16 NEWARK, NJ — A former U.S. Postal Service employee from the Bronx pleaded guilty to stealing valuable trading cards and sports memorabilia from mail parcels while working as a sorting clerk, Acting U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna announced Tuesday. Shelby Dozier, 34, admitted to theft of mail by a postal service employee in U.S. District…
The Topps 582 Montgomery Club returns in 2025. Like the previous year, the program remains somewhat simplified. While it does offer exclusive cards, it’s the presale access to several products that is the draw for many. What Does a 2025 Topps 582 Montgomery Club Membership Include When it comes to cards, all members receive a…
2024 Panini Flawless Baseball hits the diamond in a literal sense. The luxury-level release surrounds the game’s greats and prospects with on-card autographs, premium swatches and the brand’s cornerstone, gems. Hobby boxes have 10 total cards. Of those, eight are signed or have memorabilia. The remaining two cards have actual gemstones such as diamonds embedded…
The 1996 Donruss set was issued in two series of 330 and 220 cards respectively, for a total of 550. The 12-card packs had a suggested retail price of $1.79. The full-bleed fronts feature full-color action photos with the player’s name is in white ink in the upper right. The horizontal backs feature season and…
Happy Saturday! How about another quick question of the day to lead off? And now for our guest of honor… When he retired after the 2017 World Series, Carlos Beltran looked like a sure-bet Hall of Famer. After all, he had just capped his 20-year career with a ring after amassing more than 2700 hits,…
By Mike Payne Shohei Ohtani is finding life in America to be much like life in Japan – he attracts crowds and autograph seekers. The biggest difference: baseball cards. He doesn’t turn on the television set much. But when he does, it’s usually sports. “Almost always sports,” says Shohei Ohtani, through his interpreter, Ippei (pronounced…
2025 Topps Welcome to the Club: 3X MVP Baseball revolves around Shohei Ohtani. That said, 11 other players are also included. The common thread? The fact that all garnered Most Valuable Player honors on at least three occasions. Boxes of the online-exclusive have 10 cards including one parallel and one insert. 2025 Topps Welcome to…
2025 Topps Welcome to the Club: 3X MVP Baseball revolves around Shohei Ohtani. That said, 11 other players are also included. The common thread? The fact that all garnered Most Valuable Player honors on at least three occasions. Boxes of the online-exclusive have 10 cards including one parallel and one insert. 2025 Topps Welcome to…
For many, nostalgia remains the driving force behind baseball card collecting, and that’s how I 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. Continuing on with our recent theme, I’m…
Update: The first batch of auctions brought in little more than $565,000 Thursday night in Baltimore. By Dan Good | Contributing Editor BALTIMORE – Father and son glimpsed into the glass display Thursday, studying the most talked-about cards in the hobby. “Look, that one’s a 10,” the boy said, examining the cards’ grades. “Those…