The Market for High-End Sports Cards
This week’s we’ll have a new record for the most expensive trading card ever sold: A 1952 Mickey Mantle.
August 21, 2022
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Investing in sports can many different things:
This week’s we’ll have a new record for the most expensive trading card ever sold: A 1952 Mickey Mantle.
2022 has been awful for sports cards so far. Which sectors are still hot in the downturn? & Hand-picked investment opportunities. Find out that and a lot more in today’s sports cards insider.
Today in sports memorabilia insider: Sports memorabilia outperforming crypto, a classic jersey from the Miracle on Ice (sort of), and an updated valuation of Andre the Giant’s jock strap.
Today, sports memorabilia continues to slide in line with broader markets. We also look into Carlton Fisk’s 1975 World Series home run ball and an updated valuation of Mookie Betts’s game-worn & signed glove.
Today’s dive includes a market pulse check, a Stephen Curry “Fund,” and a 1951 Mickey Mantle card.
Today’s highlights: cards continue to slide in 2022, Two Stephen Curry drops, plus mixed results from the major auction houses.
Today is the usual weekly look into sports memorabilia fractional market performances, collectible buyout offers, heritage auctions, and one IPO this week.
-2016 LeBron James Game Worn Jersey – Photomatched
Today highlights some perspectives on how the sports cards fractional markets are doing, what’s new at auctions, and assets dropping on marketplaces.
-1911 C55 PSA 7 (PWCC- E) George Vezina
-‘09 Bowman Sterling Gold Refractor Auto BGS 9.5 Mike Trout
Today is a look into how the sports memorabilia fractional secondary markets are doing, buyout offers, what’s at auctions, and new fractional market IPOS.
-’06-’07 Alexander Ovechkin Game-Worn Capitals Jersey – Photomatched 6 games
Today highlights the rally of Lewis Hamilton in fractional markets, plus the 4 sports cards dropping this week on fractional marketplaces.
-Wax Box Basket (2x) 1980 Topps Basketball
-‘17 Flawless Shield Signatures RPA 1-of-1 Patrick Mahomes
-Tiger Woods 1996 SI for Kids BGS 10
-‘03 Fleer Tradition Crystal Trio BGS 9.5 #’d /50 LeBron | Wade | Melo
Today highlights sports memorabilia pieces of note at auctions, Maradona’s game-worn jersey, and two sports memorabilia fractional market IPOS this week.
-1954 Sports Illustrated Issue #1
-1996 Greater Milwaukee Open Tiger Woods Pro Debut Full Ticket – PSA 8
Today is a look into some of The Spring Goldin Elite auction memorabilia pieces to note, sports memorabilia index, a marquee auction piece, and the two memorabilia offerings this week:
-Joel Embiid 2021 50 Point Game-Worn Jersey – Photomatched
-Trae Young 2021 Game Worn and Signed Sneakers – Photomatched (2 games)
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