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Featured Article of the Day
⚾ Baseball Cards
Aaron Judge card sells for record-setting $5.2 million (cllct): Fanatics Collect and Acquir.co brokered a $5.2 million private sale of Judge’s 2013 Bowman Chrome Draft Superfractor Auto 1/1, which cllct said set the modern baseball-card record.
Aaron Judge Joins Hobby Grails with $5.2 Million Card Sale (Topps RIPPED): Reaction article — Topps framed the sale as a grail-level hobby moment and noted the same card’s dramatic climb from earlier public sales.
Sports Cards
🏀 Basketball Cards
Bam’s Big Game, But is he a Buy? (Mantel News): Reaction article — Mantel argued that memorabilia and cards directly tied to Bam Adebayo’s 83-point outburst may hold value better than his broader rookie-card market spike.
In response to: Demand for Bam Adebayo cards increases by 13,000% after historic 83-point game (cllct, March 11): cllct reported that Adebayo’s secondary-market demand surged immediately after his 83-point game.
Bam Adebayo Topps NOW® Card Celebrates Historic 83-Point Game (Topps RIPPED): Topps highlighted a same-window Topps NOW release for Adebayo’s 83-point performance, with parallels, a short print, and autograph redemptions tied to the moment.
1972-73 Topps Julius Erving rookie card headlines March Auction REA (Sports Collectors Digest): SCD previewed REA’s March sale with a PSA 9 Julius Erving rookie as the basketball centerpiece.
🏒⚽⛳ Misc. Other Sports
Panini America is now exclusive trading card partner of NWSL (cllct): Panini signed a multi-year exclusive deal with the NWSL and NWSLPA that includes trading cards, digital collectibles, and sticker collections beginning with 2026-season releases.
🃏 General Sports Cards
A Massive Week for Mantel: Introducing Prediction Markets, AI Scanning, and SLAM Score V2 (Mantel News): Mantel announced a collectibles-focused prediction market, a card scanner, and an updated SLAM Score valuation system.
Non-Sports Cards
Japanese Collectors Dive Into Topps Chrome Disney (Topps RIPPED): Topps examined how Disney’s longstanding popularity in Japan is feeding collector interest in 2025 Topps Chrome Disney.
Sports Memorabilia
Ranking the seven most eye-popping items in Jim Irsay’s collection (cllct): cllct spotlighted marquee pieces from the late Jim Irsay’s Christie’s sale, including Cobain’s Mustang guitar, Ali’s “Rumble in the Jungle” belt, and Secretariat’s Triple Crown saddle.
Pair of 1952 Topps Mantles, High-Grade Julius Erving Rookie Lead REA March Auction (Sports Collectors Daily): Sports Collectors Daily previewed REA’s nearly 4,000-lot March auction as being led by two 1952 Topps Mantles and a high-grade Dr. J rookie.
New Group of Golden Age Collection Signed Cards Up for Auction (Sports Collectors Daily): Sports Collectors Daily reported that the fourth installment of the long-running Golden Age signed-card collection is now on the block.
Memorabilia, Cards Share Space as SCP Auctions Kicks Off Spring Auction (Sports Collectors Daily): Sports Collectors Daily previewed SCP’s spring sale as a mixed cards-and-memorabilia auction.
TCG
“Chaos Rising” Set and Product Lineup Revealed, Yet Another Small English Set (PokeBeach): PokeBeach reported on the newly revealed Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Chaos Rising lineup and noted that the English release appears to be another comparatively small set.
Crime
Head priest of Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh accused of stealing over $1K in baseball cards from Walmart (Associated Press via Washington Times): AP reported that the head priest and dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Pittsburgh was accused of stealing more than $1,000 worth of baseball cards from Walmart.
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