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September 14, 2026

Fifteen Uploads in Twelve Days: Inside the Feed Behind the Weekly Non-Sports Market Update

CARDBOARD POLICE This channel has published fifteen videos in twelve days. Fourteen of those titles name a non-sports property; not one of the fifteen names a sport. The video above is Weekly Non-Sports Card Update: Just When You Thought It Couldn...

Video of the Day Market Analysis Hobby Trends Non-Sports

CASE #0322 Informational

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September 14, 2026

1969 Topps Planet of the Apes #38 The Search! — Tied for the Most PSA 10s in the Set, and More Than Half Its Slabs Stopped at Eight

Four copies of this card have graded PSA 10. The entire 44-card set has produced fifty-six, and no card in it has produced more than four. 1969 Topps Planet of the Apes is a 44-card set of stills from the 1968 film, each one captioned in a red scrol...

Card of the Day Topps Vintage Non-Sports

CASE #0321 Misdemeanor

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September 14, 2026

Beckett Has Been Offline for Five Days, and Its Grading Reopening Is Scheduled for Tomorrow

Beckett Collectibles is scheduled to reopen its two cheapest grading tiers tomorrow. As of today, collectors cannot reach any Beckett website to submit a card at any price. Since 7 p.m. Central on September 9, every Beckett site and the company's mo...

Hobby Article Grading Hobby Trends Hobby Health

CASE #0320 Informational

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September 13, 2026

Grip n Rip Filed Its Allen & Ginter Pre-Order Guide Two Days Before the Window Opened — Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE Allen & Ginter went up for pre-order on Tuesday, September 8 at noon Eastern. Grip n Rip Sports Cards had filed its guidance on the product two days earlier. The video above, WATCH BEFORE YOU PREORDER 2026 TOPPS ALLEN & GIN...

Video of the Day Baseball Topps Hobby Trends

CASE #0319 Informational

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September 13, 2026

1960 Topps #148 Carl Yastrzemski — One PSA 10 in 11,640, and More Graded Copies Than the Set's Mantle

Eleven thousand, six hundred and forty copies of Carl Yastrzemski's rookie card have come back from PSA with a straight numeric grade. Exactly one of them is a PSA 10. It is the only Gem Mint example in sixty-six years, and PSA uses a photograph of i...

Card of the Day Baseball Vintage Hall of Fame Rookie Card

CASE #0318 Misdemeanor

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September 13, 2026

PSA Opens a $59.99 Standard Tier on September 14 — and Its Own Reopening Target Is Still 4.9 Million Cards Away

PSA is reopening a door on September 14 — just not the one collectors have been waiting at since June. The company announced on September 9 that a new service level called Standard will open that Monday at $59.99 per card, with an estimated 90 to 100...

Hobby Article PSA Grading Hobby Trends

CASE #0317 Informational

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September 09, 2026

Western NY Cards Opened a 2026 Bowman Chrome Hobby Box Hours Before Its Street Date — Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE 2026 Bowman Chrome Baseball has a street date of September 9. Western NY Cards had a hobby box open before it arrived. The channel's feed timestamps GOLD AUTO!!🚨NEW RELEASE🚨2026 BOWMAN CHROME HOBBY BOX at 00:05 UTC on September 9 —...

Video of the Day Baseball Topps Prospecting

CASE #0316 Informational

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September 09, 2026

1966 Topps Batman #1 The Batman — the Most-Submitted Card in the Set, and It Has Never Graded a 10

Card No. 1 of the 1966 Topps Batman Black Bat set is the most-submitted card in it, and PSA has never graded one a 10. Not once in 2,085 holders. The set around it has produced 71 PSA 10s across its other cards. The card everybody sent in has none. ...

Card of the Day Topps Vintage Non-Sports

CASE #0315 Misdemeanor

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September 09, 2026

2026 Bowman Chrome Baseball Lands Today — an International 1st Bowman Class, and a Third Box Configuration With Fifteen Exclusive Parallels

2026 Bowman Chrome Baseball reaches shelves today, and the names leading the release are four players who signed as international free agents this year and have never had a Chrome card before. Sports Illustrated put it plainly: Bowman Chrome is the h...

Hobby Article Baseball Topps Prospecting

CASE #0314 Informational

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September 08, 2026

1962 Topps #17 Mike Ditka RC — Zero PSA 10s in 1,273, and Only Four Nines in Sixty-Four Years

PSA has put 1,448 copies of Mike Ditka's rookie card in holders. Not one of them is a Gem Mint 10, and the entire top of the population is four Mint 9s. The 1961 Rookie of the Year got card #17 in the 1962 Topps set — a black-bordered design that ha...

Card of the Day Football Topps Vintage Hall of Fame Rookie Card

CASE #0312 Misdemeanor

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Fifteen Uploads in Twelve Days: Inside the Feed Behind the Weekly Non-Sports Market Update

1969 Topps Planet of the Apes #38 The Search! — Tied for the Most PSA 10s in the Set, and More Than Half Its Slabs Stopped at Eight

Beckett Has Been Offline for Five Days, and Its Grading Reopening Is Scheduled for Tomorrow

Grip n Rip Filed Its Allen & Ginter Pre-Order Guide Two Days Before the Window Opened — Video of the Day

1960 Topps #148 Carl Yastrzemski — One PSA 10 in 11,640, and More Graded Copies Than the Set's Mantle

PSA Opens a $59.99 Standard Tier on September 14 — and Its Own Reopening Target Is Still 4.9 Million Cards Away

Western NY Cards Opened a 2026 Bowman Chrome Hobby Box Hours Before Its Street Date — Video of the Day

1966 Topps Batman #1 The Batman — the Most-Submitted Card in the Set, and It Has Never Graded a 10

2026 Bowman Chrome Baseball Lands Today — an International 1st Bowman Class, and a Third Box Configuration With Fifteen Exclusive Parallels

1962 Topps #17 Mike Ditka RC — Zero PSA 10s in 1,273, and Only Four Nines in Sixty-Four Years