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NFL royalties, Caitlin Clark keeps crushing, Star Wars merch
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💸Tom Brady earned more than double closest player in 2023 NFL royalties report
The top five highest royalty earners:
Tom Brady, $6,801,701
Trevor Lawrence, $2,897,060
Patrick Mahomes, $2,373,866
Dak Prescott, $2,171,059
Kenny Pickett, $1,644,225
👀 What we’re watching
🖼️ Iconic Type 1
Featuring the 1968 Olympics "Black Power Salute" that remains one of the most indelible images in Olympic history today, elevated further by the photographer (LIFE magazine’s John Dominis), this is one of the most significant Type 1 photos one could ever imagine seeing at auction. The lot description notes that a similar example sold for $45,000 in 2022.
⚾️ Ruth + Cobb = 🤯
This 1921 W551 Babe Ruth / Ty Cobb Hand-Cut Strip card comes from a highly popular vintage set, boasting Walter Johnson, Tris Speaker and Casey Stengel among its subjects, in addition to Cobb and Ruth, presented here on a single card. Presenting in remarkable condition considering it’s over 100 years-old and comes from a hand-cut set, its PSA 7 grade is bested only by two examples.
🐭 Mickey’s debut
The very first instance of a Mickey Mouse licensed product, a writing tablet from 1930, has surfaced at auction. Current bids are below $1,000.
🗞️ Star Wars: Merch first, movies second
Ahead of May the Fourth, our Will Stern wrote a piece detailing the origins of the Star Wars merchandise machine.
"Star Wars" has always been far more than a film franchise.
It was a merchandising machine from the get-go, starting with George Lucas' decision to forgo a $500,000 directing fee from 20th Century Fox in return for merchandising rights to the film in 1977.
Lucas sold his production company, Lucasfilm, to Disney in 2012 for $4.1 billion in stock and cash.
⚾️ Ohtani’s first L.A. jersey
The first Shohei Ohtani Los Angeles Dodgers game-used Jersey has hit the auction block, less than two months after the reigning MVP made his LA debut.
The auction, which closes on May 8, is being held by the Dodgers, and has already reached $38,500 on 15 bids. It has yet to meet the undisclosed reserve price.
🪵 Topps to use images of 2024 cards in MLB players’ bats
Fresh off the success of its rookie-debut jersey patches, Topps is putting itself in the game again by inserting a new piece of memorabilia into packs: Bat knobs.
🏀 Caitlinsanity wont stop
Caitlin Clark autographed Panini card sold for $10,000 in mere seconds, marking the sixth-highest price paid for one of her cards.
🥁 aaaand the winner is…
Congrats to Gabe McFadden of Mesa, Arizona for winning the first-ever cllct giveaway! The Jordan card is in the mail as we speak. But for those of you who didn’t win this round… help us come up with out next giveaway 👇
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