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There is a segment of sports card collectors interested in only one type of item for their collection. It might be items from a single sports or entertainment personality, or one type of card—maybe a card-based game or food insert item.

That segment is known as niche collectors. I believe this is one of the more overlooked segments of the hobby, and one that I’ve be...


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Benito Mussolini was taking over dictatorial powers of Italy, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby” was published, and the Jazz Age was in full swing.

It was the Roaring Twenties­—1925 to be exact. And baseball cards were just starting to come into their own.

The Exhibit Supply Company became the first company to produce trading cards that weren’...


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Albert Pujols stands to enter baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in 2028, his first year of eligibility. And make no mistake: Pujols better be a first-ballot HOFer or we’ll all be questioning the credentials of voters.

Pujols was an absolute force during his 22-year career, blasting 703 home runs—fourth-highest total ever—while batting .296 with 2,218 ...


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Goldin opened its June Vintage Elite Auction on May 28, and it is fittingly headlined by the iconic card now known as the hobby’s holy grail.

A 1952 Topps #311 Mickey Mantle card graded PSA NM-MT 8 ranks among the top five to 10 percent of all known PSA 8 examples, according to Goldin.

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Collectors are accustomed to seeing Michael Jordan rookie cards sell for six and seven figures, with high grades of his top two cards ranging from $1 million to $2.7 million.

Now another Jordan rookie card is setting records with a period-signed 1984-85 Star Basketball Court Kings #26 Michael Jordan Rookie, dual-graded by CGC and JSA, selling for a record $114,000 i...


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