Every few weeks, another sports collectible breaks an auction record. Michael Jordan jerseys command seven-figure results, Shohei Ohtani memorabilia accelerates past traditional market ceilings, and Lionel Messi’s World Cup kits transition into museum-grade assets. These headlines suggest that sports collectibles have evolved into a highly institutionalized alternative asset class. Yet, the core driver of this … Read more
Fourteen million. That number alone is enough to make me stop for a second. PSA reportedly had around 14 million cards waiting to be graded, temporarily paused parts of its Value service and still collectors kept sending more cards. If somebody described almost any other business like that, you would immediately assume competitors were making … 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