The 10 hottest baseball cards right now feature a handful from MLB’s young but thriving 2024 season including: This is according to total number of cards sold over the last 7 days in the Market Movers catalog as of 4/6/24. Frankly, it’s not any surprise these cards are the hottest. With the 2024 baseball season […]
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I recently posted a video about how easy it is to submit a card for grading, and while most people were thankful for the advice, there were a handful of comments about grading and PSA being a scam, and disbelief that it costs $25 to grade a single card. While I totally understand why many
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You’ve finally worked up the courage to grade a card, and now you’re stuck trying to figure out which service level is best. Aside from price and turnaround time – which are pretty self-explanatory – the term “declared value” is staring you in the face. Declared Value You aren’t charged for cards up front upon
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I don’t think there is much that can top the hype of the new Series 1 release every season. Perhaps because the card release is in lock step with Spring Training and a new season getting underway, there is just an unmatched excitement throughout the hobby. But while we’ve jumped deep into the most valuable
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To say that not all cards are created equal is an understatement. I can spend hours on the differences between cards, even of the same players, and even those that look nearly exactly alike but are worlds apart in terms of value. For today, though, I’m thinking about baseball cards vs. football cards. So, let’s
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While it’s easy to run to the many popular places where you can buy baseball cards like comc.com, sportlots.com, and others that you might already know about, there is an entire online sports card store landscape just waiting to be explored. I’ll mention them all in the bulleted list, but will only expand upon those
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Some days do I wish I was a kid still? Of course. But do I also enjoy growing up and becoming wiser in my ways? Definitely. When I was a kid I had tens of thousands of cards. Not a flex—I used to go around to flea markets and garage sales with my dad looking
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To put things in perspective before I dive into things, you’re reading my answer to this question on my sports card blog—a platform I built from scratch and pour hours into each and every day. Cards are my life. So, I think you probably know my answer, but here goes… Yes, collecting cards is worth
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Game on! 2023-24 Prizm Monopoly is back for another round of board game/trading card fun. And, before I crown it the most random collaboration in cards last year, it’s hard to open more eyes than the Tacofractor did. That said, the Tacofractor was only one type of parallel, while Monopoly Prizm is an entire release,
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Yes, Sports Illustrated for Kids, the magazine we all probably subscribed to when we were younger, only to have copies trashed long ago right along with many of your favorite childhood collections. If you don’t know, and you’re here to learn. You’ve heard of Sports Illustrated Magazine, right? Well, there is a version of Sports
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