An example of the iconic and rare T206 Honus Wagner baseball card is going to auction next month after being held by the same family for 116 years. According to Goldin Auctions founder and CEO Ken Goldin, whose company is handling the sale, “this is the biggest discovery in the hobby in the past 50…
There’s seemingly no end to Shohei Ohtani’s dominance both on the diamond and within the baseball card world. Ohtani cards commanded the most money on eBay from March through August tallying around $22.3 million, according to Gem Rate — a website tracking online sales and grading results. An Ohtani card was the most expensive modern…
Navigating the trading card and sports memorabilia hobby can seem daunting, whether you’re coming into it for the first time or returning to it after decades away. After all, there was a time when the most difficult question related to trading cards was whether to eat the gum packaged with them or not, but now…
Grading cards used to be the exception and now it’s the rule for many collectors, as card values have risen and third-party assessment of condition has become a part of the commodification process. The pandemic caused an explosion in grading, driven in large part by people who had no idea what the standards were and…
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),…