Mercedes streamliner driven by F1 great Juan Manuel Fangio sells for record $52m

A Mercedes streamliner once driven by Formula One greats Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss made history at the weekend when it was sold at auction for a record €51.155 million ($52.52 million), becoming the most expensive grand prix car ever sold. The sale surpassed the previous record for a grand prix car of $29.6m,…

How Pam Shriver’s Grand Slam trophies, stolen during the LA wildfires, were found

Pam Shriver, the 21-time Grand Slam doubles champion, got a call from the general manager of the Doubletree Hotel in Marina Del Rey on Monday. “We have your awards,” he told her. She thought he was talking about hotel rewards, following her family’s recent stay there. It was their evacuation destination as the Palisades fire…

Paul Skenes MLB Debut Patch controversy explained: The card, the bounties and the backlash

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…

Meeting the 11-year-old collector who pulled the Paul Skenes MLB Debut Patch: ‘I was shocked’

The father of the 11-year-old boy from Los Angeles who pulled the Paul Skenes MLB Debut Patch autographed card thought it was either a checklist or a Topps promotional card. The kind of inserts typically thrown away. The mother asked, “Who’s Paul Skenes?” The boy knew. He knew even through sleepy, crusty eyes around 6…

1992-93 Pinnacle #42 Jon Casey – Mint – NM-MT – Ziggy’s Eastpointe Sportscards

The 1992-93 Pinnacle Hockey set was issued in U.S. and Canadian bilingual editions; each set consists of 420 cards. While card numbers 1-220 and 271-390 have different front photography in the U.S. and Canadian versions, the subset cards (221-270) depict the same photos. Rookie Cards in the set include Roman Hamrlik, Andrei Kovalenko, and Martin…

1992-93 Upper Deck #455 Boston Bruins LL/Adam Oates/Joe Juneau/Dmitri Kvartalnov – A6842

The 1992-93 Upper Deck hockey set contains 640 standard-size cards. The set was released in two series of 440 and 200 cards, respectively. Action photos on the fronts are bordered by the player’s name and team logo at the bottom. Special subsets featured include Team Checklists (1-24), Bloodlines (35-39), ’92 World Juniors (222-236), Russian Stars…