Shohei Ohtani’s season of setting records continues. Ohtani’s 50th home run baseball sold for a record-breaking $4.392 million in an auction on Tuesday night, a sum that’s more than double his $2 million salary for the season with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The previous record was held by Mark McGwire’s 70th home run ball in…
By Stephen Laroche | Beckett Hockey Editor At the recent Sportcard & Memorabilia Expo in Toronto, I was walking by one of the many booths with showcases full of vintage hockey cards and noticed an anomaly that needed to be investigated once the show was over. Sitting among the dealer’s cardboard treasures was a 1924-25…
The 1993-94 Score hockey set consists of 661 standard-size cards. The first series contains 495 cards and the second series 166. The fronts of the first series feature white-bordered color player action shots. The player’s name and position appear at the bottom, with his team name displayed vertically on the left within a team color-coded…
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The 1992-93 Upper Deck hockey set contains 640 standard-size cards. The set was released in two series of 440 and 200 cards, respectively. Action photos on the fronts are bordered by the player’s name and team logo at the bottom. Special subsets featured include Team Checklists (1-24), Bloodlines (35-39), ’92 World Juniors (222-236), Russian Stars…
Inserted in both U.S. and Canadian product at a rate of one card per pack, this 40-card standard-size set features female hockey players who represented Canada (1-21) and the U.S.A. (22-40) at the 1994 World Women’s Ice Hockey Championships. The fronts have color action player cutouts superimposed over a Canadian or American flag with a…
People collect sports cards for a variety of reasons. Heck, I collect cards for a variety of reasons — the chase, the sense of accomplishment that comes from finishing a set and just getting something I think is cool to name a few. But in all my years of collecting there’s something else that has…
Given that Victor Wembanyama made a list of the most graded baseball cards earlier this year, it should come as no surprise that collectors are getting his trading cards graded at a rate that far outstrips the cards of any other NBA player over the 2024 offseason. According to grading company PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator),…
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By Stephen Laroche | Beckett Hockey Editor | Commentary The New York Rangers got a big 3-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday and Martin St. Louis made history that day by becoming the 81st player in NHL history to reach the 1,000 point plateau with a second period goal on netminder Steve Mason….