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September 13, 2026

Grip n Rip Filed Its Allen & Ginter Pre-Order Guide Two Days Before the Window Opened — Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE Allen & Ginter went up for pre-order on Tuesday, September 8 at noon Eastern. Grip n Rip Sports Cards had filed its guidance on the product two days earlier. The video above, WATCH BEFORE YOU PREORDER 2026 TOPPS ALLEN & GIN...

Video of the Day Baseball Topps Hobby Trends

CASE #0319 Informational

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September 09, 2026

Western NY Cards Opened a 2026 Bowman Chrome Hobby Box Hours Before Its Street Date — Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE 2026 Bowman Chrome Baseball has a street date of September 9. Western NY Cards had a hobby box open before it arrived. The channel's feed timestamps GOLD AUTO!!🚨NEW RELEASE🚨2026 BOWMAN CHROME HOBBY BOX at 00:05 UTC on September 9 —...

Video of the Day Baseball Topps Prospecting

CASE #0316 Informational

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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 09, 2026

2026 Bowman Chrome Baseball Lands Today — an International 1st Bowman Class, and a Third Box Configuration With Fifteen Exclusive Parallels

2026 Bowman Chrome Baseball reaches shelves today, and the names leading the release are four players who signed as international free agents this year and have never had a Chrome card before. Sports Illustrated put it plainly: Bowman Chrome is the h...

Hobby Article Baseball Topps Prospecting

CASE #0314 Informational

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September 08, 2026

1962 Topps #17 Mike Ditka RC — Zero PSA 10s in 1,273, and Only Four Nines in Sixty-Four Years

PSA has put 1,448 copies of Mike Ditka's rookie card in holders. Not one of them is a Gem Mint 10, and the entire top of the population is four Mint 9s. The 1961 Rookie of the Year got card #17 in the 1962 Topps set — a black-bordered design that ha...

Card of the Day Football Topps Vintage Hall of Fame Rookie Card

CASE #0312 Misdemeanor

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September 08, 2026

Pick and Pop Cards Files Its 2026 Bowman Football Information Video the Day Before Pre-Orders Open — Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE Pick and Pop Cards published HUGE NEW Football Product! 2026 Bowman Football Information! on September 7 — the day before the product went up for pre-order at Topps.com. It is the channel's second video about this release, and the ...

Video of the Day Football Topps Hobby Trends

CASE #0313 Informational

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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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September 05, 2026

Fanatics Extends Its UEFA Card Deal to 2033 — and Champions League Debut Patches Start This Season

UC3 and Fanatics Collectibles announced on September 2 a six-year extension of their trading card partnership covering UEFA's club competitions, running from 2027 through 2033. The deal's headline feature does not wait for it. The Debut Patch program...

Hobby Article Topps Fanatics Soccer

CASE #0308 Informational

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September 04, 2026

Cards And Content Asks If Bowman Chrome U Is Ending — the Day Before Arch Manning Landed in Bowman Football — Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE Cards And Content published "THE END of Bowman Chrome U?! Bowman Football Checklist Deep Dive" on September 2 — one day before Topps announced the signing that will put Arch Manning’s first Topps autographs into that very product. ...

Video of the Day Football Topps Prospecting

CASE #0307 Informational

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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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Grip n Rip Filed Its Allen & Ginter Pre-Order Guide Two Days Before the Window Opened — Video of the Day

Western NY Cards Opened a 2026 Bowman Chrome Hobby Box Hours Before Its Street Date — Video of the Day

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

2026 Bowman Chrome Baseball Lands Today — an International 1st Bowman Class, and a Third Box Configuration With Fifteen Exclusive Parallels

1962 Topps #17 Mike Ditka RC — Zero PSA 10s in 1,273, and Only Four Nines in Sixty-Four Years

Pick and Pop Cards Files Its 2026 Bowman Football Information Video the Day Before Pre-Orders Open — Video of the Day

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

Fanatics Extends Its UEFA Card Deal to 2033 — and Champions League Debut Patches Start This Season

Cards And Content Asks If Bowman Chrome U Is Ending — the Day Before Arch Manning Landed in Bowman Football — Video of the Day

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