Price moves, auction records and what holds value.
A single high-grade sale dominates this week's ledger, as a Michael Jordan rookie card in gem mint condition clears a six-figure sum at SCP Auctions.
An unopened case of 1952 Topps headlined a strong week for graded and unopened card sales, with Robert Edward Auctions and SCP Auctions both reporting seven-figure and six-figure results.
Population reports are one of the most misunderstood tools in card collecting, and 'pop 1' is the most misused term of all.
Winning the bid is only half the cost — here's how buyer's premiums, seller's commission and VAT combine to set the real price of a card at auction.
A single unopened case find dominates this week's reported results, with Robert Edward Auctions confirming a seven-figure result for a landmark postwar rarity.
A printed star or circle on a card tells you almost nothing about how many exist in top condition; a grading company's population report tells you a great deal more, provided you know how to read it.
A single unopened brick of 1952 Topps baseball cards headlined Robert Edward Auctions' summer sale, closing at £824,000 ($1.1 Million) and setting the pace for what the house called a record-setting event.
A sealed vintage baseball case, two CGC-certified Pokémon rarities and a graded Michael Jordan rookie all cleared six figures this week, with Robert Edward Auctions' summer sale topping the list.
A sealed 1952 Topps brick, two seven-figure Pokémon cards and a Jordan rookie in gem condition made for one of the more eye-catching weeks of reported sales in recent memory.
A sealed 1952 Topps “brick” headlines a week in which two CGC-certified Pokémon cards each cleared seven figures in private sales, while a flawless Michael Jordan rookie added a further six-figure result at auction.
Record sales, new money and a maturing hobby. What the headline numbers really tell us.
