Since announcing its entry into the trading card space last year, people have wondered how Fanatics might shake up the industry. The first peek into what may be to come happened last week, as Fanatics launched zerocool, a pop …
For years, Joe Orlando was the public face of top-tier card grading company PSA. Orlando had served as the head of PSA since 1999 until his resignation in July of last year. At the time, I wrote that Orlando …
With the likelihood of canceled MLB games very strong at this point, card investors may be wondering what the collecting landscape may look like. After all, it is hard to justify paying strong cards of players who aren’t playing …
Against the background of canceled Spring Training games, a bitter labor negotiation between players and owners, and the possibility of a delayed Opening Day, baseball fans had one saving grace last week when Topps Series 1 made its annual …
One of the most important players in baseball history is also, in my opinion, one of the most undervalued players in the hobby. Fortunately for collectors, that means cards of this historic figure can be added to just about …
Would you rather have a card of an 18-year-old kid who has never played above Class-A ball, or half of a card of a player who played his last MLB game over 100 years ago?
If you had half a …
Hello everyone and welcome back to another edition of Riiip with Brody the Kid. Thank you all so much for reading, and let’s get to it.
The Super Bowl is finally set, and I cannot wait for this awesome matchup …
Last week, eBay rolled out its Authenticity Guarantee to high-end trading cards. The guarantee already existed for sneakers, watches, and designer handbags.
The program applies to single sports cards, non-sports cards, and collectible card games that are ungraded and sell …
The annual release of the retail-only Topps Chrome Update came a little late this year, and it also came with another surprise: a heftier price tag. At $49.99, it’s nearly three times the previous price of $19.99. On the …
A months-long saga came to an amicable resolution last week, as Fanatics Trading Cards acquired the sports and entertainment division of Topps for somewhere in the neighborhood of $500 million. After Panini acquired the licenses to make MLB cards …
