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With top-of-the-line card-grading services already well established—and Certified Sports Guaranty (CSG) card-grading service launching in February—is there room for one that is automated with the use of artificial intelligence? Well, ready or not, one has arrived on the scene called Card-Boss, but whether it can compete with the big boys remains to be seen. The CSG grading team is led by Andy Broome and Westin Reeves, who have more than 30 years of combined experience in sports card grading. Card-Boss, meanwhile, is an online, automated card-grading service that uses AI and image processing to grade cards instantly (OK, within 10 to 15 minutes to be more precise). “The sports card hobby has recently seen a surge in interest, partly due to the pandemic quarantine,” Card-Boss stated in its introductory press…

DALLAS – Wayne Gretzky has always been The Great One. But on Dec. 11 he became The Greatest One when the Canadian version of his Edmonton Oilers rookie card became the first hockey card ever to break the million-dollar mark. One of only two known 1979 O-Pee-Chee Gretzkys graded Gem Mint 10 by Professional Sports Authenticator sold for $1.29 million during the first session of Heritage Auctions’ four-day Fall Sports Collectibles Catalog event. That’s almost three times the previous record of $465,000 set four years ago, when there was but one PSA Gem Mint 10 known to exist. The Gretzky O-Pee-Chee belonged to entrepreneur Patrick Bet-David. The record sale helped Heritage Auction set a new milestone in the hobby. The Fall Sports Collectibles event realized sales of more than $22…

2021 TOPPS SERIES 1 BASEBALL In this year’s release of its popular Baseball Series 1, Topps celebrates 70 years of Topps Baseball Cards, highlighting new rookies, modern-day stars and the legendary players of the game. Collectors will find all-new autographs, relics and inserts in packs of this series celebrating the rich history of Major League Baseball and Topps, on this Platinum Anniversary. As part of the celebration, Topps is giving away in its packs of cards 25 tickets for two people to attend a unique Topps event in the fall, featuring players, exclusive trading cards and more. Among the 330 base cards in the set are Rookies, Future Stars, MLB Veterans, Team Cards, World Series Highlights and League Leaders. New among the parallels numbered to 2021, 99, 76, 70, 50,…

Top 10 lists abound throughout the sporting world and fans love them. Top 10 plays of the day, Top 10 hitters, Top 10 home run producers, Top 10 college football or basketball teams, Top 10 quarterbacks of all time, Top 10 NBA players of all time—you get the idea. The list goes on and on. In this debut of Sports Collectors Digest’s series of bimonthly special issues, we present our Top 10 Lists Edition as it pertains to collectibles. We’ll cover the top-selling cards of all time, along with vintage and modern-era cards from the major sports, offbeat cards, top hobby finds, memorabilia classics and the weirdest sports collectibles sold at auction. SCD Editor-At-Large Greg Bates compiled all the lists but the weirdest collectibles, which was completed by SCD Editor…

Joshua Leland Evans, the legendary Lelands founder and Chairman of the Board, died Dec. 27 after a lengthy illness, the auction house announced. He was 59. Lelands issued this statement: “Words cannot adequately express our sense of loss, nor our gratitude to Josh for his longtime dedication to Lelands and the hobby of sports memorabilia. Josh was a pioneering visionary, a passionate industry advocate, and a highly respected expert. We have lost and will dearly miss a larger-than-life personality who was omnipresent at industry events and touched countless lives during his 50-plus years of buying, collecting, and selling the ‘stuff’ (as he lovingly referred to collectibles). “Joshua Evans came of age in an early era of sports collecting where money was not the motivating factor. Instead, it was a reverence…

In an incredible act of kindness, a longtime friend of former Cincinnati Reds catcher Johnny Bench secretly bid on several items the Baseball Hall of Famer had put up for sale at Hunt Auctions in November and did so with the intent of returning them to him. “I’ve been close friends with Johnny Bench since 1967,” Alan Horwitz wrote on Twitter. “It was so important for me to keep these special items in his family. It also allows generations of baseball fans to continue to celebrate his accomplishments. They will be displayed in several HOFs.” Horwitz, 23 at the time, met Bench in Puerto Rico where he was honing his skills in the Winter League, and they became lifelong friends, according to Darren Rovell’s report on Action Network. Among Horwitz’s…

JANUARY 20: 2020 Panini Contenders Football 20: 2021 Topps Archives Signature Series Active Player Edition Baseball 20: 2020-21 Upper Deck Artifacts Hockey FEBRUARY 3: 2021 Donruss Racing NASCAR 3: 2020 Panini Limited Football 3: 2020-21 Panini Prizm Premier League Soccer 3: 2020-21 Panini NBA Hoops Basketball 3: 2020-21 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League Soccer 4: 2021 Sportkings Volume 2 Multi-Sport 10: 2020 Donruss Optic Football 10: 2021 Topps Series 1 Baseball 10: 2020-21 Upper Deck Trilogy Hockey TBA: 2020-21 Panini Certified Basketball TBA: 2019-20 Upper Deck Clear Cut Hockey TBA: 2020-21 Upper Deck Allure Hockey TBA: 2020-21 Upper Deck Black Diamond Hockey TBA: 2020-21 Leaf In the Game Used Hockey TBA: 2021 Leaf Lumber Kings Baseball TBA: 2020-21 Leaf Pearl Hockey TBA: 2020 Leaf Valiant Baseball MARCH 3: 2021 Topps…

ALABAMA Feb 20 AL, Scottsboro. Scottsboro Sports Card & Memorabilia Show, Scottsboro Goose Pond Civic Center, 1165 Ed Hembree Dr, Scottsboro, AL 35769, SH: 9am-2pm, T: 100, A: Free, Contact Stephen Moore 256-599-0989, Stephen@jacksonssportscards.com, www.jacksonssportscards.com May 15 AL, Scottsboro. Scottsboro Sports Card & Memorabilia Show, Scottsboro Goose Pond Civic Center, 1165 Ed Hembree Dr, Scottsboro, AL 35769, SH 9-2, T: 100, A: Free, Contact Stephen Moore 256-599-0989, Stephen@jacksonssportscards.com, www.jacksonssportscards.com ARKANSAS Feb 26-27 AR, Bentonville. 2021 Winter Bentonville Sports Card Show, Four Points Hotel, 211 SE Walton Blvd., Bentonville, AR. SH: Fri: 11am-7pm, Sat: 9am-5pm. T: 100+, A: Free. Contact: Matt Canaday 479-586-4494, griffeyguy@yahoo.com, CONNECTICUT Feb 6 CT, Enfield. Sportscard Show, American Legion Hall, 566 Enfield St, Enfield, CT 06082. SH: 9am-2pm, T: 48, A: $1. Contact Cliff Gorneault 860-302-0493, clfgorneault@yahoo.com…

1/01/2021 1. $208,100 on 125 bids: 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan (PSA 10) 2. $152,100 on 140 bids: 2017 Panini Flawless Patrick Mahomes II, #6/25, auto patch (PSA 10) 3. $111,211 on 33 bids: 2019-20 Panini Select Black Disco Prizm Zion Williamson, #1/1 (PSA 10) 4. $100,101 on 87 bids: 2003-04 Topps Chrome Refractor LeBron James (BGS 10) 5. $94,300 on 93 bids: 2003-04 Topps Chrome Refractor LeBron James (PSA 10) 6. $92,600 on 60 bids: 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan (BGS 9.5) 7. $90,100 on 100 bids: 1986-87 Fleer Basketball unopened wax box (BBCE) 8. $89,100 on 80 bids: 2003-04 Topps Chrome LeBron James (BGS 10 Black Label) 9. $85,100 on 77 bids: 2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection LeBron James, #1/100, auto patch (BGS 8.5) 10. $78,900 on 134 bids: 1948…

Clean Sweep kicks off the new year with a Major Auction featuring a variety of memorabilia from signed jerseys and baseballs to vintage cards to signatures from legendary players. The auction is set for Feb. 3. The auction starts with 15 key lots: N172 Cap Anson and 1915 Cracker Jacks of Ty Cobb, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Walter Johnson, Grover Cleveland Alexander and Honus Wagner. It continues with 1951 and 1952 Bowman Mickey Mantles in very high-end PSA 1 slabs, and PSA 8 examples of the 1956, 1957, 1960 and 1965 Topps Mantles. Other key lots include a nice 1937 Yankees team ball, a Babe Ruth-signed snapshot photo and signed check display, and signed jerseys from Mantle (Mitchell & Ness), Kobe Bryant (rare 2008 USA Olympic team) and Michael Jordan (limited…

Most long-time readers of SCD know the name of Dick Perez as well as they know the names of Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, and Sandy Koufax. He is arguably the most accomplished baseball artist of all time. When asked several years ago about how many baseball paintings he had done in his lifetime, he responded, “Somewhere between 2 to 3,000.” Many of those paintings have been turned into baseball cards and postcards, thus the familiarity with his name and work by collectors. Over the years, Perez has been the “Official Artist” of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, the Philadelphia Phillies, and The Roberto Clemente Foundation. Two former Presidents commissioned baseball paintings from him. Ronald Reagan asked for one of Hall of Famer Grover Cleveland Alexander,…