The most famous card in the world changes hands

🤑 T206 Honus Wagner card sells for $1.98 million

A T206 Honus Wagner card sold Saturday night at Mile High Card Company for $1.98 million. This is the first time since 2023 one of the famed Wagner cards has sold publicly.

🖋️ Hobby Confidential: Why some autographs on cards are so poor

An anonymous card company executive explains why there is so little quality control on signatures.

🏎️ Lewis Hamilton signs card, memorabilia deal with Fanatics

Formula 1 legend Lewis Hamilton has signed a new multi-year trading card and memorabilia deal with Fanatics Collectibles.

🏒 Upper Deck buyback program returns with Alexander Ovechkin rookie autographs

Upper Deck’s popular buyback program returns this summer when the company places eight autographed Alexander Ovechkin Young Guns rookie cards into 2024-25 Extended Series Hockey.

⚾️ Shota Imanaga rookie patch sells for record $82k

The Shota Imanaga Rookie Debut Patch Autograph 1/1 card sold for $82,961 in Goldin’s April Elite Auction on Sunday to set a public record for any card of the Chicago Cubs star pitcher.

🏈 Caleb Williams, Drake Maye 1/1 rookies set records with $100,000-plus sales

Key cards for two of the top three picks from the 2024 NFL Draft topped $100,000 in Goldin’s April Elite Auction on Saturday to set public sales records for each player.

⚓️ Letter written aboard the Titanic sells for record $400k

A letter written by Titanic survivor Archibald Gracie, composed while aboard the doomed ship, sold Saturday for $400,000 at Henry Aldridge & Son, blowing away the record for a Titanic letter by more than double.

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