Non-Sports — Cardboard Police

September 28, 2026

1965 Topps Battle #15 Dog Warrior Owns Its Set's Best Top End: 10 of 69 Copies at PSA 9 or Better

Only ten copies of 1965 Topps Battle #15 Dog Warrior have ever come back from PSA at a 9 or a 10. That sounds like a small number until you see the set around it: no other card among the 66 in 1965 Topps Battle has done it at a higher rate. The card...

Card of the Day PSA Topps Vintage Non-Sports

CASE #0346 Informational

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September 22, 2026

A John Cena One-of-One Sold for $329,400 — and the Three Biggest Wrestling-Card Sales on Record Are Graded 7, 8 and 9

On September 20 a single trading card of John Cena sold at Goldin for $329,400 — $270,000 on the hammer, plus the house's 22 percent buyer's premium. Goldin announced the result as "The All-Time Highest Public Sale for any Wrestling Card." The card ...

Hobby Article PSA Market Analysis Topps Non-Sports

CASE #0332 Informational

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September 21, 2026

1976 Topps Star Trek #3 Dr. "Bones" McCoy — the Most-Graded Card in the Set, and the Only One of 88 That Peaks at a Seven

PSA has straight-graded 259 copies of card 3 from the 1976 Topps Star Trek set — more than any other card in it. Not one is a PSA 10, and only six are PSA 9s. That is the fewest nines on the 88-card checklist. The card is Dr. "Bones" McCoy, third in...

Card of the Day Topps Vintage Non-Sports

CASE #0330 Informational

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September 21, 2026

A $2.2 Million Black Lotus Was Only Third in an $11.3 Million TCG Week — and Heritage Moved an Illustrator for $5 Million

A 1993 Magic: The Gathering Alpha Black Lotus in a PSA Gem Mint 10 holder sold for $2,208,200 on September 19. It was the third-biggest publicly tracked trading card game sale of the week. Sports Illustrated's Lucas Mast, working from Card Ladder sa...

Hobby Article Pokemon Market Analysis Million Dollar Cards Non-Sports

CASE #0329 Informational

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September 16, 2026

Topps Universe WWE Landed on September 11. Acme Packs Filed Its Hobby Box Verdict Four Days Later — Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE 2026 Topps Universe WWE reached shelves on September 11. Four days later, Acme Packs posted a hobby box review under a headline that does not leave its position in doubt: THE MARKET NEEDS THIS PRODUCT! That is a strong thing to sa...

Video of the Day Topps Hobby Trends Non-Sports

CASE #0325 Informational

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September 14, 2026

Fifteen Uploads in Twelve Days: Inside the Feed Behind the Weekly Non-Sports Market Update

CARDBOARD POLICE This channel has published fifteen videos in twelve days. Fourteen of those titles name a non-sports property; not one of the fifteen names a sport. The video above is Weekly Non-Sports Card Update: Just When You Thought It Couldn...

Video of the Day Market Analysis Hobby Trends Non-Sports

CASE #0322 Informational

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September 14, 2026

1969 Topps Planet of the Apes #38 The Search! — Tied for the Most PSA 10s in the Set, and More Than Half Its Slabs Stopped at Eight

Four copies of this card have graded PSA 10. The entire 44-card set has produced fifty-six, and no card in it has produced more than four. 1969 Topps Planet of the Apes is a 44-card set of stills from the 1968 film, each one captioned in a red scrol...

Card of the Day Topps Vintage Non-Sports

CASE #0321 Misdemeanor

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September 09, 2026

1966 Topps Batman #1 The Batman — the Most-Submitted Card in the Set, and It Has Never Graded a 10

Card No. 1 of the 1966 Topps Batman Black Bat set is the most-submitted card in it, and PSA has never graded one a 10. Not once in 2,085 holders. The set around it has produced 71 PSA 10s across its other cards. The card everybody sent in has none. ...

Card of the Day Topps Vintage Non-Sports

CASE #0315 Misdemeanor

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September 04, 2026

1962 Topps Mars Attacks #1 The Invasion Begins — One PSA 10 in the Entire 55-Card Set, and It Isn't This Card

PSA has graded 22,294 copies of the 1962 Topps Mars Attacks set. It has awarded exactly one Gem Mint 10 — and it is not this card. Card #1, The Invasion Begins, is the opening frame of the most notorious story ever told on cardboard: a Martian in a ...

Card of the Day Topps Vintage Non-Sports

CASE #0306 Misdemeanor

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August 31, 2026

A Garbage Pail Kids Card Sold for $288,000 — and It Was Only Cooper Flagg's Second-Biggest Sale

A Garbage Pail Kids card sold for $288,000 on August 28. It topped its own auction night — and it still only ranks second on Cooper Flagg's all-time sales list. The lot was a 2025 Bowman Garbage Pail Kids NBA Superfractor Cooper Flagg rookie, number...

Hobby Article Basketball Market Analysis Fanatics Non-Sports

CASE #0297 Informational

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Tagged: Non-Sports

1965 Topps Battle #15 Dog Warrior Owns Its Set's Best Top End: 10 of 69 Copies at PSA 9 or Better

A John Cena One-of-One Sold for $329,400 — and the Three Biggest Wrestling-Card Sales on Record Are Graded 7, 8 and 9

1976 Topps Star Trek #3 Dr. "Bones" McCoy — the Most-Graded Card in the Set, and the Only One of 88 That Peaks at a Seven

A $2.2 Million Black Lotus Was Only Third in an $11.3 Million TCG Week — and Heritage Moved an Illustrator for $5 Million

Topps Universe WWE Landed on September 11. Acme Packs Filed Its Hobby Box Verdict Four Days Later — Video of the Day

Fifteen Uploads in Twelve Days: Inside the Feed Behind the Weekly Non-Sports Market Update

1969 Topps Planet of the Apes #38 The Search! — Tied for the Most PSA 10s in the Set, and More Than Half Its Slabs Stopped at Eight

1966 Topps Batman #1 The Batman — the Most-Submitted Card in the Set, and It Has Never Graded a 10

1962 Topps Mars Attacks #1 The Invasion Begins — One PSA 10 in the Entire 55-Card Set, and It Isn't This Card

A Garbage Pail Kids Card Sold for $288,000 — and It Was Only Cooper Flagg's Second-Biggest Sale