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July 26, 2026

Panini and Baseball America Team Up for 2026 MLB Draft Prospect Cards

Baseball America and Panini have teamed up on a new Panini Instant set featuring six of the top 2026 MLB Draft picks, with BA branding on the front and scouting report excerpts on the back. The set went live July 24 at 3 p.m. ET, with base cards avai...

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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...

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July 21, 2026

Tom Brady Goes Card Shopping — Buys $7,500 Patrick Mahomes Rookie Card — Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE Tom Brady is the most famous quarterback in NFL history, and now he's a card collector too. In this segment from Complex, the seven-time Super Bowl champion visits a card shop and drops $7,500 on a Patrick Mahomes rookie card — and...

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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...

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July 17, 2026

Fanatics Fest 2026 Takes Over NYC — CBS NewYork Reports from the Javits Center — Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE CBS New York's news segment on Fanatics Fest 2026 offers a mainstream media window into the scale of what's happening at the Javits Center this weekend — and it captures something the hobby press often misses: this has become a gen...

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July 17, 2026

Fanatics Fest 2026 Takes Over NYC — Exclusive Topps Products, Star-Studded Lineup, and the Summer's Biggest Hobby Event

The Javits Center has become ground zero for the sports collectibles world this weekend as Fanatics Fest 2026 takes over New York City from July 16 through 19, bringing together the biggest names in sports, entertainment, and card collecting under on...

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July 16, 2026

THE HOBBY IS ON FIRE! -- Ohtani Record, Cooper Flagg Debut, and 2026 NFL Rookies -- Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE Cards And Content delivers a comprehensive mid-July hobby roundup in their latest upload, covering three of the biggest stories shaping the sports card market this week: Shohei Ohtani's record-shattering $3.365 million Bowman Super...

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$Shohei Ohtani's Bowman Superfractor Sells for $3.365 Million -- A New Record for the Two-Way Superstar$

July 16, 2026

Shohei Ohtani's Bowman Superfractor Sells for $3.365 Million -- A New Record for the Two-Way Superstar

The sports card market's mid-2026 momentum has reached a new peak. Shohei Ohtani's 2018 Bowman Chrome Superfractor — a one-of-one rookie card — sold for $3.365 million in a private sale brokered by Fanatics Collect, setting a new record for the most ...

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July 14, 2026

Jordan Walker's HR Derby Win Sparks a Card Market Moment — 2026 All-Star Week Hobby Analysis

Jordan Walker stood in the batter's box at Citizens Bank Park with one swing left and everything on the line. The crowd in Philadelphia — 44,000 strong, most of them rooting for hometown hero Kyle Schwarber — was already celebrating. And then Walker ...

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July 14, 2026

Topps Experiments with Unsealed Boxes — Removing Factory Seals to Combat Flippers

Topps is done just printing more product to fight flippers. The company announced a radical new test this week: it will ship 2025-26 Topps Chrome Update Basketball Mega Boxes without factory seals — a move designed to eliminate the speculative premiu...

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Panini and Baseball America Team Up for 2026 MLB Draft Prospect Cards

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

Tom Brady Goes Card Shopping — Buys $7,500 Patrick Mahomes Rookie Card — Video of the Day

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

Fanatics Fest 2026 Takes Over NYC — CBS NewYork Reports from the Javits Center — Video of the Day

Fanatics Fest 2026 Takes Over NYC — Exclusive Topps Products, Star-Studded Lineup, and the Summer's Biggest Hobby Event

THE HOBBY IS ON FIRE! -- Ohtani Record, Cooper Flagg Debut, and 2026 NFL Rookies -- Video of the Day

Shohei Ohtani's Bowman Superfractor Sells for $3.365 Million -- A New Record for the Two-Way Superstar

Jordan Walker's HR Derby Win Sparks a Card Market Moment — 2026 All-Star Week Hobby Analysis

Topps Experiments with Unsealed Boxes — Removing Factory Seals to Combat Flippers