An Illustrator Pikachu was the Goldin 100's top lot
A CGC 9 Illustrator Pikachu outsold Ohtani's rookie autograph and the Black Lotus.
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A Flagg card with Minions on it is bidding at six figures
The Minionfractor Superfractor 1/1 has two days left in the sale that also holds his Debut Patch.
Cooper Flagg's debut patch bids slow ahead of extended bidding
Flagg's bid has not moved since Saturday, with the Harper and Knueppel lots stalled the same way.
Flagg, Harper and Knueppel each add one bid at Fanatics
One bid apiece moved the three debut patches $270,000 USD in a day, five days before the close.
Flagg, Harper and Knueppel all take new bids at Fanatics
The smallest of the three debut patches climbed furthest in three days.
Wembanyama's entire jersey nameplate becomes trading cards
Topps cut the Spurs star's game-used nameplate into ten 1/1 patch cards, one letter per card.
Harper's Bowman Chrome SuperFractor draws bids in the Goldin 100
Goldin frames the 1/1 on-card autograph rookie as a run at a record for any Harper card.
Tatum and Flagg get a dual auto in Topps Pristine Basketball
Flagg pairs with veteran Tatum on one Duke autograph card.
Citron and Iriafen's rookie cards get a playoff milestone
The Mystics are the youngest team ever to reach the WNBA playoffs, two years into a rebuild.
Cisse and Bryant Debut Patch 1/1s surface, 52/99 and 51/99
VIP Rips pulled Cisse's; B&B Card Shop's Bryant pull came weeks before the photo did.
Harper's game-worn rookie patch auto lands in Topps Definitive
The set has no date, no print run and no serial yet.
Flagg's Debut Patch 1/1 passes two million with nine days to go
Harper's and Knueppel's cards trail far behind it; Fanatics Collect closes all three on September 24.
Flagg, Harper, Knueppel NBA Debut Patch 1/1s open for bidding
Fanatics Collect's September Premier Auction closes all three lots on September 24.
Flagg's Sapphire 1/1 auto reported found
A breaker posted the pull Sept 5; Topps has not confirmed it and no auction has listed it.
Bailey's Debut Patch 1/1 was pulled two weeks ago
TP35 Cards says a TikTok collector already pulled it, beating our last-unpulled call.
Goodwin Champions box pulls one of 23 Jordan redemptions
A Steel City Collectibles box held the Jordan-signed 1986-87 Fleer pack redemption.
LeBron's 2003 Topps rookie sold for $1,901 USD in PSA 9
The same card and grade sold for $970 USD one day earlier, on September 4.
An Edgecombe 1/1 set his record at Alt
The BGS 9 Superfractor brought $59,100 USD at Alt; a Black /10 of the same card asks $5,000 USD.
The Flagg 1/1 Debut RPA finally has an auction date
Fanatics Collect runs it September 10 to 24 after the owner turned down 3.6 million from Alt.
Curry's Minions card just sold for a grail price
A Topps Chrome Minions crossover numbered 4 of 5 brought $71,100 USD on eBay, per Topps.
Digital pack rips threaten Chrome Black sealed's premium
Instant Packs open Chrome Black Basketball in the Fanatics Collect app, where every card pulled is real.
The Flagg 1/1 goes to auction after all
Twelve hours after saying he would keep it, the owner consigned the PSA 10 to Fanatics Collect.
Sapphire boxes carry a premium until the Flagg 1/1 is pulled
Chrome Update Basketball Sapphire holds the Flagg 1/1 auto, an hour after a Durant color-match reveal.
Topps says the Anunoby Finals 1/1 still hasn't been redeemed
Its second tease in two days still leaves the Finals 1/1 Anunoby auto unclaimed.
Donruss WNBA Rated Rookies are the cards to watch
Sales for the release opened August 26, a day after the league's biggest audience since 1997.
Bueckers' thin-printed cards move on her first playoff run
Dallas clinched the WNBA's last playoff spot, sending Bueckers to her first postseason.
WNBA card demand isn't topping out at a 29-year viewership high
Clark scored 37 as 3.31 million tuned in, the WNBA's biggest regular-season audience since 1997.
Reese's 2024 Prizm rookies are a buy while the record is new
Angel Reese set the WNBA's single-game and single-season rebounding records in one night.
The Debut Patch chase is down to Bailey's card
The Knueppel Debut Patch redemption surfaced Saturday, leaving Bailey's as the only one still unpulled.
Collier's injury discount closes by her first game back
ESPN says Napheesa Collier's return could decide the Lynx's title run this season.
Reese's milestone cards move the same day
It's Reese's best scoring and rebounding night yet; the Dream locked up their playoff spot.
A Jordan jersey chases the auction record
Jordan's 1998 Finals Game 3 jersey heads to auction with an estimate near his $10.1 million USD record.
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