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While injuries robbed him of reaching even greater heights, Troy Polamalu was a game changer on defense for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Check out ten of the top Troy Polamalu cards to collect.
1994 Upper Deck Baseball is notable for having rookie cards of both Alex Rodriguez and Michael Jordan. A couple of standout insert sets highlight the chase including a rare dual autograph of Ken Griffey Jr. and Mickey Mantle.
Atomic Refractors and a deep rookie class makes 1996 Bowman’s Best Football popular with collectors many years later. Top rookie card options include Ray Lewis, Marvin Harrison, Eddie George, Terrell Owens and more.
Featuring loud designs, plenty of color and an abundance of Zs, 1996-97 Skybox Z-Force Basketball offers a fun look back at 1990s collecting. The product includes the popular Big Men on Court inserts and rookie cards for Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Ray Allen and Steve Nash.
1998-99 SP Authentic Basketball is headlined by the numbered rookie cards for Paul Pierce, Dirk Nowitzki and Vince Carter. Michael Jordan is also a major focus and is included in the popular Sign of the Times insert line.
2001 Topps Heritage Baseball launched one of the most popular baseball card brands. Done in the style of 1952 Topps, it also solidified retro-themed sets as a hobby mainstay.
2001 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Baseball upped the ante on high-end sets at the time. Besides having one of two autographed Ichiro Suzuki rookie cards, the Japanese sensation has a memorabilia card in every box.
The 2013 Bowman Chrome Draft Kris Bryant Superfractor Autograph has been put up for sale with an asking price of $90,000.
When it comes to current football card brands, National Treasures is often held in the highest regard as far as high-end sets go. 2014 Panini National Treasures Football returns with three autographs and three memorabilia cards per box.
Curious about what’s being pulled from 2014 Panini National Treasures Football? Here’s a real-time list of the most-watched cards from the set currently up for auction on eBay.
The 2014 Panini National Treasures Football Rookie RPS Century Materials Signatures are bound to be some of the top rookie cards of the year. Get full info, a detailed gallery and more.
2014 Topps Five Star Football marks the company’s premium peak for the NFL season. The ultra high-end product has six total autographs and memorabilia cards per box.
2014 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Football is back one more time as a fully licensed NCAA product delivering five high-end autographs per box. Also included are cards of players slated for the 2015 draft.
2014-15 O-Pee-Chee Platinum Hockey puts a chromium spin on one of the sport’s most recognizable brands. Hobby boxes deliver several parallels as well as an on-card rookie autograph.
Upper Deck has snuck in several rare variations in 2014-15 O-Pee-Chee Platinum Hockey. Get a full look at them all and know what the differences are.
2014-15 Panini Select Basketball is something of a souped-up version of Prizm. Featuring a chromium design and lots of parallels, it has a more premium lean as far as autographs and memorabilia cards go.
The 2014-15 Panini Select Basketball Prizm checklist comes in three tiers, each with its own group of patterns and colors. See them all with this handy guide.
2014-15 SP Authentic Basketball comes at the end of Upper Deck’s exclusive CLC deal for NCAA cards. Boxes come with three signed cards including a Future Watch rookie autograph.
2014-15 Upper Deck AHL Hockey offers some of the first cards of the sport’s incoming prospects. Boxes come with five autographs.
2014-15 Upper Deck Ice Hockey marks the return of the acetate-heavy brand as a standalone set. Highlights include an autograph and memorabilia card per box as well as lots of short prints.
Topps has started to reveal the prospects signing autographs in 2015 Bowman Baseball. Find out who the players are and see their signed cards.
2015 Cryptozoic Adventure Time Series 2 PlayPaks focus on fun. Every pack has a couple of base cards, a sticker, a foil insert and one additional interactive insert.
2015 Funko Avengers: Age of Ultron Mystery Minis bring a blind box format to the blockbuster movie. The 12-figure lineup includes lots of heroes, a couple of villains and some who sit on the fence between good and evil.
2015 Funko Garbage Pail Kids Really Big Mystery Minis recreate many of the classic GPK characters as detailed vinyl figures. The blind box product has a total of 12 figures.
The 2015 Funko Pop American Horror Story: Freak Show lineup has some of the strangest figures yet. Beware if off clowns scare you easily.
The 2015 Funko Pop Bravest Warriors vinyl figures bring equal doses of cute and strange. The debut lineup for the show features Catbug and Impossibear.
2015 Funko Pop Guardians of the Galaxy Series 2 focuses on the film’s villains with five more figures including Ronan, Nebula and an over-sized Thanos.
The Funko Pop Superbad lineup makes collectible vinyl figures from some of the most memorable comedic movie characters in recent years.
Jumping from the theme park to the big screen to the shelf are the 2015 Funko Pop Tomorrowland vinyl figures. Based on the movie, the lineup includes three figures.
The History Channel’s epic take on Norse mythology gets the vinyl figure treatment with 2015 Funko Pop Vikings. Check out the entire lineup, which includes central character Ragnar Lothbrok.
In one of the more unlikely toys ever made, Travis Bickle is getting his own action figure in the retro 2015 Funko Taxi Driver ReAction Figures.
2015 Leaf Heroes of Baseball focuses on being affordable while delivering a Stan Musial autograph in every box. Each blaster box also has 20 packs of five cards.
Every card in 2015 Leaf Sports Heroes Masterworks is not only autographed by a sports star but they have original art as well. Boxes come with a pair of the autographed art cards.
2015 Leaf Ultimate Draft Football is another all-autograph product showcasing players slated for the 2015 NFL Draft. Boxes come with five cards. Signers include Marcus Mariota and Jameis Winston.
2015 Onyx Authenticated Platinum Elite Baseball is a relatively affordable way to collect some of baseball’s top prospects. Each box includes at least one autograph.
Diamond Kings is back as a standalone set. 2015 Panini Diamond Kings Baseball brings with it an artistic look and the promise of two autographs or memorabilia cards per box. It’s also the first set from the company in a decade to have Babe Ruth on the checklist.
2015 Panini USA Stars and Stripes Baseball breaks down the national team with several elements familiar to the card maker’s other baseball brands. Hobby boxes have four total autographs and memorabilia cards. Inserts include Crusades and Diamond Kings.
The 2015 Rittenhouse Marvel Agents of SHIELD Season 1 Autographs checklist has an impressive mix of main characters and notable guest stars. Get a detailed look at the entire set.
2015 Rittenhouse Marvel Agents of SHIELD Season 1 trading card capture the action and stories of the show’s first 22 episodes. Autograph signers include Clark Gregg (Phil Coulson) and Ming-Na Wen (Melinda May).
Funko is heading to the 2015 Star Wars Celebration with a handful of exclusive Pop! and Hikari figures. Get the details and see them all.
2015 Topps ’52 Tribute Baseball is a line of online-exclusive posters and over-sized cards from 18 teams done in the style of 1952 Topps Baseball.
Here’s exactly what you need to look for with the 2015 Topps Gypsy Queen Baseball Variations. Includes details, images, comparisons and more for both the Base and Mini Variations.
It didn’t take long for Kris Bryant to get his first Topps online-exclusives. The card maker has released over-sized acrylic reprints of his 2014 Bowman card.
The Martian invasion continues. 2015 Topps Mars Attacks: Occupation is taking a different approach to market, launching on Kickstarter. Boxes include a sketch card and several other inserts.
2015 Topps MLS Major League Soccer cards kick off a new season with five hits per hobby box. This includes an autographed relic and two additional autographs.
2015 Topps Museum Collection Baseball returns with a familiar configuration that has a hit in every pack. Box hits include an autographed relic, on-card autograph, jumbo relic and quad relic.
2015 Topps Opening Day Baseball caters to the more basic elements of collecting with a manageable base set, a few inserts and the possibility for autographs and relics. Each box yields 36 inserts, including Mascot cards.
The 2015 Topps Star Wars Celebration Empire Strikes Back Illustrated Promo Set features ten cards. The factory set was only offered at the Anaheim event.
2015 Topps Star Wars Illustrated: The Empire Strikes Back digs deep into the story’s lore, offering an artistic interpretation of the original radio drama. The hobby-exclusive has two premium inserts per box.
2015 Topps UFC Knockout is another high-end showcase for the brand. Every pack has an autograph or memorabilia card with boxes promising five signed cards.
2015 Upper Deck Football marks the end of an era for the flagship brand. The last under the card maker’s CLC-exclusive deal for college cards, boxes deliver three autographs. The checklist goes deep with rookies with more than 150 NFL hopefuls in the base set.
A combination of a trading card product and deck-building game, 2015 Upper Deck Marvel 3D includes a Playable Legendary Sketch Card in each box and one Base Set Variant, Base Set Die-Cut Parallel, 3D Comic Cover or Affinity Lenticular insert card in each pack.
Take a look at the key Carlos Rodon prospect cards released before his rookie cards. Includes highlights from his days with the USA Baseball program through to his first cards as a professional.
The Teddy Bridgewater era has started in Minnesota and the hobby has been waiting for this to happen. Check out a complete look at his available rookie cards, notable pre-rookie cards, college cards and much more.
Bowman AFLAC All-American Game Autographs are a hobby favorite for prospect collectors. Although the official sponsor has changed, take a look at how the cards have evolved over the years with this detailed guide, including full gallery and checklists.
Game-used sneakers from Michael Jordan’s rookie year have been sold at auction. Get full details, including final price, in our detailed guide.
Addison Russell, the #3 ranked prospect heading into 2015 according to Baseball America, has several early cards and autographs to collect even before making his major league debut. Take a detailed look at his top prospect cards.
Now that she has officially revealed her 2016 presidential candidacy, interest in Hillary Clinton will start to build and that extends to her cardboard options. Check out the key Hillary Clinton cards available now.
If you’re a fan of Refractors and planning on busting some 2015 Bowman Baseball, you may want to look for special Asia-exclusive boxes. Each has more than 50 total Refractors. Find out about what’s in them and the cards you won’t find anywhere else.
“Johnny Hockey” is heating up the cool Calgary winters with his stellar play. Take a look at Johnny Gaudreau’s rookie cards and know what’s available.
Beckett Media is suing the website Zistle for copyright infringement over checklists. Attorney Paul Lesko has the details and legal analysis.
Upper Deck has won a longstanding court case against J&T Hobby. In the process, they were awarded $1.8 million with the verdict.
Are checklists protected by copyright? If so, to what extent? Attorney Paul Lesko delves into the issue.
One of the top players in the 2014 rookie class, Mike Evans looks every bit as good as advertised. View all his rookie cards as well as notable pre-rookie and college cards in our comprehensive guide.
Another T206 Honus Wagner, another million dollar sale. A PSA 3 version of the card, dubbed the Oceanside Wagner, has sold for $1.3 million.
Fenway Park has a storied history. Now it’s been shrunken down and made into a replica for a Boston Red Sox stadium giveaway.
Arguably the best overall talent from the 2014 NFL Draft, Sammy Watkins had a strong rookie year and the hobby has taken notice. Check out a complete look at his available rookie cards, including notable pre-rookie and college cards, and much more.
They might not be the diamond-studded pieces of bling given to players and team personnel, but the San Francisco Giants awarded fans with 2014 World Series Ring replicas of their own in a stadium giveaway.
The 2015 Cryptozoic Sons of Anarchy Seasons 4 and 5 Autographs Guide checklist features lots of lead stars and notable guests. Get a full look at the entire set.
Is $95K for a 2003-04 Exquisite LeBron James rookie card a good investment? Bill Lee thinks so. Here is the full story behind his big purchase.
Led by LeBron James, check out a complete look at the best-selling NBA jerseys of 2014-15 along with the list of the top overall team sales for the season.
More than 100 pieces of Tony Gwynn game-used memorabilia, awards and mementos are about to be sold by SCP Auctions.
Derrick Rose is getting back to his old form with the Bulls and his cards are starting to move. Join us as we count down the top ten Derrick Rose rookie cards to collect.
The Golden Bear is a golfing legend and his cards are very popular with collectors. Check out ten of the best Jack Nicklaus golf cards in our detailed guide.
The 1990s were a transformative period for football collectors, but the many rookie cards still offer some of the top overall options. Join us as we look at the 15 most valuable football rookie cards from the decade.
The 2000s helped supply the NFL with many of the top stars currently in the league. Check out the top ten football rookie cards from 2000 to 2009 in our detailed guide.
One of the most dynamic players in the world, Eden Hazard has helped Chelsea move back to the top of the Premier League. View the top cards for the young Belgian star.
A popular choice for both vintage and modern collectors, Roger Staubach has a loyal following in the hobby based on his Hall of Fame career with the Dallas Cowboys. Check out some of his top football card options in our detailed guide.
Topps has announced plans for the first Kris Bryant rookie cards. Find out which sets you’ll find him in, including base cards and autographs.
Funko Pop Marvel Avengers Age of Ultron brings together several of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes as well as the film’s titular villain in a series of stylized vinyl bobblehead figures.
