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October 16, 2026

Magic City Collectibles Opens 2026 Topps Chrome Formula 1 on Release Day, and the Guaranteed Hobby Autograph Is Real

CARDBOARD POLICE Magic City Collectibles opened 2026 Topps Chrome Formula 1 on the day it came out. The video went up on Oct. 15, 2026, and its title asks the question the channel wanted answered on camera: "GUARANTEED F1 AUTO IN EVERY BOX?!" The d...

Video of the Day Hobby Trends Topps Chrome Sealed Product

CASE #0382 Informational

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October 16, 2026

1990 Topps The Simpsons Sticker #1 Bartman: The Avenger of Evil Was on a Topps Sticker Before He Was in an Episode, and Eight Gem Mints in 193 Graded

Sticker #1 in Topps' 1990 Simpsons set gives Bart a purple cowl, a purple cape and a three-word job description: "AVENGER OF EVIL." The character on it had not yet been in an episode. Bartman's first on-screen appearance came in "Three Men and a Comi...

Card of the Day Topps Junk Wax Non-Sports

CASE #0383 Informational

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October 16, 2026

PrizePicks Now Sells Card Packs. Leave a Pull Alone for 72 Hours and It Sells Itself Back Into Your Pick'em Balance

PrizePicks, the daily fantasy pick'em app, now sells trading card packs. Its help center describes "PrizePicks Packs" as "our digital version of classic trading card packs": buy a pack in the app, rip it on screen, and pull one real card that sits in...

Hobby Article Pokemon Hobby Trends

CASE #0381 Informational

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October 15, 2026

A PSA 10 Messi and the Fan-Made Trophy in Its Photo: Richmond Auctions Enters Sports Cards by Selling Both

One of the most-shared images of Argentina's 2022 World Cup win shows Lionel Messi lifting a trophy that was not the one FIFA handed him. A photograph from that moment is printed on a trading card, and on Nov. 7 a South Carolina auction house will se...

Hobby Article PSA Panini Soccer

CASE #0378 Informational

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October 15, 2026

Video of the Day: EA Sports Cards Pits Three 2026 Topps Update Retail Formats Against Each Other, and Each Package Carries Its Own Exclusive Parallel

CARDBOARD POLICE 2026 Topps Update Series Baseball went on sale Oct. 14 at noon Eastern on Topps.com, and the same day EA Sports Cards posted a retail-only comparison: "I Opened EVERY 2026 Topps Update Series Retail Box… Which Is BEST?!" The video...

Video of the Day Baseball Topps Sealed Product

CASE #0379 Informational

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October 15, 2026

1978 Topps #115 Mike Bossy RC: The 53-Goal Rookie Twelve Teams Passed On, and Five Gem Mints in 2,142

Twelve NHL teams passed on Mike Bossy in the 1977 draft. He scored 53 goals as a rookie, and his first Topps card arrived the following fall. PSA has graded 2,142 copies of it, and five have come back Gem Mint 10. The card is #115 in Topps' 1978-7...

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

CASE #0380 Informational

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October 14, 2026

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #94 Joe Rogan: A Color Commentator's Card From Ten Months Before the Podcast, and Seven Gem Mints in 373 Graded

Joe Rogan's 2009 Topps card doesn't call him a podcaster, a comedian or a television host. The nameplate gives him one job: "COLOR COMMENTATOR." Topps UFC Round 1 came out in February 2009. The first episode of what became The Joe Rogan Experience wa...

Card of the Day Topps MMA

CASE #0377 Informational

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October 14, 2026

Upper Deck Moments Sells an NHL Highlight Card for One Week, Then Ships It 12 to 16 Weeks Later

Upper Deck's new hockey cards are sold within days of the goal they commemorate, and they leave the store a week later. The physical card follows much more slowly: e-Pack's product page puts shipment at "approximately 12-16 weeks after the card is re...

Hobby Article Hobby Trends Hockey

CASE #0375 Informational

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October 14, 2026

Video of the Day: Jabs Family Visits Tom Brady's CardVault in New York City, Where the Chain Arrived as Store No. 7 — It Now Has 19

CARDBOARD POLICE Jabs Family, a channel built on box openings and live breaks, spent its Oct. 13 upload somewhere else: "I WENT TO TOM BRADY'S CARD VAULT IN NEW YORK CITY!" The thumbnail shows a CardVault storefront on a city street, with a "CardVa...

Video of the Day Hobby Trends

CASE #0376 Informational

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October 13, 2026

Packman's Topps Instant Packs Finally Arrived. With Raw Cards and No Sell-Back, the Shipping Box Is Part of the Product

CARDBOARD POLICE Topps' first Instant Packs went on sale Aug. 27. On Oct. 12, Packman published "Topps FINALLY sent customers their INSTANT PACKS cards, and the results are SHOCKING!" It shows the part of the format that comes after the digital rip...

Video of the Day Basketball Topps Fanatics

CASE #0373 Informational

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Magic City Collectibles Opens 2026 Topps Chrome Formula 1 on Release Day, and the Guaranteed Hobby Autograph Is Real

1990 Topps The Simpsons Sticker #1 Bartman: The Avenger of Evil Was on a Topps Sticker Before He Was in an Episode, and Eight Gem Mints in 193 Graded

PrizePicks Now Sells Card Packs. Leave a Pull Alone for 72 Hours and It Sells Itself Back Into Your Pick'em Balance

A PSA 10 Messi and the Fan-Made Trophy in Its Photo: Richmond Auctions Enters Sports Cards by Selling Both

Video of the Day: EA Sports Cards Pits Three 2026 Topps Update Retail Formats Against Each Other, and Each Package Carries Its Own Exclusive Parallel

1978 Topps #115 Mike Bossy RC: The 53-Goal Rookie Twelve Teams Passed On, and Five Gem Mints in 2,142

2009 Topps UFC Round 1 #94 Joe Rogan: A Color Commentator's Card From Ten Months Before the Podcast, and Seven Gem Mints in 373 Graded

Upper Deck Moments Sells an NHL Highlight Card for One Week, Then Ships It 12 to 16 Weeks Later

Video of the Day: Jabs Family Visits Tom Brady's CardVault in New York City, Where the Chain Arrived as Store No. 7 — It Now Has 19

Packman's Topps Instant Packs Finally Arrived. With Raw Cards and No Sell-Back, the Shipping Box Is Part of the Product