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1 month ago | 
sportscollectorsdaily.com | Rich Mueller
A 1915 Cracker Jack Ty Cobb graded PSA 6 sold for $55,200 as REA wrapped up its May Monthly auction late Sunday night. The price is a record for the grade and led the way in an event that included nearly 2,600 lots of vintage and modern cards and memorabilia. As is always the case with REA's monthly sales, the lots consisted of cards that could be had for no more than four-figure prices.
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1 month ago | 
sportscollectorsdaily.com | Rich Mueller
The New York Islanders won the NHL Draft Lottery Monday night and will pick first overall next month. There's plenty of speculation on who their choice might be but one of their options will be a local kid who just signed a deal with Upper Deck. Eighteen-year-old prospect James Hagens grew up an Isles fan in Hauppauge, NY and is certain to be among the top picks.
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1 month ago | 
sportscollectorsdaily.com | Rich Mueller
An auction of items from the life and career of Bill Walton is underway. As we reported in February, hundreds of items, including Walton's championship rings from UCLA and the Portland Trailblazers, game-worn and game-used gear and other memorabilia, have been consigned by his family to Hunt Auctions. Bidding opened Tuesday and will close in a live, online format on Wednesday, June 11. Walton, a Hall of Fame player died in May of 2024 at age 71 after battling cancer.
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1 month ago | 
sportscollectorsdaily.com | Rich Mueller
Earlier this year, the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWA) held its 100 th centennial dinner in New York. It's where the previous season's award winners are honored and one of the game's longest running annual traditions. A one-of-a-kind link to the event's star-studded early days has just emerged and will soon have a new home.
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2 months ago | 
sportscollectorsdaily.com | Rich Mueller
In what may well be another battle between Panini America and Fanatics to sign members of the 2025 NFL Draft class, Panini scored a big win Monday, announcing an exclusive trading card autograph deal with Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter. According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, Hunter currently expected to be taken by the Cleveland Browns with the second pick when the selection process begins in Green Bay on April 24.
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Mar 26, 2025 | 
sportscollectorsdaily.com | Rich Mueller
He used to appear on baseball cards. Now he's selling them. Former Cincinnati Reds pitcher JJ Hoover has opened a hobby shop in Alexandria, KY, just over the Ohio river from the ballpark where he spent five seasons pitching in the National League. " Hoov's Hangout " started out in the world of online streaming, with Hoover ripping packs and shipping what he pulled to customers.
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Mar 18, 2025 | 
sportscollectorsdaily.com | Rich Mueller
PSA has spent a lot of time grading, encapsulating and shipping Shohei Ohtani cards since the end of the 2024 Major League Baseball season. Between last November, after the LA Dodgers captured the World Series, and the end of last month, the company graded 87,300 Ohtani cards-or on average, about 727 per day and 30 of them every hour, every day since the day after Halloween. Ohtani easily topped the company's list of baseball cards that were graded more than any other during the MLB offseason.
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Mar 14, 2025 | 
sportscollectorsdaily.com | Rich Mueller
Panini America is producing a basketball product focused on one of the country's top college basketball programs. The University of Connecticut boxes will showcase the school's powerhouse men's and women's basketball teams, including both current and former players. The product is Panini's first NIL set created for a school, with more scheduled for release in the coming months, according to the company.
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Mar 9, 2025 | 
sportscollectorsdaily.com | Rich Mueller
Say the name "Tango Eggs" to a collector of vintage baseball cards and their ears will perk up. The obscure set was virtually unknown until the 1990s and the vast majority of the several hundred cards that have found their way to the open market since that time came out of two collections. Now, the only known PSA graded example of the one that shows Ty Cobb at the plate is hitting the auction block for the first time in nearly six years.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
sportscollectorsdaily.com | Rich Mueller
One of the finest collections of vintage baseball autographs is on the market. A consignor who "made it his mission to put together a Hall of Fame worthy collection and succeeded" Is how Lelands describes what's being dubbed The Lone Star Archive. The collection is focused on high-grade, single-signed baseballs dating back more than 100 years. Name a Hall of Famer and there's a decent chance he's here.
