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Financial Markets To Collectible Markets Correlation? + Kobe's Locker Sells For $2.88M!

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Financial Markets To Collectible Markets Correlation? + Kobe's Locker Sells For $2.88M!

Pardon our late sending today. We were with Tiger Woods and Mike Trout previewing the new Trout National Golf Course, so we're sure you will forgive us.

📉 Reacting to the Red Markets

It's been a tough day for the markets. What does this mean for your collection? We have 10 things you should ask yourself.

🏀 Kobe Bryant locker fetches nearly $3 million

With virtually no comp for locker sales, Kobe Bryant's locker, which was discarded in the trash at the Staples Center, sells at Sotheby's for $2.88 million. Sold by a Lakers employee for $280,000 two years ago, the owner flipped it for a 10x profit!

💰At The National, children can be power brokers — but do they understand that power?

Our Matt Liberman, who attended his first National last week, was blown away by the small, black briefcases full of cards held by kids on the floor.

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Every time I walked around the convention center and saw kids opening their briefcases to a loot of modern-day cards, I thought about them not understanding their current value in real-world applications, but also not comprehending the potential floor for these cards to lose their value and what that could mean for the kids’ futures.

🏅 Sports Card Power Index: Wembayama is No. 1, Katie Ledecky pushes into the Top 10

Katie Ledecky climbed into the Top 10 after her golden week in Paris, Jackson Holliday’s call-up back to Major League Baseball has set a spark and Ben Burrows details who else is surging in the card market.

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⚾️ Cal Ripken Jr. card sets minor-league record

We have a new record holder in the modern minor-league card space. Cal Ripken's 1980 Charlotte O's Orange Police set card sold for $69,000. The only card worth more? The Baltimore News Babe Ruth card. Why is it so rare?

🤑 What sales caught our attention this week?

  • Kobe's game-worn jacket from his final game: $336,000 (SCP)

  • Rafael Nadal 2010 US Open Final Match Worn Shirt: $72,000 (SCP)

  • 1984-85 Michael Jordan Star Rookie in PSA 7: $66,000 (SCP)

  • 1985 Nike Air Jordan 1 Salesman Sample Sneakers & Briefcase: $43,920 (Goldin)

  • Tex Winter's 1993 Bulls Ring: $40,260 (Goldin)

  • Marty Clark's Back-to-Back Duke Champ Ring: $32,147 (Goldin)

  • Christian Laettner's signed 1992 Dream Team game-used uniform: $26,400 (SCP)

  • 1951 Mantle Bowman Picture, Type II: $21,960 (Goldin)

  • Dave Wottle's 800m gold shoes from 1972 Olympics: $15,860 (Goldin)

📺️ WATCH: Our interview with Scott Rogowsky on the age of modern trading cards and an untapped market in collectibles - vintage T-shirts

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Jeff Woolf from @IconicAuctions on how Beatlemania and Taylor Swift have taken over music memorabilia. #beatles #erastour #taylorswift

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Thanks for reading, we’ll see you on Thursday