A 13-year-old Seattle Mariners fan turned a free ballpark giveaway into a five-figure payday after a rare rookie card featuring the city’s viral raccoon sensation sold for a whopping $21,100. The one-of-one gold “Jimothy” rookie card sold on eBay Sunday night after drawing 100 bids, transforming a quirky Mariners promotion into an unexpected $21,100 payday for the … Read more
Alek Thomas made his Dodgers debut over the weekend after he was traded to the franchise in May. Thomas’ wife, Kailey McCaffrey, took to social media to post about the whirlwind few months the couple has endured. Dodgers outfielder Alek Thomas made his debut with the team during the Pirates series at the end of … Read more
Football legend Tom Brady’s business venture into trading cards is off to a smashing start in Northern California — for all the wrong reasons. The former New England Patriot’s brand-new CardVault store in Palo Alto was broken into over the weekend — a little over one week after Brady attended the the grand opening on … Read more
Tom Brady used to run out of NFL locker rooms to Jay-Z’s “Public Service Announcement” during his playing days. In retirement, the former New England Patriots quarterback is once again linking with the rap mogul. Chris Costa and Tom Brady attend the grand opening of CardVault in San Francisco, California. Getty Images Rapper Jay-Z attends … Read more
Greg Olsen may have a path back to an “A” booth. With Tony Romo’s future uncertain at CBS following his OWI arrest that led to him being placed on leave “until further notice,” Olsen, a Fox commentator, could be a potential replacement, according to Puck. JJ Watt, who is filling Romo’s spot in the CBS … Read more
The search for one of the most valuable Shohei Ohtani cards ever produced may be over. A collector pulled the redemption for Ohtani’s one-of-one Back-to-Back Dual Gold Logoman Autograph Relic from a 2026 Topps Chrome Baseball hobby box at a local card shop in Boca Raton, Florida, Topps announced. The discovery immediately placed the unidentified … Read more
The finder of Shohei Ohtani’s new Holy Grail baseball card is in for a bigger payday than initially expected. Grade10, which describes itself as Asia’s premier trading card venture, announced on Instagram on Monday that it will shell out a staggering $10 million to whoever pulls the Dodgers star’s Back-to-Back Dual Gold Logoman Autograph Relic. … Read more
Tom Brady has added another piece to his football collection. At Fanatics Fest in New York, Brady revealed his first autographed card, showing a 1/1 Fernando Mendoza rookie card. Brady said that since he first saw the card, he told Fanatics and Topps that he needed it. “I found it, and I got it,” Brady … Read more
Bottoms up and dollars out if you want to reap the rewards of the new Starbucks Reserve card. The internet is divided on whether the rewards associated with the coffee purveyors’ new personalized metal card, reserved for top-tier, big-spending Reserve members, are worth the cost of carrying it. Is the brew worth the beans, so … Read more
DEAR ABBY: Three years ago, I found out that the man who raised me wasn’t my biological father. I suspected it for many years and asked my mother about it twice. She angrily denied it both times and said the man who raised me was definitely my dad. He passed away in 1989. I recently … Read more
De’Zhaun Stribling wants his 1-of-1 Topps Chrome refractor back. And he told The California Post he’s ready to make a sweet deal for it. The 49ers’ top pick in the 2026 NFL Draft first laid his eyes on the card while he was in downtown Los Angeles earlier this month for the NFLPA’s annual Rookie … Read more
A recent message from Tom Brady about cardboard hit home for Rams rookie Max Klare. The tight end — who was taken by Los Angeles in the second round of April’s NFL draft — was one of many football players who received advice from Brady while out at the NFLPA Rookie Premiere presented by Topps last … Read more
Aaron Judge hit it out of the park again. A one-of-kind baseball card of Judge in his first professional season with the Yankees sold at auction for a staggering $838,750 on Friday. The 2013 Bowman Aaron Judge Superfractor 1/1 — depicting the eventual Yankees captain just after he was selected by the team in the first round of the 2013 MLB draft — … Read more
Rams fans might not be thrilled with the team’s choice to draft Ty Simpson, but sports collectors are eating it up. Topps officials told The California Post this week that Simpson’s draft-night Topps NOW card was officially the third-most sought after when it came to players taken by NFL teams last week. The only two higher, … Read more
A trading card featuring an image of Kobe Bryant just sold for a small fortune. Alt, a trading card marketplace, announced on Thursday it purchased a copy of a 1997 Kobe Bryant Metal Universe Precious Metal Gems Green for a whopping $3.15 million. The company, which bought the piece through its “dedicated sports card fund,” … Read more
An extremely rare Pokémon card that cost $3 in 1999 has sold for a whopping $4,0180 at auction. The 1st edition Shadowless Base Set Charizard card is known as the “holy grail” to collectors and enthusiasts. The “shadowless” version was only printed in the earliest production run of Pokémon cards, with the holograph version even … Read more
Sports cards are back in style. An industry on life support just one decade ago is making a strong comeback in large part thanks to Fanatics buying Topps in a $500 million purchase in 2022, with the sports merchandise giant looking to create core memories for kids as they collect cards of their favorite athletes. … Read more
An ultra-rare Pokemon card that cost $2.70 in 1999 is expected to sell for a whopping $54k at auction. The 1st edition Shadowless Base Set Charizard card is known as the “holy grail” to collectors and enthusiasts. The card — described as being in “mint condition” — is going under the hammer in the UK’s … Read more
An NFL draft bust’s rookie card somehow sold for a small fortune at an auction over the weekend. According to Fanatics Collect, a Josh Rosen 2018 Panini Kaboom piece fetched $26,400 on Saturday — this despite the former first-round pick only logging snaps in 24 career games. Fanatics Collect said this Josh Rosen rookie card sold … Read more
United Airlines is revamping its frequent-flyer loyalty program to further reward travelers who carry a United co‑branded credit or debit card, while dialing back mileage earning for members who do not. The airline said the changes are designed to boost adoption and usage of its card products. Across the industry, loyalty programs have evolved into major profit engines, with … Read more