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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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Guides & How-To · Aug 19, 2026

Two Sports Cards Sell Every Second on Live Streams. Your Comps Do Not See Most of Them.

Whatnot reports 6.4 million sports cards bought per month in the U.S. and more than $8 billion in live sales GMV, with sports cards as its number one American category. That volume…

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Events & Recaps · Aug 19, 2026

The Pokemon Worlds Preview Show Airs Friday, and It Has a Pokopia Announcement Attached

The 2026 Worlds Preview Show streams free on Twitch and YouTube on August 21 at 1 p.m. Pacific, with a plush reveal, a soundtrack listening party, and a named Pokemon Pokopia annou…

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Collecting Tips · Aug 19, 2026

Bowman Chrome Baseball Is Set for September 9, and the WBC Flag Variation Is Back

The 2026 Bowman Chrome checklist is out: 100 base cards, 100 Chrome Prospects, two autographs per hobby box, and the return of the WBC Flag Variation for the first time since 2023.…

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Collecting Tips · Aug 19, 2026

Panini Origins Basketball Drops Today: One Pack, Three Hits, and a New Panther Eyes SSP

2025-26 Panini Origins Basketball arrives August 19 with a single 10-card pack per box and a guaranteed two autographs plus a memorabilia card, three more hits than last year. Rook…

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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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Guides & How-To · Aug 19, 2026

Yu-Gi-Oh's Fall Is Already Dated: Magnificent Monsters September 4, Beyond the Brave October 9

Two core boosters land five weeks apart, and one of them has been legal in Japan since July. Here is how to use the OCG head start, what 18 anime-import cards does to a set, and ho…

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Collecting Tips · Aug 19, 2026

Hockey Card Season Starts With a Cheap Box: Inside 2026-27 Upper Deck MVP

MVP is the first widely available look at the new NHL rookie class, and this year it brings back Gotta Have Hart for the first time since 2006-07. Here is the box break, the short-…

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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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Collecting Tips · Aug 19, 2026

Arsenal Won the League and Topps Built a Whole Set Around It. Getting One in the U.S. Is the Hard Part.

Topps Winners Collection - Arsenal commemorates the club's first Premier League title in 22 years with 82 base cards, an autograph in every box, and relics cut from the North Bank …

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