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July 29, 2026

Video of the Day: Can We Trust the $10M Ohtani Bounty?

CARDBOARD POLICE Is a $10 million preemptive bounty on an unpulled trading card a sign of a healthy market or a speculative fever dream? Boston Card Hunter breaks down the Grade10 announcement, compares it to the competing $6.5 million offer from S...

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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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July 27, 2026

Video of the Day: Major Errors Found in 2026 Topps Chrome Baseball — Grip n Rip Sports Cards

CARDBOARD POLICE Five days. That's how long it took to go from the most anticipated release of the 2026 baseball card calendar to a video titled "MAJOR ERRORS AND ISSUES FOUND IN 2026 TOPPS CHROME BASEBALL." Grip n Rip Sports Cards has product in ...

Video of the Day Baseball Hobby Trends Topps Chrome

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July 27, 2026

PSA's Backlog Falls to 11 Million as Value Tiers Stay Paused

PSA's grading backlog has fallen to 11 million cards. That number comes straight from the company's own Backlog Tracker, updated July 14, and it marks the second consecutive decline since the queue peaked in early June. It is progress. It is also, b...

Hobby Article PSA Market Analysis Grading Hobby Trends

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July 24, 2026

Video of the Day: The 25 Most Valuable Baseball Cards Sold So Far in 2026

CARDBOARD POLICE We are halfway through 2026, and the baseball card market has already written a receipt worth studying. In this mid-year roundup, Sports Cards EDGE counts down the 25 most valuable baseball cards sold so far this year — a rea...

Video of the Day Baseball Market Analysis Hobby Trends

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July 23, 2026

Is PSA's Grading Slowdown Actually Good for the Hobby? — Collector Investor Podcast — Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE Is PSA’s grading slowdown good for the hobby? That is the headline question in today’s selection from Collector Investor Podcast, which also previews National Sports Collectors Convention strategy and checks in on the D...

Video of the Day PSA Grading Hobby Trends

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July 22, 2026

CGC Bets on Three Iconic Cards to Challenge PSA's Grading Dominance

CGC is making a statement. The distant No. 2 grading company behind PSA has graded three of the hobby's most iconic cards — a restored T206 Honus Wagner (the "Die-Cut Wagner"), a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle, and an autographed 1979 Topps Wayne Gretzky r...

Hobby Article Grading Hobby Trends

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July 21, 2026

Kevin Love Backs Premium Card Shop The Alley in Hometown Lake Oswego

Kevin Love is backing The Alley, a new premium trading card shop in Lake Oswego co-founded by his brother Collin Love, Samuel Soong, and Darick Dang. The store opened July 16, features a community lounge, pack bar, and breaking studio, and is a Topps...

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July 20, 2026

Did Fanatics Fest Just Kill The National? — NEO Cards & Comics Breaks Down the Hobby's Biggest Question — Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE Fanatics Fest just wrapped its four-day run at the Javits Center. The National opens July 29 in Rosemont, Illinois. The proximity is impossible to ignore — and the hobby is asking a question that would have been unthinkable a year ...

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July 20, 2026

Fanatics Fest 2026 Weekend Wrap-Up — Tom Brady Wins Fanatics Games, Celebrity Spectacle Closes Out Javits Center

The four-day Fanatics Fest spectacle at Manhattan's Javits Center came to a close Sunday evening, leaving behind a weekend of celebrity appearances, exclusive product drops, and a clear message: Fanatics is serious about live events. With over 100,00...

Hobby Article Market Analysis Hobby Trends Fanatics

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Tagged: Hobby Trends

Video of the Day: Can We Trust the $10M Ohtani Bounty?

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

Video of the Day: Major Errors Found in 2026 Topps Chrome Baseball — Grip n Rip Sports Cards

PSA's Backlog Falls to 11 Million as Value Tiers Stay Paused

Video of the Day: The 25 Most Valuable Baseball Cards Sold So Far in 2026

Is PSA's Grading Slowdown Actually Good for the Hobby? — Collector Investor Podcast — Video of the Day

CGC Bets on Three Iconic Cards to Challenge PSA's Grading Dominance

Kevin Love Backs Premium Card Shop The Alley in Hometown Lake Oswego

Did Fanatics Fest Just Kill The National? — NEO Cards & Comics Breaks Down the Hobby's Biggest Question — Video of the Day

Fanatics Fest 2026 Weekend Wrap-Up — Tom Brady Wins Fanatics Games, Celebrity Spectacle Closes Out Javits Center