Hobby Article — Cardboard Police

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 28, 2026

All Kings Owned 2026 Topps Flagship Football’s Opening Week — a Mendoza SSP at $6,500

Six days after 2026 Topps Flagship Football reached shelves, the top of the product had not settled down. It had gone up. Sports Illustrated published a first-24-hours sales rundown on August 22 and a rookie sales follow-up on August 27. Read side by...

Hobby Article Football Market Analysis Topps NFL Rookie Card

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August 27, 2026

Topps Retires the NFL PREM1ERE Patch for Debut Patches — the Format Behind a $1.11 Million Skenes Card

Topps announced on August 26 that it is retiring the "PREM1ERE" Patch from its NFL program and replacing it with the Debut Patch — the format that produced a $1.11 million Paul Skenes card and the most-chased basketball rookie card of the year. Every...

Hobby Article Football Topps Hobby Trends Rookie Card

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August 26, 2026

Heritage's $62.9 Million August Was the Largest Sports Auction Ever — Led by a Wagner Once Valued at $25

Heritage Auctions' Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction closed on August 23 having realized $62,963,254, which the house says makes it the largest sports auction ever held. The previous mark, $61,645,972, was set by Heritage's own 2024 Summer Platinu...

Hobby Article Market Analysis Card Prices Vintage Hall of Fame Pre-War

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August 25, 2026

A $414,800 Peyton Manning Rookie Just Set His Card Record — Without an Autograph

The most expensive Peyton Manning card ever sold at public auction does not have his signature on it. A one-of-one 1998 SkyBox Metal Universe Gem Masters Manning rookie — card No. 189, the only copy produced — drew a $340,000 winning bid in Heritage...

Hobby Article Football Market Analysis Card Prices

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August 24, 2026

Tom Brady Bought Fernando Mendoza's 1-of-1 'My 1st NFL Auto' — and Nobody Will Say What He Paid

Tom Brady owns the only Fernando Mendoza "My 1st NFL Auto" card that exists. What he paid for it is the one detail nobody involved will attach a number to. Chris Costa, co-founder and managing partner at CardVault by Tom Brady, told the New York Post...

Hobby Article Football Topps NFL Rookie Card

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August 23, 2026

Football's $1 Million Card Club Is Almost One Card — Tom Brady's, 22 Times

Thirty-three players across five sports have now had a card sell for at least $1 million publicly. Football's share of that list is, in practical terms, one man holding one card. The Athletic's Larry Holder, working from Card Ladder's sales database,...

Hobby Article Football Market Analysis NFL Million Dollar Cards

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August 22, 2026

A 1997-98 Jordan PMG Red Sold for $1,473,989 — a Record for the Line, Not for Jordan

A 1997-98 Metal Universe Precious Metal Gems Red Michael Jordan sold for $1,473,989 through Alt, and the marketplace called it the most expensive PMG card ever sold at auction, regardless of player or year. That is a precise claim, and the precision ...

Hobby Article Basketball Market Analysis Grading Million Dollar Cards

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August 21, 2026

Convicted in January, Suing by March — the Anthony Curcio Case Didn't End With the Verdict

The jury came back in four hours. The case did not end there. Anthony Curcio was convicted in the Southern District of New York in January of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud, for selling sports and Pokémon cards inside PSA slabs carryi...

Hobby Article PSA Lawsuits Grading Antitrust

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August 20, 2026

Dick's Sporting Goods Is Building Card Shops Inside Its Stores — and Sent Buyers to the National to Stock Them

Dick's Sporting Goods does not buy its inventory at flea markets. It buys hoodies and gloves and golf clubs from manufacturers, in bulk, on contracts. So the detail worth stopping on in The Athletic's August 18 report is this one: Dick's sent a team ...

Hobby Article Market Analysis Hobby Trends

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the cardboard chronicle

Tagged: Hobby Article

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

All Kings Owned 2026 Topps Flagship Football’s Opening Week — a Mendoza SSP at $6,500

Topps Retires the NFL PREM1ERE Patch for Debut Patches — the Format Behind a $1.11 Million Skenes Card

Heritage's $62.9 Million August Was the Largest Sports Auction Ever — Led by a Wagner Once Valued at $25

A $414,800 Peyton Manning Rookie Just Set His Card Record — Without an Autograph

Tom Brady Bought Fernando Mendoza's 1-of-1 'My 1st NFL Auto' — and Nobody Will Say What He Paid

Football's $1 Million Card Club Is Almost One Card — Tom Brady's, 22 Times

A 1997-98 Jordan PMG Red Sold for $1,473,989 — a Record for the Line, Not for Jordan

Convicted in January, Suing by March — the Anthony Curcio Case Didn't End With the Verdict

Dick's Sporting Goods Is Building Card Shops Inside Its Stores — and Sent Buyers to the National to Stock Them