Sports Collectors Digest

SPORTS COLLECTORS DIGEST covers every aspect of modern sports collecting, including cards, memorabilia, equipment, lithographs, figurines, and autographed material. Online collecting, memorabilia, and auction news are covered each week in specially designed sections that complement columns from some of the most respected experts in the hobby and up-to-date card pricing and checklisting data from expert analysts. Along with display advertisements from all of the major dealers in the country, each weekly issue offers extensive auction advertising and listings, plus a classified section that gives collectors a medium for buying, selling, and trading.

Sports Collectors Digest

Jalen Brunson becomes NBA legend, hobby star after championship performance

Why The National is still the Super Bowl of the hobby

FANATICS SCORES BIG WIN IN COLLECTOR’S ANTITRUST SUIT

JIMMIE FOXX CHALLENGES BABE RUTH WITH RECORD JERSEY SALE

KNICKS SNAG NBA TITLE, NET LEGIONS OF HOOPS COLLECTORS

COSMIC CHROME • COLORFUL, CREATIVE NEW TOPPS SETS SHOULD ATTRACT ATTENTION AT THE NATIONAL

TOP 2026 ROOKIES, NEW 75th ANNIVERSARY INSERTS HEADLINE TOPPS SERIES 2

WORLD RECORD SALES • PELÉ, MARADONA, MESSI CARDS TOP GLOBAL FOOTBALL AUCTION AT GOLDIN

WORLD CUP FEVER • UPPER DECK BECOMES HOME OF U.S. SOCCER MEMORABILIA

TOP BRAND • Topps still SYNONYMOUS WITH BASEBALL, national pastime as longtime card maker CELEBRATES 75TH ANNIVERSARY

FIRST MANTLE AUTO • Collector, 83, thrilled by AMAZING DISCOVERY of HISTORIC 1952 CARD ON-CARD AUTOGRAPH

MARKET SHIFT • Collectors BUYING THE BEST of the best, sending card prices and VALUES SOARING to record heights

HOOPS HYPE • WEMBY joins Jordan, Kobe, LeBron and Curry TO FUEL ‘SUPER HOT’ basketball card market

STAR POWER • Topps PAYS TRIBUTE to Knicks HISTORIC CHAMPIONSHIP with iconic cards from NBA Finals

HOBBY OF THE RISING SUN • Shohei Ohtani cards are SO HOT even his JAPANESE COLLECTIBLES are selling for RECORD PRICES

HOT WAX • The POPULARITY AND DEMAND for sealed boxes of WAX packs has NEVER BEEN HIGHER

CHICAGO FIRE • The 46TH NATIONAL expected to attract another RECORD CROWD, big sales and PLENTY OF BUZZ for hot hobby

NATIONAL SIGNING DAY • With another STAR-STUDDED LINEUP, TRISTAR Autograph Pavilion a MUST-ATTEND EVENT for memorabilia collectors

HOBBY ENLIGHTMENT • Longtime collectors SHINE SPOTLIGHT on new avenue for COLLECTING WITH ORIGINAL FILM NEGATIVES, historic pinbacks

ACTION HEROES • STARTING LINEUP sports figures were a KID’S DREAM in the 1980s, now NOSTALGIC TOY for longtime collectors

RESPECTING THE BRAND • Beckett making GRADING PROGRESS after purchase by Collectors, RETURN TO ITS ROOTS

BIG ASPIRATIONS • CGC making BIG GAINS in competitive CARD-GRADING MARKET

SHOW CALENDAR • For a complete listing of upcoming shows, visit www.sportscollectorsdigest.com

TRISTAR AUTOGRAPH SCHEDULE • (Schedule as of June 23; subject to change)