2023

What Packs Have Kaboom Cards? NBA, NFL, MLB, Soccer & More

Basketball card packs from 2013 Innovation, 2014-2016 Excalibur, 2018-2022 Crown Royale, and 2022 Chronicles Draft Picks hobby boxes have Kaboom cards randomly inserted. In football card packs there is less variability, with Kaboom cards randomly inserted into Absolute products from 2018-2022. Soccer Kaboom cards can be found in 2017 Select, 2019-2020 Prizm, and 2021-2022 Donruss, […]

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Where to Get Cards Graded in Person Locally by PSA (And Why)

Grading / Ryan Barone from Ballcard Genius / July 7, 2023

The best card grading services offer “walk-through” and “in-person” grading either in office or at card shows. For example, PSA offer in-person grading at shows nationwide as does Beckett (BGS). PSA also offers walk-through grading in their southern California office for $600/card. To get an idea of how much it costs to grade a card,

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Is PSA Collector’s Club Worth It?

psa / Ryan Barone from Ballcard Genius / July 2, 2023

I recently became a PSA Collector’s Club member, and I’m glad I made the decision to join. There are more details below, but the grading specials alone make joining worth it. In fact, there is a current special running right now on modern sports cards—$14.99/card with a 10-card minimum (the cost to grade a card

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How to Use the 130 Point Price Checker for True eBay Comps

Card Flipping, Card Values, Selling Cards / Ryan Barone from Ballcard Genius / July 1, 2023

An eBay comp is a comparable of what a similar trading card has sold for in the past or what it is currently selling for. It is way for buyers and sellers to measure the value of a card when deciding to buy and sell. For example, if a card’s last three eBay card sales

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Card Sales Guide & Info: Best Sites To Check & How To Go About It

Best Of, Selling Cards / Ryan Barone from Ballcard Genius / June 28, 2023

Checking card values used to be as easy as grabbing a Beckett magazine, flipping to the set and year of the card you were trying to price, and locating the specific card. While it was a fine and dandy way to get an idea of how much a card was worth, the process left a

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Best Jackson Holliday Rookie Baseball Cards

Best Of, Rookie Cards / Ryan Barone from Ballcard Genius / June 20, 2023

Jackson Holliday is 19 years old and was the number one pick of the 2022 MLB draft. He’s in the Baltimore Orioles organization and is currently playing with their High-A affiliate, the Aberdeen IronBirds. He already has baseball cards. And lots of them. I say it like this because we won’t see Jackson Holliday suiting

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2023 Topps Series 2 Best Rookies

Best Of, Best of the Set, Boxes and Packs / Ryan Barone from Ballcard Genius / June 19, 2023

Somehow we as collectors were lucky enough to have great Topps series 1 rookies like Adley Rutschman, Gunnar Henderson, Michael Harris, Riley Greene, and a ton of others—and still have rookies to look forward to in Series 2! (Just no Elly De La Cruz rookie cards, and none until 2024!) And while of course there

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What is Alt Card Value?

Definitions / Ryan Barone from Ballcard Genius / June 18, 2023

Alt card value is a proprietary calculation that estimates a card’s real time market worth. Alt is a graded traded card platform that calculates “Alt Value” based on recent transactions and “systemic market knowledge.” While we highlight Alt as one of the best sports card apps, it really is a full on platform experience more

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2023 Topps Series 2 Most Valuable Cards

Best of the Set / Ryan Barone from Ballcard Genius / June 7, 2023

The most valuable cards from 2023 Topps Series 2 include two Corbin Carroll cards at the top, #401 Independence Day /76 ($848) and Black /72 ($800), followed by Jordan Walker #344 Memorial Day Camo /25 ($736), and another Corbin Carroll Golden Image Variation SSP ($700). This is based on Market Movers data of highest sales

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2023 Topps Heritage Most Valuable Cards

Best of the Set, Boxes and Packs, Card Identification / Ryan Barone from Ballcard Genius / May 26, 2023

The most valuable cards sold from 2023 Topps Heritage include Real One Red Ink Autos /74: Corbin Carroll ($1K), Adley Rutschman ($780), Gunnar Henderson ($750), Mike Trout ($725), and Julio Rodriguez ($550). In terms of non-autos, a Rutschman Nickname Variation sold at $250, a Trout Nickname Variation sold for $190, and an Ohtani Nickname Variation

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