Topps announced an exclusive trading card, sticker and trading card games partnership with England’s Football Association, but the interesting part is not only the FA logo on future products. It is the date. The deal starts in 2031, which makes the whole thing feel less like a product announcement and more like a land grab … Read more
Muhammad Ali memorabilia has always been one of the most fascinating parts of the sports memorabilia market. Very few athletes combine sporting greatness, cultural weight, political meaning, and global recognition the way Ali does. That is why signed Ali items can still attract serious attention: boxing gloves, photos, programs, trunks, robes, and other objects connected … Read more
I have been looking at Pelé signatures again today. Mostly the later ones. Not just from photos. Actual pieces in hand. That matters. Some late Pelé signatures are not pretty in the way people expect. The shape is still there, the name still reads right, but the line can look heavy. Slow. Tired, almost. That is the part I … Read more
Upper Deck is in a strange place today. Not gone. Not irrelevant. But also not sitting in the middle of modern basketball cards anymore. A quick look at the Upper Deck Store in May 2026 says enough. Goodwin Champions, Skybox Metal Universe Champions, World of Sports, multi-sport boxes, hockey, nostalgia, niche products. That is the … Read more
If you are not actively inside sports card Facebook groups, it is honestly difficult to understand how large this market really is. From the outside, it still looks like a niche hobby. A few collectors posting cards. Pickup photos. PSA arguments. Some Messi autos, Wemby parallels, Jordan inserts. But once you spend enough time inside … Read more
A damaged Topps relic card made the rounds in collector groups recently, and honestly, I understand why people reacted so strongly. This was not just a tiny corner issue. It looked more like one of those cards where you immediately ask yourself how it came out of a pack like that. The top edge looked … Read more
At the end of 2025, I ignored my own advice. I bought five Jamal Musiala Topps Midnight autograph cards. All of them were numbered, some to 75, some to 99, and a few even lower. Some had patches, all were signed, and at the time I thought €350 for the lot was a pretty good … Read more
The Miami Heat are an interesting memorabilia team. Not every Heat item is automatically valuable, but Miami has championships, a strong visual identity, and a few players who matter in the wider collectibles market. And then there is LeBron James. That changes the discussion. His Miami years were short compared to his full career, but … Read more
Exclusive autograph deals with names like LeBron James and Shohei Ohtani have changed the feeling around modern sports card products. Not everything, of course. You can still collect cheap cards. You can still build sets, collect teams, buy vintage, search dollar boxes, chase weird inserts, whatever. The hobby is still big enough for all of … Read more
Ajax is one of those clubs where the history sounds bigger than the actual memorabilia market. Johan Cruyff, Total Football, three European Cups in the early 1970s, the academy, the 1990s team with Jari Litmanen, Patrick Kluivert, Clarence Seedorf, Edgar Davids, Edwin van der Sar and Marc Overmars. This is not a small football story. … Read more
