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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 23, 2026

A Trade Night, on Camera — Where the Hobby Actually Does Business — Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE The hobby's headline numbers are set in auction houses. Most of its actual business is done standing up, across a table, on a weeknight. Card Crew posted "Doing INSANE High End Deals At Trade Night!" on August 22 — a look at the ot...

Video of the Day Hobby Trends Card Investing

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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 ...

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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

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August 17, 2026

The Flagg 1/1 Has an Owner — and a $3.1 Million Bounty Auction He Hasn't Agreed To

A week ago the most-hunted card in the hobby was an anonymous pull. It now has an owner with a name, a face, and a decision to make — and a bounty auction sitting at $3.1 million that he has never agreed to. Jason Williams, 50, a machine shop owner ...

Hobby Article Basketball Market Analysis Hobby Trends Million Dollar Cards

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August 16, 2026

The 2026 National Review — What Happened After the Show Closed — Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE Every year the hobby spends months building up to the National and about six days talking about it afterward. Sports Cards Live streamed this review on August 8, six days after the 2026 show closed — the stories, the drama, the pol...

Video of the Day PSA Grading Hobby Trends

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August 16, 2026

Esports World Cup Launches Its First Official Trading Card Set — And Magnus Carlsen Is Signing

Magnus Carlsen is signing trading cards, and it is happening inside an esports product. That sentence would not have parsed five years ago, and it is the most interesting thing about the Esports World Cup's first official trading card collection. Wh...

Hobby Article Market Analysis Hobby Trends Sealed Product

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August 15, 2026

StockX Live Launches Trading Cards Sunday — Replay Sports Cards Debuts With a Pokémon Sealed-Pack Stream

StockX — the marketplace that built its name on verified resale — is finally entering the trading card live-selling race, and its first dedicated trading card seller goes live Sunday night with a stream built around Pokémon sealed packs. Replay Spor...

Hobby Article Pokemon Market Analysis Hobby Trends Industry Consolidation

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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...

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August 14, 2026

Jay-Z, Aaron Judge and Dana White Just Invested in Tom Brady's Card Shop Chain

Jay-Z, Aaron Judge, Connor McDavid and Dana White are now investors in a chain of card shops. CardVault by Tom Brady announced its first strategic investor group on Thursday, August 13 — and the list runs well past the celebrity names into institutio...

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

A Trade Night, on Camera — Where the Hobby Actually Does Business — Video of the Day

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

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

The Flagg 1/1 Has an Owner — and a $3.1 Million Bounty Auction He Hasn't Agreed To

The 2026 National Review — What Happened After the Show Closed — Video of the Day

Esports World Cup Launches Its First Official Trading Card Set — And Magnus Carlsen Is Signing

StockX Live Launches Trading Cards Sunday — Replay Sports Cards Debuts With a Pokémon Sealed-Pack Stream

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

Jay-Z, Aaron Judge and Dana White Just Invested in Tom Brady's Card Shop Chain