The most expensive Topps MLB Debut Patch card outside of Paul Skenes’ sold early Friday morning. The Nick Kurtz 2025 Topps Chrome Update MLB Debut Patch rookie one-of-a-kind autographed card (ungraded) stands as the second highest price for a card within the unique insert set, selling for $516,000 through Fanatics Collect’s January Premier auction. That’s…
The gold MLB logo patch was taken from a jersey worn by Ohtani last season and put into a baseball card. Photo: Luke Hales/Getty Images A new record sale for a Shohei Ohtani card occurred early Friday morning as his one-of-a-kind 2025 Topps Chrome autographed gold MLB logo patch card sold for $3 million in…
Yoshinobu Yamamoto pulled off one of the greatest overall World Series pitching performances of anyone in baseball history for the Los Angeles Dodgers on his way to winning this year’s Series MVP after closing out Game 7 against the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night. This should be a reason for the owner of Yamamoto’s…
The New York Rangers will introduce their first-ever jersey patch this season in partnership with GAME 7, the sports and entertainment brand co-founded by former Rangers star, six-time Stanley Cup winner and Hockey Hall of Famer Mark Messier. The patch features the GAME 7 logo in blue with white lettering on the right shoulder of…
Clayton Kershaw became just the 20th pitcher in Major League history to reach 3,000 career strikeouts on Wednesday night, and on Thursday Topps announced that the MLB logo patch from the back of the jersey he wore as he did it will be going into a one-of-a-kind baseball card. The card is part of the…
The ’90s were a more innocent time for NBA jerseys. The only patch worn by players across the league during the 1995-96 regular season was one depicting the NBA logo on either the left or right shoulder depending on the team. No manufacturer or sponsor logos, just a stitched silhouette of Jerry West. But the…
Trading cards bearing pieces of game-worn or player-worn memorabilia have become a central element to the sports card hobby, with some commanding price tags of more than $1 million on the secondary market. And with those rising values have come increased incentives for fraud. Jason Masherah, president of prominent trading card manufacturer Upper Deck, finds…
An 11-year-old boy from Los Angeles who pulled the Paul Skenes MLB Debut Patch card will likely sell it for more money than Skenes will make from his 2025 base salary with the Pittsburgh Pirates. With 56 bids as of Wednesday night, the gem-mint PSA 10 graded autographed one-of-one rookie card bearing the patch Skenes…
The Paul Skenes MLB Debut Patch autographed one-of-one rookie card will take the next step toward a lucrative payday for the lucky 11-year-old boy who pulled the card from a pack Christmas day. An auction for the most coveted baseball card of 2024 will open on Fanatics Collect on Thursday at 6 p.m. ET and…
Paul Skenes’ 2024 Topps MLB Debut Patch card might have been the most sought-after baseball card in recent memory. It sparked a Willy Wonka-like chase that ended with an 11-year-old boy holding the golden ticket, but then the situation took a turn as conspiracy theories spread. Following The Athletic’s exclusive interview with the boy who…