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Hobby News · Aug 23, 2026

Topps Chrome Sapphire Baseball Goes On Sale August 26, and the Ordering Window Is the Whole Product

Topps Chrome Sapphire Baseball returns August 26 as an online exclusive with one hard-signed autograph and three numbered parallels per box. Here is what is actually inside, why th…

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Hobby News · Aug 20, 2026

PSA's Parent Company Just Bought Beckett. It Already Owned SGC.

Collectors, which owns PSA and acquired SGC in early 2024, has now acquired Beckett along with BGS and CBCS. The company says Beckett stays independent with no pricing changes and …

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Hobby News · Aug 20, 2026

Donruss Football Goes Unlicensed for the First Time Ever, and It Arrives August 28

The NFL handed Fanatics an exclusive trading card license in April 2026, and 2026 Donruss Football is the first flagship product to show what that costs collectors. No team logos, …

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Hobby News · Aug 20, 2026

Topps Motif Basketball Pre-Orders Open Today: 100 Base Cards, and Eight Cards In The Whole Box

Pre-orders for 2025-26 Topps Motif Basketball open today at 1 p.m. Eastern. It is a premium art-themed release with a 100-card base set, autograph subsets built around watercolor, …

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Hobby News · Aug 19, 2026

Michael Jordan's 1998 Finals Game 3 Jersey Is Going to Auction With a $15 Million Estimate

JOOPITER will offer the only publicly known white 1998 NBA Finals jersey in its Driven to Greatness auction, with bidding open September 15 through September 29. The estimate runs …

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Hobby News · Aug 19, 2026

Topps Definitive Basketball Lands August 18 After a First Day Issue Box Cleared at $14,750

The Dutch auction opened at $20,000 and had to fall 26 percent before buyers stepped in. Here is what that number says about the high end of the NBA card market, and what is actual…

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Hobby News · Aug 19, 2026

Lorcana Just Announced Serialized Cards: 23 Copies Each, Six Per Set, and Collector Boosters for Every Release

The D23 panel delivered two structural changes bigger than the new set. Lorcana is adding a serialized Illustrious rarity at 23 copies per card and rolling out Collector Boosters s…

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Hobby News · Aug 19, 2026

Secret Lair x The Hobbit Goes Live Today: Seven Food Tokens, Ink-Art Desolation, and a $199 Promo Threshold

A Marvelous Mathoms hits MagicSecretLair.com today at 9 a.m. Pacific with a pre-queue opening an hour earlier. Here is every drop in the Superdrop, what the $199 Arcane Signet prom…

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Hobby News · Aug 19, 2026

Reality Fracture Is Magic's Next Standard Set: Prerelease September 25, Jace's Echoverse, and Six Commander Decks

Three days after The Hobbit hit shelves, the next Magic set already has a date. Reality Fracture releases October 2 with prerelease events September 25 to October 1, a return to th…

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Hobby News · Aug 19, 2026

Digimon BT-26 Timeless Bonds Lands September 4, and Its Prerelease Picked the Worst Possible Weekend

108 cards, 24 packs for $119.76, and the finale of Digimon Story Time Stranger rendered as a playable set. Prerelease events start August 28, the same day Pokemon Worlds opens and …

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Hobby News · Aug 19, 2026

A Macklin Celebrini 1-of-1 Sold for $1.281 Million. It Is Now the Biggest Non-Gretzky Hockey Card Ever.

A 2024-25 Upper Deck Young Guns Outburst Gold Celebrini rookie, numbered one-of-one, closed at $1,281,000 at Goldin on August 15. It cleared the previous highs for McDavid, Crosby,…

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Hobby News · Aug 14, 2026

Topps Museum Collection Baseball Arrives August 17 With Atelier Booklets and the 3000 Hit Club

Museum Collection returns August 17 with a 100-card base set that exists mainly to deliver framed autographs, booklet cards, and game-used memorabilia. The checklist is not out yet…

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