Football — Cardboard Police

August 19, 2026

1978 Topps #315 Tony Dorsett RC — 5,715 Graded, 13 Gems, and a $26,100 Cliff

The slab pictured above is one of thirteen. PSA cert 31853675, graded GEM MT 10, housed in the FIGHT4OLDDC Collection — one of only thirteen 1978 Topps Tony Dorsett rookie cards ever to earn a perfect grade, out of 5,715 submitted. That ratio is the...

Card of the Day Football Vintage Hall of Fame Rookie Card

CASE #0264 Misdemeanor

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August 18, 2026

1957 Topps #119 Bart Starr RC — Zero PSA 10s, Three PSA 9s, and a $288,000 Cliff

The card pictured above is one of the three best Bart Starr rookies on Earth. The slab reads 1957 TOPPS #119, BART STARR, MINT 9, cert 31720479 — and PSA's population report says only three copies have ever reached that grade. Above it there is nothi...

Card of the Day Football Vintage Hall of Fame Rookie Card

CASE #0261 Misdemeanor

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August 17, 2026

Grip n Rip Is 'Very Concerned' About 2026 Topps Flagship Football — Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE Four days before licensed paper football comes back, one of the hobby's busiest daily channels has planted its flag: it is very concerned. Grip n Rip Sports Cards posted this on August 16. 2026 Topps Flagship Football reaches shel...

Video of the Day Football Topps Hobby Trends

CASE #0257 Informational

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August 14, 2026

Card of the Day: 1989 Topps Traded #30T Deion Sanders RC

4,202. That is how many PSA 10s exist of the 1989 Topps Traded Deion Sanders rookie — out of 12,130 graded. More than a third of every copy PSA has ever seen came back perfect. This is the exact inverse of the cards we have run all week, and it is w...

Card of the Day Football Hall of Fame Junk Wax Rookie Card

CASE #0249 Misdemeanor

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August 10, 2026

Josh Allen's National Treasures 1/1 Sells for $1.7 Million — in Private

A Josh Allen rookie patch autograph just changed hands for $1.7 million — and nobody watched it happen. Alt, the high-end marketplace, announced on August 6 that it had brokered the private sale of a 2018 Panini National Treasures Rookie Patch Autogr...

Hobby Article Football Market Analysis Million Dollar Cards Panini

CASE #0232 Informational

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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 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 04, 2026

Eagles Make Arena Club an Official Partner — Jeter's Grading Platform Lands Its First NFL Deal

Derek Jeter's card platform is going NFL. The Philadelphia Eagles announced a multi-year partnership Monday with Arena Club — the trading card marketplace and grading platform Jeter co-founded — designating the company a "Proud Partner" of the team a...

Hobby Article Football Market Analysis Grading

CASE #0217 Informational

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August 03, 2026

Video of the Day: Watch Before You Buy 2026 Topps Football

CARDBOARD POLICE Two weeks before 2026 Topps Flagship Football hits retail, Steel City Collectibles walks through everything you need to know before you buy. The video breaks down the chase cards, autographs, inserts and the new base set that defin...

Video of the Day Football Topps NFL

CASE #0215 Informational

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August 03, 2026

Topps Flagship Football Returns August 21 With Mendoza on the Cover

Licensed paper football is back. Topps has locked in the release date and cover athlete for its first Flagship Football product since reclaiming the NFL license: 2026 Topps Flagship Football reaches retail Friday, August 21 — with pre-orders already ...

Hobby Article Football Topps NFL Rookie Card

CASE #0214 Informational

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the cardboard chronicle

Tagged: Football

1978 Topps #315 Tony Dorsett RC — 5,715 Graded, 13 Gems, and a $26,100 Cliff

1957 Topps #119 Bart Starr RC — Zero PSA 10s, Three PSA 9s, and a $288,000 Cliff

Grip n Rip Is 'Very Concerned' About 2026 Topps Flagship Football — Video of the Day

Card of the Day: 1989 Topps Traded #30T Deion Sanders RC

Josh Allen's National Treasures 1/1 Sells for $1.7 Million — in Private

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

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

Eagles Make Arena Club an Official Partner — Jeter's Grading Platform Lands Its First NFL Deal

Video of the Day: Watch Before You Buy 2026 Topps Football

Topps Flagship Football Returns August 21 With Mendoza on the Cover