Non-sports trading cards are showing a boom in 2025 With some blockbuster auction results, non-sports cards are cementing their position as one of the fastest-growing segments in the hobby with Star Wars, Pokémon, One Piece, and Disney cards leading the way. In this…
Over the past year, Tom Brady’s 2000 Bowman Chrome rookie card has seen a significant jump in value. We were recently alerted about this card in a news story posted by Horacio Ruiz on the Sports Illustrated website (si.com). To quote: “Tom Brady has a few…
Bowman Chrome Gold Refractor Rookie Card sells for $60,000 While heartbreaking for us Canadian Blue Jays fans, the recent World Series highlighted who I am calling the “Japanese Baseball Jesus” – Shohei Ohtani, who with his two-way superstar status…
CNNMoney.com in a previously posted story from 2006, had a list of the most valuable baseball cards: 1) 1909 Honus Wagner from Sweet Caporal Cigarette Company – Value: $1.265 million 2) 1952 Mickey Mantle from Topps – Value: $127,500 3) 1933 Babe Ruth from…
Fresno’s ‘Baseball card Granny’ puts rare item up for sale Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 By Mike Osegueda / The Fresno Bee “Digging a rare 1869 baseball card out of a box has taken local antique shop owner Bernice Gallego from the pages of the New…
Chaotic Trading Card Game Now Available at Toys “R” Us Stores BroadcastNewsroom By BusinessWire “Nation’s Premier Toy Retailer Celebrates Chaotic Arrival with Dedicated Chaotic Boutique in Toys “R” Us Times Square Over 1,000,000…
Does Bazooka Joe have star power? Former Disney CEO wants to put the ’50s icon into movies, TV, etc. IndyStar.com November 7, 2007 By David Lieberman USA Today “NEW YORK — Don’t choke on your bubble gum when you hear what former Walt Disney…
Wow, now here’s an interesting one – they’re calling them DNA cards, and since these ones actually have a supposedly authentic strand of George Washington’s hair, we suppose you could clone a dead President (if you have an advanced Bio lab)….
Here’s an area that we hadn’t thought about – the collecting of expired gift cards. Michele Alice reports that since they were introduced in 1995, and since people didn’t forsee their value as a collectible, some of the early cards are now…
The origins of the modern day playing cards have their roots in 14th century Europe, but probably were first used in the Middle East, specifically in China after the invention of paper. It is speculated that the use of Swords, Cups, Coins, and Batons (or sticks) as…