As 2024 winds down, it’s a great time to look back on what the last year has meant to your personal collecting journey. Some of The Athletic’s writers and editors have been doing just that, so here are our top five personal favorite pickups from ‘24. Jerry West 1961 Fleer SGC 4.5 The market for top…
A Caitlin Clark trading card sold at auction for $234,850 on Saturday night — more than doubling the previous all-time record for a Clark or WNBA card of $97,212.54 set in October. The latest record was achieved by Clark’s one-of-a-kind 2024 Panini Select WNBA Gold Vinyl signed rookie card and was sold by Goldin. The…
Panini’s latest release of Caitlin Clark autographed items ranging in price from $450 to $1,000 each sold out in a matter of minutes of Thursday. A total of 19 different autographed items, including photos, basketballs and jerseys, were in the release. Five different autographed photos, limited to 122 of each, four different autographed Iowa Hawkeyes…
With the WNBA season now complete and the NBA campaign now underway, it’s a good time to assess the state of the basketball trading card market. The far-reaching popularity of Caitlin Clark and Victor Wembanyama has been plain to see, but which other players are collectors gravitating toward? Let’s take a look at some eBay…
Two weeks after Caitlin Clark last broke her own record for most expensive ever WNBA trading card, the record has been broken yet again by Clark’s Panini Instant one-of-a-kind Rookie of the Year Blue Viper autograph card (pictured below) that sold for $97,212.54. On Sept. 19, Clark’s Panini Instant WNBA Draft Blue Viper 1/1 autograph…
A one-of-a-kind Caitlin Clark WNBA Draft autograph card sold at auction for $84,000 on Thursday night, breaking the record for the most expensive women’s basketball card. The previous record was set in January of this year when an autographed 2022 Bowman University Caitlin Clark Superfractor (a 1/1 parallel) sold for $78,000. The card in this…