Card of the Day — Cardboard Police

August 10, 2026

Card of the Day: 1974 Topps #456 Dave Winfield RC

Ten. PSA has graded 10,094 copies of the 1974 Topps Dave Winfield rookie and certified exactly ten at GEM-MT 10 — a gem rate of one tenth of one percent. The card pictured above is one of them: cert 31074823, a GEM-MT 10, one of the ten perfect examp...

Card of the Day Baseball Vintage Hall of Fame Rookie Card

CASE #0237 Misdemeanor

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August 10, 2026

Card of the Day: 1975 Topps #223 Robin Yount RC

Six. Out of 14,175 copies PSA has graded, six 1975 Topps Robin Yount rookie cards have come back GEM-MT 10. That is a gem rate of four one-hundredths of a percent, and it is the entire story of this card. Yount was nineteen years old and already the...

Card of the Day Baseball Vintage Hall of Fame Rookie Card

CASE #0234 Misdemeanor

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August 08, 2026

Card of the Day: 1970 Topps #90 O.J. Simpson RC

PSA has graded 5,848 copies of the 1970 Topps #90 O.J. Simpson rookie card. Exactly one of them is a GEM-MT 10. Not one percent. One card. The Card Card #90 in the 1970 Topps football set is Simpson's rookie card, showing him in Buffalo Bills blue...

Card of the Day Football Vintage Hall of Fame Rookie Card

CASE #0231 Misdemeanor

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August 07, 2026

Card of the Day: 1966 Topps #35 Bobby Orr RC

PSA has graded 1,243 copies of Bobby Orr's rookie card. Exactly one has come back MINT 9, and not a single one in the set's entire grading history has ever earned a GEM-MT 10. The card pictured here is that lone 9 — cert 06523474. The Card 1966-67 ...

Card of the Day Hockey Vintage Hall of Fame Rookie Card

CASE #0228 Misdemeanor

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August 06, 2026

Card of the Day: 1986 Fleer #121 Dominique Wilkins RC

The 1986 Fleer set is the foundation of modern basketball collecting, and card #121 belongs to the most spectacular dunker the sport has ever produced. Dominique Wilkins' rookie card sits in the same 132-card checklist as the Michael Jordan #57 — and...

Card of the Day Basketball Vintage Hall of Fame Rookie Card

CASE #0225 Misdemeanor

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August 05, 2026

Card of the Day: 1955 Topps #123 Sandy Koufax RC

Sandy Koufax's rookie card is one of the great pitching cards in the hobby — a 1955 Topps #123 that is nearly impossible to find at the top of the grade scale, with just three copies ever reaching GEM-MT 10. For Brooklyn Dodgers collectors and vintag...

Card of the Day Baseball Vintage Hall of Fame Rookie Card

CASE #0222 Misdemeanor

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August 04, 2026

Card of the Day: 1971 Topps #156 Terry Bradshaw RC

Terry Bradshaw's rookie card from the 1971 Topps set is one of the great vintage football rarities — a Hall of Fame quarterback's first card, in a set so hard to find well-centered that just three copies have ever reached a PSA 10. For Steelers colle...

Card of the Day Football Vintage Hall of Fame Rookie Card

CASE #0219 Misdemeanor

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August 03, 2026

Card of the Day: 1984 O-Pee-Chee #67 Steve Yzerman RC

Steve Yzerman's rookie card from the 1984-85 O-Pee-Chee set is the crown jewel of Detroit hockey collecting — and one of the defining cards of the entire vintage hockey market. The card that launched "The Captain's" 22-year career in the Motor City a...

Card of the Day Hockey Vintage Hall of Fame Rookie Card

CASE #0216 Misdemeanor

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August 02, 2026

Card of the Day: 1986 Fleer #53 Magic Johnson

Magic Johnson's rookie-year card from the 1986 Fleer set isn't just a Hall of Fame card — it's one of the most recognizable basketball cards of the modern era. The set that relaunched the basketball card market after the collapse of the early 1980s, ...

Card of the Day Basketball Vintage Hall of Fame

CASE #0213 Misdemeanor

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August 01, 2026

Card of the Day: 1972 Topps #79 Red Sox Rookies (Fisk RC)

One rookie card, three future careers, and a Hall of Fame catcher hiding in the middle of the checklist. The 1972 Topps #79 Red Sox Rookies card pairs Carlton Fisk — the most important catcher in Red Sox history — with Cecil Cooper and Mike Garman on...

Card of the Day Baseball Vintage Hall of Fame Rookie Card

CASE #0210 Misdemeanor

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the cardboard chronicle

Tagged: Card of the Day

Card of the Day: 1974 Topps #456 Dave Winfield RC

Card of the Day: 1975 Topps #223 Robin Yount RC

Card of the Day: 1970 Topps #90 O.J. Simpson RC

Card of the Day: 1966 Topps #35 Bobby Orr RC

Card of the Day: 1986 Fleer #121 Dominique Wilkins RC

Card of the Day: 1955 Topps #123 Sandy Koufax RC

Card of the Day: 1971 Topps #156 Terry Bradshaw RC

Card of the Day: 1984 O-Pee-Chee #67 Steve Yzerman RC

Card of the Day: 1986 Fleer #53 Magic Johnson

Card of the Day: 1972 Topps #79 Red Sox Rookies (Fisk RC)