Baseball star Shohei Ohtani wants his former interpreter to hand over hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of baseball cards he says were fraudulently bought using his money. The Los Angeles Dodgers star is also requesting Ippei Mizuhara, who previously pleaded guilty to bank and tax fraud for stealing nearly $17m from the unsuspecting athlete,…
Local News The card, discovered in a chance encounter at a yard sale, sold for more than five times its starting bid. Baseball card showing Red Sox rookie Babe Ruth discovered in Danvers, issued in 1916 by the Morehouse Baking Company in Lawrence, as part of a promotion. (Robert Edward Auctions) An extremely rare Babe…
There are many ways to describe Bobby Witt Jr. Athlete. All-Star. Batting Champ. Soon-to-be-husband. But one way many of his friends think of him is: Baseball card collector. Witt has been collecting cards since he was a kid, first looking for cards of his dad, Bobby Witt, who played Major League Baseball for 16 seasons. …
Just one year after Shohei Ohtani’s then record deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers fueled a fresh wave of interest in his cards and collectibles, a similar scenario is now playing out with Juan Soto set to join the New York Mets with an even larger contract. All the ingredients seem to be present for…
A rare Babe Ruth rookie card discovered in Danvers has sold at auction for $812,724, well above estimates. The 1916 card, which was included in 10-cent loaves of bread sold by the Morehouse Baking Co. in Lawrence, features a young Red Sox pitcher who would go on to become the most famous baseball player of…
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The One-Sheet Collections idea is a simple concept with infinite possibilities. Take a single nine-pocket sheet and a reasonable $100 budget, and build a nine-card collection with a unifying theme. This week’s collection provides a look ahead at the top newcomers for the 2024 Hall of Fame ballot. That list is headlined by Adrian Beltre,…
USA Baseball’s Team Store exclusive 2023 Panini USA Baseball Stars & Stripes 100-card Factory Set will be available starting Wednesday, May 31 through the team store in Cary, N.C. or online from the organization. The Factory Set replaces the hanging packs from previous years. The 2023 Factory Set comes in a blaster box featuring the…
1995 Score Baseball consists of two uneven series. While Series 1 contains 330 base cards, the Series 2 checklist drops to 275. Both series share a full-checklist parallel, Gold Rush, that have full foil fronts. There is also a shared insert set, Hall of Gold, that boasts a 110-card checklist. There are two big chases…
Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani has requested a hearing from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in order to obtain ownership of $325,000 worth of sports cards purchased by his former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, per Noah Furtado and Evan Drellich of The Athletic. The U.S. Attorney’s Office…