13+ hour, 31+ min ago  (1024+ words) Every Saturday, thousands of collectors gather outside Burbank Sportscards at the intersection of Magnolia Boulevard and Hollywood Way. Beneath a towering mural of Shohei Ohtani sliding into home plate during his historic 50/50 season and a larger-than-life recreation of the iconic…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (350+ words) By 1985, the baseball card boom was officially on fire. Due in large part to the frenzied chase for 1984 Don Mattingly rookies, collectors were increasingly viewing top rookie cards as legitimate financial investments rather than simple childhood collectibles. When the 1985 Topps…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (921+ words) Yahoo Sports Getting picked 24th overall in the draft isn't necessarily a ticket to being one of the greats; of players who were drafted 24th and signed, the most valuable by b WAR is Rondell White. He was taken 24th in 1990 and posted…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (688+ words) The sports card market is undergoing a massive, fundamental shift. The days of the fragile 2020 pandemic hype cyclewhere collectors threw ungodly amounts of money at unproven rookies, speculative prospects, and volatile flips like Zion Williamson or Ben Simmonshave evolved. Today,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (291+ words) We are closing out the Dallas Card Show with one of the most intense, high-stakes negotiations I have ever filmed! Today, I sit down with a dedicated collector who has spent years meticulously building two incredibly rare sets. Now, he…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (349+ words) Robbin Stowers waited outside a card shop in Mesa, Arizona for one full hour before it opened. Her three grandsons wanted a box of 2025 Topps Chrome Football. What her youngest grandson pulled from that box sent shockwaves through the world…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (359+ words) Can you still pull the Holy Grail of basketball cards in 2026? At the Dallas Card Show, I struck a massive deal with a dealer for three sealed, unsearched packs of 1986 Fleer Basketball. I paid a fraction of the market price,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (48+ words) Yahoo Sports In the Hobby Handbook this week, Doug Plagens breaks down the names moving the most at card shows over the last month. Plus, how he consumes Bowman in the most boring way possible, but it is a money-maker....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (350+ words) The 1980s are synonymous with the junk wax era, a time when baseball cards were printed in enormous quantities. During this time, baseball cards were sold almost everywhere. Gas stations, 7-Elevens, Kmarts, and Toys "R" Us all sold massive amounts of…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (605+ words) The age of using credit cards to pay for online sports betting is coming to a close in the U. S. Regulators and lawmakers across the U. S. , including in Ohio, are moving to ban credit cards for funding online sports betting accounts. Major…...