is a card that went the other way. Zion rookies selling for 99 cents, a $208,000 NBA Top Shot moment worth $16,000, and seven more crashes - plus the pa…
Read More →The Hall of Fame Game kicks off the NFL preseason August 6 and the Class of 2026 is enshrined August 8. Here is what Drew Brees, Larry Fitzgerald, Luke Kuechly, Adam Vinatieri, and…
Read More →2026 Topps Flagship Football arrives August 21 with a 400-card base set and the first flagship rookie cards of the 2026 draft class. It is the first licensed Topps football flagshi…
Read More →A Pikachu is now the most expensive trading card ever sold in any category. From the $16.4 million Illustrator to trophy Pikachus and the record-setting 1st Edition Charizard, here…
Read More →The MLB trade deadline hits August 3 and deals are already landing. Here is how the completed trades are reshaping card demand, why Tarik Skubal is the name that matters most, and …
Read More →Nearly two weeks after its July 17 release, Star Wars Unlimited's Ashes of the Empire has a full set value near $335, driven almost entirely by /250 serialized Mandalorian and unma…
Read More →Value and icon status usually travel together, but they are not the same thing. From the T206 Wagner to the 2018 Prizm Luka, these are the 25 cards that define what sports card col…
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