Fanatics — Cardboard Police

September 25, 2026

High Society Trading Opened Nine Pristine Instant Packs on Launch Night — Exactly the Daily Limit Topps Set

CARDBOARD POLICE Topps opened 2025-26 Pristine Basketball Instant Packs on Fanatics Collect at 4 p.m. Eastern on September 24. By 03:41 UTC on September 25, still the same evening on the East Coast, High Society Trading had posted "ARE INSTANT PACK...

Video of the Day Basketball Topps Sealed Product Fanatics

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September 25, 2026

The Flagg 1/1 Sold for $8.04 Million — and $4.54 Million of It Was Bid After 9 p.m.

At 9 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, the one-of-one Cooper Flagg Rookie Debut Patch Autograph stood at $3.5 million in Fanatics Collect's September Premier Auction. By about 2 a.m. Friday it had sold for $8.04 million. That's 83 bids, and $4.54 million add...

Hobby Article Basketball Topps Fanatics Million Dollar Cards

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September 05, 2026

Fanatics Extends Its UEFA Card Deal to 2033 — and Champions League Debut Patches Start This Season

UC3 and Fanatics Collectibles announced on September 2 a six-year extension of their trading card partnership covering UEFA's club competitions, running from 2027 through 2033. The deal's headline feature does not wait for it. The Debut Patch program...

Hobby Article Topps Fanatics Soccer

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September 04, 2026

Topps Signs Arch Manning to an Exclusive Card Deal — His First Autographs Arrive in Bowman Football This Fall

Topps has signed Arch Manning to an exclusive trading card and autograph deal, and the first autographs land in Bowman Football this fall. The announcement went out on Topps' own social channels on Thursday, September 3, and it ends the partnership t...

Hobby Article Football Topps Fanatics Industry Consolidation

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September 01, 2026

A PSA 6 Mantle Sold for $690,000 at Fanatics Collect — $170,000 More Than a PSA 8 Brought in May

On May 29 this blog reported a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle in a PSA 8 holder selling for $520,000 at Heritage. Three months later, a PSA 6 of the same card sold for $690,000. Two grades lower, $170,000 more. The figure comes from Fanatics Collect's own...

Hobby Article Market Analysis Fanatics Vintage Million Dollar Cards

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August 31, 2026

A Garbage Pail Kids Card Sold for $288,000 — and It Was Only Cooper Flagg's Second-Biggest Sale

A Garbage Pail Kids card sold for $288,000 on August 28. It topped its own auction night — and it still only ranks second on Cooper Flagg's all-time sales list. The lot was a 2025 Bowman Garbage Pail Kids NBA Superfractor Cooper Flagg rookie, number...

Hobby Article Basketball Market Analysis Fanatics Non-Sports

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August 29, 2026

WPRI Follows the Flagg 1/1 From a North Kingstown Shop to a September Auction

CARDBOARD POLICE "Cooper Flagg debut patch card going to auction" went up on WPRI's channel at 10:12 p.m. Eastern on Friday, hours after Fanatics Collect confirmed the consignment. The card left Rhode Island a long time ago. The station that was st...

Video of the Day Basketball Hobby Trends Fanatics

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August 29, 2026

Fanatics Collect Won the Flagg 1/1 — and the Redemption Is Now a PSA 10

Three weeks ago the most-hunted card in basketball was a piece of paper promising a card. On Friday, Fanatics Collect announced that the one-of-one Cooper Flagg Rookie Debut Patch Autograph will headline its September Premier auction, running Septemb...

Hobby Article Basketball Topps Chrome Fanatics Million Dollar Cards

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August 14, 2026

Video of the Day: What Topps and Fanatics Actually Think About the Market

CARDBOARD POLICE Everyone in the hobby has an opinion about the card market. The two companies that actually print the cards have data. Geoff Wilson's episode goes at the manufacturer side — what Topps and Fanatics think about demand, pricing and p...

Video of the Day Market Analysis Topps Hobby Trends Fanatics

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July 28, 2026

Video of the Day: Will the Market Go UP or Crash? (Fanatics Fest)

CARDBOARD POLICE Fanatics Fest NYC has come and gone, and the question on every collector's mind is the same: where does the market go from here? Market Movers by Sports Card Investor tackles that question head-on in this timely analysis. The vide...

Video of the Day Market Analysis Hobby Trends Fanatics

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Tagged: Fanatics

High Society Trading Opened Nine Pristine Instant Packs on Launch Night — Exactly the Daily Limit Topps Set

The Flagg 1/1 Sold for $8.04 Million — and $4.54 Million of It Was Bid After 9 p.m.

Fanatics Extends Its UEFA Card Deal to 2033 — and Champions League Debut Patches Start This Season

Topps Signs Arch Manning to an Exclusive Card Deal — His First Autographs Arrive in Bowman Football This Fall

A PSA 6 Mantle Sold for $690,000 at Fanatics Collect — $170,000 More Than a PSA 8 Brought in May

A Garbage Pail Kids Card Sold for $288,000 — and It Was Only Cooper Flagg's Second-Biggest Sale

WPRI Follows the Flagg 1/1 From a North Kingstown Shop to a September Auction

Fanatics Collect Won the Flagg 1/1 — and the Redemption Is Now a PSA 10

Video of the Day: What Topps and Fanatics Actually Think About the Market

Video of the Day: Will the Market Go UP or Crash? (Fanatics Fest)