Another record month in the hobby

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August 07, 2025

More than $308 million was spent on sports and trading cards online in July to set an industry record for the second consecutive month.

Our Ben Burrows recounts his quest for a Mark Hamill-signed card at The National.

An L.A. collector bought 16 boxes of Rookie Royalty WNBA and landed the 1/1 grail.

Growing up, Dylan Abruscato recalls sending athletes requests for autographs through the mail. Now, he is on the receiving end of those requests — all thanks to a long-forgotten Topps contest.

The owner of a Philadelphia marketing and booking firm pleaded guilty Tuesday to four charges related to the selling of forged Jason Kelce memorabilia valued at an estimated $200,000.

Marcos Thomas Perez, who worked as a police officer for the city of Miami for 25 years before being employed by the Heat (2013-21) and NBA (2022-25), was accused by the feds of stealing millions of dollars worth of game-worn jerseys and then selling them to online brokers.

Cooper Flagg’s first Summer League jersey, worn in a game which Flagg said “might be one of the worst” of his life, sold for a record $95,250.

Thanks for reading, we’ll see you Monday.