Babe Ruth’s 1916 Rookie Card Fetches $630,000 at Auction
That’s one less coveted sports collectable on the market. According to the Robb Report, a rare 1916 M101-5 Babe Ruth rookie card just hammered down for $630,000…
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Air Jordans From MJ’s 6 NBA Titles Expected to Fetch $7M at Auction
Nearly a year after unveiling a collection of sneakers worn by Michael Jordan during each of his six NBA Championship wins, Sotheby’s has announced plans for the…
What Is a Collectible? Sports Memorabilia Interest Surges
During the COVID-19 pandemic, collectibles of all sorts enjoyed a resurgence in interest—and prices—as homebound people sifted through their belongings. Any sports fan…
Messi Jerseys Could Fetch $10 Million as Clothing Line Limps Along
A collection of Lionel Messi’s World Cup-worn jerseys go on auction next week and could become the most expensive soccer-related memorabilia sold at auction, with a…
NHL Launches Digital Collectible Platform for Hockey Highlights
The NHL has officially announced its digital collectible platform, NHL Breakaway. Built with blockchain tech provider Sweet, the site allows fans to buy packs of…
Mickey Mantle’s Home Becomes a Collectible as Rally Enters Real Estate
Sports collectibles are getting into real estate. Rally, a pioneer in fractional ownership of sports memorabilia, is selling shares in Mickey Mantle’s boyhood home…
Goldin Netflix Renewal Shows Collectibles’ Entertainment Potential
At this summer’s National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago, dozens of prominent athletes, including Reggie Jackson and Allen Iverson, were on hand signing…
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Fake Babe Ruth Card Leads to Extended Prison Sentence for Fraudster
Usually in law and in life, you can get in trouble for what you did, not what you might have done in an alternative universe or a different timeline. A case…
Fanatics Strikes Back at Panini With Federal Trading-Card Lawsuit
Four days after Panini sued Fanatics in a Florida federal court for alleged antitrust violations, Fanatics on Monday sued Panini in the U.S. District Court for the…
Ebay Meets Mickey Mantle as New Card Vault Catches Collectibles Surge
Ebay is expanding its services to high-end card collectors by expanding access to Ebay Vault, its storage facility for cards valued at $250 and above, which will now…
Jackie Robinson Contract Caper Tests Collectibles as Collateral
Player contracts signed by Jackie Robinson with the Brooklyn Dodgers and a minor league affiliate, the Montreal Royals, are at the center of a U.S. Securities and…
Sporticast: Michael Jordan’s Infamous Dream Team Jacket Now Worth Millions
On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams speak with longtime NBA executive Brian McIntyre about a valuable piece of sports business…
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