What have been the hottest and most notable baseball cards over the last month? Here’s the Beckett Baseball Hot List (from the March, 2025 issue): 1. 2018 Bowman Chrome #1 Shohei Ohtani RC ($200-$500) Last Month: 2 Buy on: 2. 2024 Bowman Chrome Draft Autographs #CPAJC Jac Caglianone ($150-$400) Last Month: 10 Buy on: 3….
The T206 Honus Wagner is no stranger to million-dollar sales. It’s a sure thing at this point with the potential for falling records every time a copy comes up for sale. Such was the case on May 22 when one sold for $3,751,500, the highest ever for a 1909-11 T206 Wagner. Graded a PSA 2…
This 325 card set was issued in two separate series. The basic Fan Club product was released in early January 2002 and featured a 300-card base set that was broken into tiers as follows: 200 Base Veterans, and 60 Prospects/Rookies, and 40 Fan Club cards. Each pack contained seven cards and carried a suggested retail…
The cards in this 792-card set measure the standard size. Cards were primarily distributed in 15-card wax packs and 54-card rack packs. For the second year in a row, Topps utilized a dual picture on the front of the card. A portrait is shown in a square insert and an action shot is featured in…
These standard-size cards were randomly inserted in Upper Deck Baseball Heroes wax packs. The fourth card features a color portrait of the three players by noted sports artist Vernon Wells. Each of the features heroes also signed 3,000 of each card for inclusion in this product. Read Less » These standard-size cards were randomly inserted…
For many, nostalgia remains the driving force behind baseball card collecting, and that’s how we arrived at the idea of One-Sheet Collections. It’s a simple concept with infinite possibilities. Take a single nine-pocket sheet and a reasonable $100 budget, and build a nine-card collection with a unifying theme. This time around we built a team…
Topps Tiffany Baseball cards are synonymous for offering upgraded versions of the company’s sets from 1984 through 1991. One way to identify them is through the glossy coating on the front. While this isn’t the hardest thing, without the correct light, it can sometimes be tricky. On the backs, Tiffany cards have white backs. For…
In the late 1980s and early ‘90s, there was a business model that was almost as popular as the card shops that we had on every street corner: the photo studio. Before digital cameras, we were relegated to the use of Polaroid and other instant cameras. We either had our photo pop out of a…
1990 Donruss Grand Slammers #1 Matt Williams – NM-MT – Baseball Card Connection Beckett
By Dan Good | Contributing Editior BALTIMORE — Baseball’s Seattle Pilots are alluring for obscurity’s sake – one season in existence, a last place finish, and an eventual move to Milwaukee. The team is probably best remembered for the diary that pitcher Jim Bouton wrote about his season with Seattle, the classic “Ball Four.” The Pilots…