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The two priciest cards are baseball cards, followed by three basketball cards . The first sports card to sell for one million dollars was a T206 Honus Wagner which went for $1,265,000 at auction in 2000 (equivalent to $2,238,133 in 2023). [ 1] As of May 2020, the industry brings in over one billion dollars annually for manufacturers and retailers.
Topps was the leader in the trading card industry from 1956 to 1980, not only in sports cards but in entertainment cards as well. Many of the top selling non-sports cards were produced by Topps, including Wacky Packages (1967, 1973–1977), Star Wars (beginning in 1977) [18] and Garbage Pail Kids (beginning in 1985). [19]
Topps first sold cards for basketball in 1957, [12] but stopped after one season. The company started producing basketball cards again in 1969 and continued until 1982, but then abandoned the market for another decade, missing out on printing the prized rookie cards of Michael Jordan and other mid- and late-1980s National Basketball Association ...
eBay is acquiring trading card marketplace TCGplayer for up to $295M. EBay is acquiring TCGplayer, an online marketplace for collectible trading card games, in a deal valued up to $295 million ...
The service will now be able to authenticate cards worth at least $750 from collectible card games, as well as sports and other non-sports cards, the company said. By the middle of this year, this ...
The deal is expected to close in 2023. eBay is placing a big bet on the booming trading card industry. The company is set to buy TCGplayer — an online marketplace for trading card games — in a ...
eBay is rolling out a new AI tool for marketplace sellers that can generate a product listing from a single photo. Available in the eBay app for iOS to start, with the Android app to follow in the ...
This set is seen by many basketball card collectors as the "1952 Topps of basketball." From 1986-1989, Fleer was the only major card company that produced basketball cards. In 1990 Hoops, SkyBox, Topps and Upper Deck card companies introduced their own basketball cards and sets in two major releases each year per company.