NFL — Cardboard Police

September 08, 2026

2026 Bowman Football Pre-Orders Open Today at 1 p.m. ET — 401 Cards, Two Autos a Box, and Arch Manning at No. 201

2026 Bowman Football goes up for pre-order at Topps.com today, Tuesday September 8, at 1 p.m. ET. It is the first Bowman Football built to hold active college players and NFL standouts in the same set — and the checklist was reopened at the last minu...

Hobby Article Football Topps NFL Prospecting

CASE #0311 Informational

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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

CASE #0291 Informational

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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

CASE #0271 Informational

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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

CASE #0277 Informational

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August 20, 2026

First Look: 2026 Topps Flagship Football Jumbo Box — the First Topps Flagship Football in Over a Decade

CARDBOARD POLICE Topps has not made a flagship football set since 2015. As of this week it has, and the boxes are being opened on camera. The channel flon posted this jumbo hobby box break of 2026 Topps Flagship Football on August 20, 2026 — one of...

Video of the Day Football Topps NFL Rookie Card

CASE #0267 Informational

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August 03, 2026

Video of the Day: Watch Before You Buy 2026 Topps Football

CARDBOARD POLICE Two weeks before 2026 Topps Flagship Football hits retail, Steel City Collectibles walks through everything you need to know before you buy. The video breaks down the chase cards, autographs, inserts and the new base set that defin...

Video of the Day Football Topps NFL

CASE #0215 Informational

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August 03, 2026

Topps Flagship Football Returns August 21 With Mendoza on the Cover

Licensed paper football is back. Topps has locked in the release date and cover athlete for its first Flagship Football product since reclaiming the NFL license: 2026 Topps Flagship Football reaches retail Friday, August 21 — with pre-orders already ...

Hobby Article Football Topps NFL Rookie Card

CASE #0214 Informational

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June 10, 2026

Fanatics Wins Major Legal Victory as Federal Judge Tosses Antitrust Class Action

On Monday, a New York federal judge tossed the class-action antitrust lawsuit that accused Fanatics, the NFL, NBA, MLB, and their players' associations of conspiring to monopolize the trading card market. The ruling is a procedural victory for Michae...

Hobby Article Lawsuits Topps Fanatics NFL Industry Consolidation Antitrust Panini

CASE #0070 Misdemeanor

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June 09, 2026

Josh Allen Joins the Million-Dollar Card Club — First NFL Player to Hit Seven Figures Since 2023

An Arizona grandmother walked into a Target, bought a pack of 2018 Panini football cards on a whim, and pulled a card that just sold for $1.35 million — making Josh Allen the first NFL player to reach the million-dollar card milestone since Patrick M...

Hobby Article Football NFL Hall of Fame Million Dollar Cards

CASE #0066 Informational

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June 07, 2026

Topps Signature Class Football Arrives — The First Real Statement of the Post-Panini NFL Era

The post-Panini NFL card era just got its first real flex. 2025 Topps Signature Class Football dropped June 5, and it's the first premium autograph product under the new Fanatics/Topps NFL license — and the message is clear: the monopoly is over, and...

Hobby Article Football Topps Fanatics NFL

CASE #0054 Informational

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the cardboard chronicle

Tagged: NFL

2026 Bowman Football Pre-Orders Open Today at 1 p.m. ET — 401 Cards, Two Autos a Box, and Arch Manning at No. 201

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

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

First Look: 2026 Topps Flagship Football Jumbo Box — the First Topps Flagship Football in Over a Decade

Video of the Day: Watch Before You Buy 2026 Topps Football

Topps Flagship Football Returns August 21 With Mendoza on the Cover

Fanatics Wins Major Legal Victory as Federal Judge Tosses Antitrust Class Action

Josh Allen Joins the Million-Dollar Card Club — First NFL Player to Hit Seven Figures Since 2023

Topps Signature Class Football Arrives — The First Real Statement of the Post-Panini NFL Era