Market Analysis — Cardboard Police

July 12, 2026

Market Pulse: The Five Hottest Sports Cards Right Now — Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE The hobby just had one of its biggest weeks of the year. Heritage Auctions posted a record $1.41 billion first half, grading volumes hit new highs, and the mid-year market is recalibrating in real time. It is the perfect moment for...

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July 12, 2026

World Cup 2026 Cards Are Here — The Soccer Market Explodes as North America Hosts the World Cup

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is happening right now across North America — and with it, something the American sports card hobby has never really seen before: a full-blown soccer card market operating at full throttle on home soil. From Panini's iconic Wo...

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July 11, 2026

The Sports Cards Worth Buying Right Now — Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE Mid-year market data is now in: record Heritage sales, record grading volumes, $694 million in June sales. The natural question for every collector right now is the same — what's actually worth buying in this market? The Collector ...

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July 11, 2026

Heritage Auctions Posts Record $1.41 Billion First Half — Sports Cards and Collectibles Fuel the Boom

Heritage Auctions just made a statement that reverberates far beyond the auction world: $1.41 billion in sales during the first six months of 2026 — the highest midyear total in the company's 50-year history, and a 47 percent increase over the same p...

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July 10, 2026

Jack Hughes and U.S. Hockey Cards Surge Post-Olympics — Why the Gold Medal Market Has Endured

Four months after Jack Hughes scored the most consequential goal in American hockey history, the market for his cards — and for U.S. Olympic hockey memorabilia as a whole — is still climbing. Unlike the short-lived spikes that followed previous Ameri...

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July 09, 2026

The National 2026 Is 20 Days Away — What Collectors Need to Know

The National Sports Collectors Convention opens its doors on July 29 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, and this year's edition comes with enough changes to justify a standalone preview. With just 20 days until the hob...

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July 08, 2026

High End Sports Cards Are Going NUCLEAR — 2026 Sales Volume Has Tripled — Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE The high-end sports card market has tripled in sales volume in 2026 — and Cajun Cardboard's latest deep-dive breaks down the numbers behind the premium-market explosion. This video lands at the perfect intersection of today's bigge...

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July 07, 2026

All-Star Breakouts and Summer League Heat — Which Players' Cards Are Rising in July 2026

July in the sports card hobby is typically defined by the product release calendar — Donruss Elite, Topps Finest, and The National looming on the horizon. But beneath the product-drop schedule, a parallel market is being shaped by player performance....

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July 06, 2026

Trading Cards EXPLODE in June ($694 mill) — Mid-Year Market Recap with The Sports Card Dad

CARDBOARD POLICE Trading card sales hit $694 million in June 2026 according to data compiled by The Sports Card Dad, providing one of the clearest mid-year snapshots of the hobby's trajectory. Published just two days ago on July 4, the video breaks...

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July 01, 2026

Video of the Day: TOP 25 Highest Selling Nonsports Cards | June 2026

CARDBOARD POLICE The nonsports card market has quietly become one of the most dynamic segments in the collectibles space. Pokémon continues to drive billions in annual sales, but the broader category — encompassing Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, ...

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Market Pulse: The Five Hottest Sports Cards Right Now — Video of the Day

World Cup 2026 Cards Are Here — The Soccer Market Explodes as North America Hosts the World Cup

The Sports Cards Worth Buying Right Now — Video of the Day

Heritage Auctions Posts Record $1.41 Billion First Half — Sports Cards and Collectibles Fuel the Boom

Jack Hughes and U.S. Hockey Cards Surge Post-Olympics — Why the Gold Medal Market Has Endured

The National 2026 Is 20 Days Away — What Collectors Need to Know

High End Sports Cards Are Going NUCLEAR — 2026 Sales Volume Has Tripled — Video of the Day

All-Star Breakouts and Summer League Heat — Which Players' Cards Are Rising in July 2026

Trading Cards EXPLODE in June ($694 mill) — Mid-Year Market Recap with The Sports Card Dad

Video of the Day: TOP 25 Highest Selling Nonsports Cards | June 2026