Innholdsfortegnelse for May 1, 2022 i Sports Collectors Digest

As card collectors, we are all prospectors, digging for (cardboard) gold like explorers searching for treasures in the Old West. Even old-school collectors who compile carboard for the pure joy of collecting are prospectors, looking far and wide for special cards to add to their collections. The most serious prospectors today are investors, new-age collectors betting big dollars on the speculative value of both modern and vintage cards. Old and new collectors alike are often chasing the same thing — the coveted rookie cards. Rookie cards of Hall of Famers. Rookies of your favorite players and sets. Rookies of popular players with cool names or who made their mark in other special ways. And rookie cards of top prospects expected to be great one day. Those are the cards we…

For a complete listing of upcoming shows, visit www.sportscollectorsdigest.com ALABAMA May 7 AL, Birmingham. Vintage Sports Card and Memorabilia Show, Rickwood Field, 1137 2nd Avenue West 35204. SH: 9am- 3pm. T: 25 (8 feet at $25). A: Free. Contact: Mike 205-616-2761 or bamadadtimes2@gmail.com. ARIZONA May 21 AZ, Phoenix. The Doubletree Hilton Phoenix, Northwest Valley Coin & Card Show, 10220 N. Metro Parkway East, Phoenix, AZ 85051. SH: 9am-2pm. T: 30: A: Free. Contact Mike 623-570-3816. CALIFORNIA May 1 CA, Newark. Collectibles Show at Newark Pavilion, 6430 Thornton Ave., Newark CA 94560. SH: 8am-4:30pm. T: 62+. A: Free. Contact: Call Newarkcardguy at 510-386-6383 for tables. May 7 CA, Sacramento. Sports Cards & Collectibles Show, Wyndham Sacramento, 5321 Date Ave., Sacramento, CA 95841. SH: 9am-4pm. T: 70 +. A: Free. Contact: Steve…

In fantasy baseball, two major website hosts, Yahoo and CBS Sports, split Shohei Ohtani in two. You can draft him as a hitter or as a pitcher. If you draft “both” Ohtanis, it costs you two slots on your roster. In ESPN fantasy games, Ohtani is whole: When you draft him, you get him as both a hitter and pitcher. The catch: You cannot use both “halves” of Ohtani in your lineup on the same day. So if you want him active on the days he’s pitching, you have to bench him as a hitter. In the hobby, of course, Ohtani is one player — and he’s a player every baseball collector is watching. Not since Babe Ruth have we seen a major leaguer so accomplished at both hitting and…

It’s a really fun time of year to be a sports card collector. The baseball season is finally underway, the NBA playoffs are gearing up and the NFL Draft was set for late April. There are a number of new releases that will capture the attention of collectors in the coming months. 2021-22 BOWMAN UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL Topps has been absent from the football card market since losing its NFL license to Panini in 2016. The iconic brand makes its return to the gridiron with this star-studded collegiate product. With that being said, this is technically an unlicensed product and carries no logos, insignias or team names. That doesn't stop Topps from capturing many of the biggest names in college football on their first pieces of cardboard. Hobby boxes feature four-card…

1. $111,212 on 98 bids: 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky (PSA 9) 2. $95,100 on 123 bids: 1999 Sports Illustrated for Kids Serena Williams perforated (PSA 10) 3. $80,201 on 52 bids: 2020 Panini National Treasures Joe Burrow Gold, #2/10, auto patch (HGA 9.5) 4. $58,099 on 54 bids: 2003 Netpro Elite Serena Williams, #/100 (PSA 10) 5. $53,600 on 80 bids: 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan (BGS 9.5) 6. $51,633 on 115 bids: 2000 Playoff Contenders Tom Brady Rookie Ticket, auto (BGS 8.5, auto 10) 7. $51,100 on 53 bids: 2015-16 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Connor McDavid, #8/15, auto patch (PSA 10, auto10) 8. $50,000 on 1 bid: 2003-04 Topps Chrome LeBron James Black Refractor, #12/500 (PSA 9) 9. $42,100 on 43 bids: 2015-16 Panini Flawless Tim Duncan, #1/1, patch (Logoman)…