2025-26 SPx Hockey stays true to its roots, while also giving collectors a modern chase. Designed with the original SPx sets from the 1990s in mind, the new edition combines the shiny and holographic heritage with low-numbered chase cards and autographs. Eight-pack boxes offer several numbered guarantees, and collectors will rip into every pack hoping…
In July, Collectors Holdings executive Ryan Hoge said that its SGC grading division would become more of a “boutique grading brand” specializing in vintage cards — generally considered cards issued before 1974. That raises the question, is the vintage market itself just a small, boutique corner of the ever expanding sports card universe? Positing that…
2025-26 Upper Deck Artifacts Hockey features a multi-level base set, rookie redemptions, and plenty of autographs and memorabilia cards to whet the appetites of collectors still awaiting the start of a new NHL season. Hobby boxes deliver three autographs, memorabilia cards, or tech inserts; four serial-numbered base cards or base parallels; and either one Rookie…
Topps will hold its first ever “Collector Appreciation Day” across the country on Sept. 20, where card collectors can unlock a variety of rewards at several MLB ballparks as well as retailers by simply showing a Topps card. Fans attending games in New York, Baltimore and Cincinnati can flash cards of the respective home team…
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and New Era are putting the spotlight on kid-designed hats for charity. Allen, whose endorsement deal with New Era was expanded into an investment stake in the the Buffalo-based hat company, is collaborating with Buffalo’s Oishei Children’s Hospital (OCH) and the Patricia Allen Fund (named after Allen’s grandmother) to auction…
This 629-card standard-size set features players who started or were expected to start the 1990-91 season in the minors. Players from the American Hockey League and the International Hockey League are included in this set. This set features red borders with a yellow hockey stick on the left side of the card diagonally framing a…
The Philadelphia Phillies fan who took a home-run ball away from a child after berating the boy’s father during Friday night’s game against the Miami Marlins can land a nice payday for the souvenir. But there’s a catch. Blowout Cards, a major trading card retailer, announced it will pay the woman who ended up with…
A Philadelphia Phillies fan went viral for chasing down and taking away a home-run ball from a child after confronting the boy’s father during Friday night’s game against the Miami Marlins. The incident occurred after Phillies outfielder Harrison Bader crushed a home run into left field. As the ball hit the bleachers and rolled around,…
Welcome to The Athletic Collectibles Staff’s Sports Card of the Week! Here we highlight a notable, interesting, or just plain fun sports card. With the NFL season kicking off this week, we go back to the early ‘80s and spotlight one of the most cherished football cards of the era. The 1981 Topps Football set…
This 24-card set of Winnipeg Jets was sponsored by The Kinsmen Club of Winnipeg and all police forces in Manitoba. The cards measured approximately 2 5/8″ by 3 11/16″ and were issued in panels of two cards each. The front featured a color posed photo of the player shot against a blue background. The borders…