Pele
Giannis 1/1 Prizm Rookie Card parallel tops $1.1M via Goldin
The Bucks bucks stop here ... or are they just getting started?
Giannis Antetokounmpo's 2013-14 Panini Prizm 1/1 Black Mosaic Rookie Card parallel topped the million-dollar mark on the auction block this weekend via Goldin Auctions.
It sold for $1,168,500 after 25 bids and it wasn't the only notable NBA card sold by the auction house. In fact, there were more than a dozen six-figure sales for notable basketball, baseball, football, soccer and gaming cards in this single auction event that included more than $14 million in sales.
"The number of records set in our Holiday Auctions is incredible," said founder Ken Goldin in a prepared release. “It clearly demonstrates a combination between the power of our marketing with the increased demand for cards and memorabilia. The future of the Hobby in general and Goldin Auctions looks very bright.”
First Buzz: 2020 TRISTAR Best Of All Time autographs
What: 2020 TRISTAR Best Of All Time autographed memorabilia
Arrives: May 13
Box basics: Four autographed items per case
Order: Click here (live soon)What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's autographed memorabilia line goes uptown for another year with it promising the biggest names in the history of sports in tow.
Keep reading for more and a gallery of what's in this one.
Leaf Trading Cards reveals promo card plans for The National
Leaf Trading Cards will have three promotional sets up for grabs at this year's National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago as well as a promo card set for VIP attendees.
First up will be a 1992 Leaf Metal set that will be in packs. To receive a pack at the company's booth, one must open a box of 2019 Leaf In The Game-used Sports or 2019 Leaf Pop Century. These cards will be paralleled with a few colors and include the likes of Ken Griffey Jr., Kyler Murray, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Mike Tyson, Barry Sanders, Hulk Hogan, Stephen Curry, Ichiro Suzuki, Lionel Messi, Daisy Ridley, Harrison Ford, Larry Bird, Conor McGregor and plenty more.
First Buzz: 2018-19 Panini Immaculate Collection soccer cards
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What: 2018-19 Panini Immaculate Collection soccer cards
Arrives: June 26
Box basics: Five autograph and/or memorabilia cards and one base/parallel card in every box (six boxes per case)
Order: Click hereWhat's buzz-worthy: Immaculate Collection hits the pitch for a sophomore season plenty of hits in a release that "will feature a wide assortment of both club and national teams from around the world."
Keep reading for more info and a full gallery.
First Buzz: 2019 Leaf Ultimate Sports sports cards
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
What: 2019 Leaf Ultimate Sports sports cards
Arrives: June 21
Box basics: Three hits per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click hereWhat's buzz-worthy: Leaf goes high-end with its next multi-sport release with nothing but "premium hits" in this new line that features a mix of legends from around the sports world all in one place -- and sometimes all in one card.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
First Buzz: 2018-19 Donruss soccer cards
What: 2018-19 Donruss soccer cards
Arrives: April 10
Box basics: Two autographs per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)What's buzz-worthy: Panini's Donruss soccer line is back for a new season on the pitch after a campaign off and it returns with jumbo 30-card packs that offer plenty of cardboard.
Keep reading for more info and a full gallery.
First Buzz: 2017-18 Leaf Pearl hockey cards
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What: 2017-18 Leaf Pearl hockey cards
Arrives: March
Box basics: 11 hits per box (two boxes per case)
Order: Click hereWhat's buzz-worthy: Leaf's ultra-high-end brand arrives on the ice with a number of legendary inclusions there as well as some lofty additions from both history and pop culture.
Keep reading for more as well as a full gallery of images released so far.
Board Buzz: Must-read threads on Blowout Forums (Nov. 30)
The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.
What's Buzzing Today: Favorite Topps designs, fake autos on real T206 cards and break highlights as we work toward the weekend.
First Buzz: 2018 Leaf Autographed Jersey Multi-sport Edition
What: 2018 Leaf Autographed Jersey Multi-sport Edition
Arrives: January
Box basics: One autographed custom jersey per box (eight boxes per case)
Order: Click hereWhat's buzz-worthy: Leaf once again expands the collecting landscape for its newest autographed-jersey-in-a-box release with this one -- and it includes some team-signed and surprise inclusions once again.
Keep reading for more.
First Buzz: 2018 Leaf Metal Sports Heroes trading cards
What: 2018 Leaf Metal Sports Heroes trading cards
Arrives: Jan. 25
Box basics: One sealed autograph card per hobby box (20 boxes per case) or three sealed autos per jumbo box (12 per case)
Order: Click hereWhat's buzz-worthy: Leaf tries a new format for its multi-sport, ink-driven release with a pair of box formats for collectors to choose from as it presents some of the biggest names across the sporting world all in one place.
Keep reading for more and a selection of images.
Board Buzz: Must-read threads on Blowout Forums (Oct. 30)
The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.
What's Buzzing Today: Klay Thompson's new record, a collector's new Mickey Mantle Rookie Card, big pulls and more in today's edition.
Panini Eminence establishes its superiority with soccer fans
Soccer fans have a lot of stars from around the world to spend their hobby dollars on, but it seems more than a few of them have high-end rarities all in one place.That's inside a box of the ultra-high-end 2018 Panini Eminence World Cup Soccer.
Those crafted wood boxes include at least 10 cards (nine autographs) but there also are Hot Boxes that include as many as 15 cards (one in four boxes). These scorchers have included gems like the Lionel Messi 1/1 diamond autograph you see above. Earlier this month, that card collected 38 bids on eBay and sold for $4,450.
And it's not alone ... nor is it the highest sale in recent weeks.
First Buzz: 2018 Leaf Soccer Immortal Collection
What: 2018 Leaf Soccer Immortal Collection
Arrives: Late September
Box basics: One autograph per four-card box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click hereWhat's buzz-worthy: Leaf celebrates soccer's biggest stars with a premium brand that packs ink in every box and some of the most-notable names from the past and present.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
Leaf readies three wrapper redemptions for The National
Leaf Trading Cards will be one place to grip and rip some packs at this year's National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland on Aug. 1-5 as the company will have three wrapper-redemption programs for collectors to consider.
The first is a retro Leaf set that can be chased via a box break at the company's booth. Those who open a box of 2018 Leaf In The Game-used or 2018 Leaf Pop Century will get a two-card pack of 1948 Leaf Metal cards. They'll be paralleled with cards as rare as 1/1 and the roster of names there will include Shohei Ohtani, Stephen Curry, Conor McGregor, Lionel Messi, Ken Griffey Jr., Pele, John Elway, Baker Mayfield, Shaquille O'Neal and Gordie Howe to name a few.
First Buzz: 2018 TRISTAR Signature Series National Edition
What: 2018 TRISTAR Signature Series National Edition
Arrives: Aug. 1
Box basics: One autographed item per envelope (eight envelopes per case).
What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Signature Series returns with just 80 eight-pack cases of authenticated autographed memorabilia just in time for this year's National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland.
Buzz 12 in 12: Busting a 2017 Leaf Metal Sports Heroes Proofs box (Hour 3)
Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... this is Hour 3.
The box: 2017 Leaf Metal Sports Heroes Proofs
The cost: Click here for the standard product (when available)
What's inside this one? Keep reading ...
First Buzz: 2017 Leaf Q sports cards
What: 2017 Leaf Q sports cards
Arrives: Late October/early November
Box basics: Five autograph or memorabilia cards per box (four boxes per case)What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Q returns with what it says "may be the single greatest effort in the history of multi-sport trading card releases" in the form of "the industry's most-comprehensive high-end multi-sport product."
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
First Buzz: 2017-18 Panini Nobility soccer cards
What: 2017-18 Panini Nobility soccer cards
Arrives: Oct. 6
Box basics: Two autographs in every box (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to viewWhat's buzz-worthy: A new high-end brand arrives first on the pitch with an autograph in every pack and a focus on past stars of the game -- but there's a limited roster of current greats included, too.
Keep reading for more info and a full gallery.
First Buzz: 2017 Historic Autographs Autographed Jersey National Edition
What: 2017 Historic Autographs Autographed Jersey National Edition
Arrives: July 26
Box basics: One autographed jersey per tinWhat's buzz-worthy: Historic Autographs readies this one for the National Sports Collectors Convention and the company will be offering incentives for those who pop a tin to trade in or trade up while at the show.
Keep reading for more information.
First Buzz: 2017 TRISTAR Quest autos
What: 2017 TRISTAR Quest autographs
Arrives: June 7
Box basics: Five envelopes per lockbox -- each with an autographed flat or memorabilia redemption inside (three lockboxes per case)What's buzz-worthy: This TRISTAR line will be limited to only 50 cases of autographed items from around the sports world and beyond.
Keep reading for more.
First Buzz: 2016-17 Panini Aficionado soccer cards
What: 2016-17 Panini Aficionado soccer cards
Arrives: March 29
Box basics: One autograph and one memorabilia card per 10-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to viewWhat's buzz-worthy: Aficionado's return with Panini America continues with a take on the world of soccer with an array of inserts, autographs, memorabilia and a number of Artist's Proof parallels.
Keep reading for more info and a full gallery.
Gallery: 2016 Topps Dynasty baseball cards (updated)
The latest high-end Topps baseball card set is here and that means autographs -- nothing but autographs.
The brand is 2016 Topps Dynasty and it marks the first autographs of Derek Jeter under his new deal with the company as part of a release that's all about ink.
Board Buzz: Must-read threads on the Blowout Forums (Nov. 28)
The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are five threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.
What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls, big questions, a Pele case and The Greatest, too.
First Buzz: 2016 Leaf Pele Immortal Collection
What: 2016 Leaf Pele Immortal Collection
Arrives: October
Box basics: One autograph per five-card box (five boxes per case)What's buzz-worthy: Leaf celebrates soccer's biggest star, Pele, with a limited premium brand that includes an autographed card in every box.
Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.
First Buzz: 2016 TRISTAR Quest Discovery autographs
What: 2016 TRISTAR Quest Discovery autographs
Arrives: May 25
Box basics: Five envelopes per box -- each with an autographed flat or memorabilia redemption inside (three boxes per case)What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR is creating this one solely for breakers, giving online collectors a shot at some of the biggest autographs possible in the sports world and beyond.
Keep reading for more.