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October 30, 2026

1961 Fleer #43 Jerry West RC: The Card Says Forward, and Just 3 PSA 10s in 1,598 Graded

Under the Lakers banner on Jerry West's rookie card, one word sits above his name: FORWARD. The Lakers were using him as a guard, and he would become the guard the NBA drew its logo from. PSA has graded 1,598 copies, and only three are 10s. The Card...

Card of the Day Basketball Vintage Hall of Fame Rookie Card

CASE #0423 Informational

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October 30, 2026

Topps Prices the Brewers' First Title at $69.99. The Rangers' Set Printed 5,732 and the Last Dodgers Set 118,459

The Milwaukee Brewers won the first World Series title in franchise history on Oct. 28, and Topps had a $69.99 team set on sale the same day. How scarce that set turns out to be depends on a number nobody has yet. The last first-time champion's set s...

Hobby Article Baseball Topps Hobby Trends

CASE #0421 Informational

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October 30, 2026

Sports Card Society Works Front Row's 600-Table Las Vegas Show With $100,000 in the Title and a 32K Jordan on the Thumbnail

CARDBOARD POLICE Sports Card Society put $100,000 in the title of its latest video and a Michael Jordan autograph on the thumbnail. The video comes from behind a vendor table at Front Row's 600-table Las Vegas show, and the channel's upload list sh...

Video of the Day Market Analysis Hobby Trends

CASE #0422 Informational

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October 29, 2026

1999 Pokémon #2 Blastoise Holo 1st Edition: Rain Dance, a Two-Peak Curve, and 101 PSA 10s in 4,116

Card No. 2 of the first English Pokémon set is a water turtle with two cannons on its shell and a power that got around the game's own Energy rule. PSA has graded 4,116 copies of the 1st Edition holo, and its most common grade is a 9. The Card The ...

Card of the Day Pokemon Vintage Non-Sports

CASE #0420 Informational

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October 29, 2026

Acme Packs Rips the First Unlicensed Donruss Football on Release Day: No NFL Logos, No Rated Rookies, and the Downtowns Are Back

CARDBOARD POLICE For more than a decade, Donruss was one of Panini's flagship NFL releases. 2026 Donruss Football, released Oct. 28, is the first without the league. Acme Packs opened a hobby box on release day, and its verdict is in the title: "BE...

Video of the Day Football Donruss Sealed Product Panini

CASE #0419 Informational

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October 29, 2026

PSA Value Returns at $39.99 With the 90-100-Day Estimate Standard Carried Last Month — and 2.2 Million Cards Short of PSA's Own 5 Million Target

PSA's Value tier is back. It reopened Thursday, Oct. 29, at 8 a.m. Pacific, at $39.99 a card in the U.S., nearly five months after PSA shut its cheaper service levels in June. It costs $7 more than it did before the pause. And it comes back while PSA...

PSA Grading Hobby Trends

CASE #0418 Informational

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October 28, 2026

Card Curiosity Previews Stadium Club Basketball's Return: A 2025-26 Set Shipping Nov. 25, a Month Into the New Season, With Beam Team Back Home

CARDBOARD POLICE Stadium Club Basketball is back for the first time since the 2007-08 season, and by the calendar it arrives a season late. Card Curiosity's "IS $200 WORTH IT?!" previewed the hobby box on Oct. 27, the day Topps opened pre-orders at...

Video of the Day Basketball Topps Sealed Product

CASE #0417 Informational

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October 28, 2026

1961 Topps #417 Juan Marichal RC: The Winningest Pitcher of the 1960s, and Just 6 PSA 10s in 3,522 Graded

Juan Marichal turned 89 on Oct. 20. His rookie card, 1961 Topps #417, catches him as a young Giant, smiling under a dark cap a few months after one of the best debuts a pitcher has ever had. PSA has graded 3,522 copies of it, and only six are 10s. T...

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

CASE #0416 Informational

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October 28, 2026

Dak Prescott's Wrist-Tape Message Has Been on a Topps Card Since August. The Holiday Reprint Made It Viral, and Chrome Is Next

Dak Prescott's wrist-tape message has been on a Topps card since late August. It took a Christmas-themed reprint of the same photo for collectors to see it. The photo on Prescott's 2026 Topps base card comes from a 2025 game in which his wrist tape ...

Hobby Article Football Topps NFL Card Prices

CASE #0415 Informational

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October 27, 2026

2002-03 Panini Mega Craques #137 Cristiano Ronaldo: 'Young Promises' at Sporting, and as Many PSA 10s as 8s

Before Manchester United, before the No. 7, Panini's Mega Craques set showed Cristiano Ronaldo in Sporting's green-and-white hoops under a two-word heading: "jovens promessas," young promises. Card #137 comes from the 2002-03 season, his first in Spo...

Card of the Day Panini Soccer

CASE #0414 Informational

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1961 Fleer #43 Jerry West RC: The Card Says Forward, and Just 3 PSA 10s in 1,598 Graded

Topps Prices the Brewers' First Title at $69.99. The Rangers' Set Printed 5,732 and the Last Dodgers Set 118,459

Sports Card Society Works Front Row's 600-Table Las Vegas Show With $100,000 in the Title and a 32K Jordan on the Thumbnail

1999 Pokémon #2 Blastoise Holo 1st Edition: Rain Dance, a Two-Peak Curve, and 101 PSA 10s in 4,116

Acme Packs Rips the First Unlicensed Donruss Football on Release Day: No NFL Logos, No Rated Rookies, and the Downtowns Are Back

PSA Value Returns at $39.99 With the 90-100-Day Estimate Standard Carried Last Month — and 2.2 Million Cards Short of PSA's Own 5 Million Target

Card Curiosity Previews Stadium Club Basketball's Return: A 2025-26 Set Shipping Nov. 25, a Month Into the New Season, With Beam Team Back Home

1961 Topps #417 Juan Marichal RC: The Winningest Pitcher of the 1960s, and Just 6 PSA 10s in 3,522 Graded

Dak Prescott's Wrist-Tape Message Has Been on a Topps Card Since August. The Holiday Reprint Made It Viral, and Chrome Is Next

2002-03 Panini Mega Craques #137 Cristiano Ronaldo: 'Young Promises' at Sporting, and as Many PSA 10s as 8s