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Magic's most famous card comes back as a box-topper in The Hobbit, but the reprint is not serialized. There is no single copy, no treasure hunt, and no repeat of the $2 million sal…
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 →The 2026 first overall pick is already on collector hot lists, but hockey rookie cards work differently from every other sport. Upper Deck Young Guns, games-played eligibility, and…
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 →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 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 →Gundam's first anniversary set brought Strike Freedom and Nu Gundam into the card game for the first time, alongside a new rarity built on paired Units and Pilots. Here is what Lin…
Read More →Mid-August is when teams promote hitters who can still keep rookie status for next season. The 2026 prospect market has been pricing box scores instead of scouting reports. Here ar…
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 →Bandai debuted the Naruto Card Game at Gen Con 2026 and confirmed a global Summer 2027 launch. Here is how the Leader and Chakra system actually works, the full event roadmap throu…
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…
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