“The card looked perfect.” Nick Bruce and his son “freaked out” when they pulled an autographed Lionel Messi card from a pack around the Christmas holidays at their Ferndale, Mich. home. It was a normal reaction for sports card enthusiasts discovering a rare autographed card of a superstar athlete. “Perfect” for Bruce meant sharp edges…
In Season 3, Episode 2 of the Simpsons (“Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington”), there’s an interaction between Homer Simpson and a flight attendant. Attendant: “Yes sir, can I get you something?”Homer: “Playing cards, note pad, aspirin, sewing kit, pilot’s wing pin, propeller-shaped swizzle stick, sleeping mask, and anything else I’ve got coming to me.”Attendant: “…I’ll…
The 7th Inning Sketch OHL Hockey set contains 400 standard-size cards. The front features a full color photo, enframed by different color borders. The player’s position appears in a star at the lower left hand corner, with his name and “OHL” in the bar below the picture. The back has another color photo, with biographical…
Set Description from Beckett Database Randomly inserted in low series foil packs, this ten-card “Hockey Heroes” standard-size set pays tribute to Wayne Gretzky by chronicling his career. Inside white borders on a gray ice background, the fronts display color photos that are cut out to fit a emblem design. On a gray ice background accented…
Inserted in both U.S. and Canadian product at a rate of one card per pack, this 40-card standard-size set features female hockey players who represented Canada (1-21) and the U.S.A. (22-40) at the 1994 World Women’s Ice Hockey Championships. The fronts have color action player cutouts superimposed over a Canadian or American flag with a…
The Washington Nationals, whose cherry blossom City Connect uniforms were No. 4 in The Athletic’s rankings last season, revealed their latest City Connect uniforms on Sunday. The new light blue uniform features an overlay of the city grid of Washington D.C., which the team calls an “homage to the quadrants, grand avenues and even the…
Twice now in the last six months a highly publicized and widely desired piece of sports memorabilia has been purchased at auction by a corporate entity. Last fall, Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball, which sealed his place in baseball history as the first player to ever hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases…
Fanatics announced on Thursday that the MLB Tokyo Series generated $40 million in total merchandise and trading card sales, a new company record for a special event, which includes Super Bowls, World Series, All-Star Games, NHL Winter Classics, Wrestlemanias and more. On Friday, Major League Baseball confirmed that the Tokyo Series was the most watched…
Set Description from Beckett Database The 1991-92 O-Pee-Chee Premier hockey set contains 198 standard-size cards. Color player photos are bordered above and below in gold. Player name, team and position appear at the bottom. The backs have a small color player photo, biography, team logo and statistics. A Konstantinov variation can be found with Lidstrom’s…
Duke star Cooper Flagg doesn’t have many trading cards on the market yet, but the ones that are available are definitely selling. As of Thursday, 131 Flagg cards have sold for at least $1,000 and 23 have sold for at least $3,000, according to Card Ladder, which tracks trading card sales across various marketplaces. Since…