Going, going, gone: Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes‘ 1/1 Topps MLB Rookie Debut Patch card was sold at the Fanatics Collect March Premier Auction for $1,110,000 on Thursday after accumulating 64 bids. The seller of the card is the family of an 11-year-old boy who pulled it from a box of 2024 Topps Chrome Update that…
Published: 31 Mar. 2025, 17:17 Los Angeles Dodgers hitter Shohei Ohtani reacts after striking out in the first inning of a game against the Detroit Tigers at Dodger Stadium on Saturday in Los Angeles. [AFP/YONHAP] A commemorative baseball card celebrating Shohei Ohtani’s historic 50-run, 50-steal season sold for $1.067 million at auction, becoming the…
Welcome to Beckett Sports Card Hot/Cold where we take quick and fun look at what’s hot and what’s not in the worlds of sports and sports cards over the last week. Spring is officially just a couple of days away. With it comes the dawn of a new baseball season. It’s a time of hope…
Have you ever wanted a sneak peek into something before buying it? CT scans are now giving consumers that opportunity, but some are not happy. SAVAGE, Minn. — From tobacco packs to cracker jacks, sports cards were born as a marketing tool in the 1860s. Today, they’ve become a massive market of their own with…
This is the story of the 2011 Topps Update Mike Trout Rookie Card, a trading card that isn’t yet eight-years old, but is rising in price and stature right before our very eyes. This is the story of a trading card with no ink autograph, no memorabilia swatch and no serial numbering. It’s not shiny…
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – MARCH 23: Derik Queen #25 of the Maryland Terrapins celebrates after defeating Colorado State Rams during the second round of the 2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament held at Climate Pledge Arena on March 23, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images) (C. Morgan Engel via Getty…
MLBMLBAnd becoming baseball’s best pitcher is just the start Getty Images/Ringer illustration By Hannah KeyserMarch 25, 10:30 am UTC • 12 min When Paul Skenes arrived at the Major League Baseball Players Association board meetings in Scottsdale, Arizona, in December, he didn’t know that there was such a thing as the executive subcommittee. Alongside the…
On March 26, we here at Popverse (and let’s face it, you at your job) sat glued to our computer screens as Marvel Studios unveiled the entire (?) cast of Avengers: Doomsday over the course of five and a half hours. We ended the stream with a long list of names – 27, by our…
Information on odds of various inserts discussed in this article comes from Beckett.com. The newest product release from Topps harkens back to the now defunct Opening Day set. Both were released just in time for Opening Day of the new baseball season. Opening Day was a fun, lower cost set that is perfect for kids…
Set Description from Beckett Database In 1983, for the third straight year, Fleer produced a baseball series of 660 standard-size cards. Of these, 1-628 are player cards, 629-646 are special cards, and 647-660 are checklist cards. The player cards are again ordered alphabetically within team and teams seeded in descending order based upon the previous…