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This Expensive Hobby Could Use a Return of Food Issue Sets
by Rich Mueller
28 Apr 2026 at 2:58pm
When going to the grocery store meant there was a good chance to find baseball cards packed with something.
Notes: NFL Draft Topps NOW Numbers; Flagg ROY Card; MJ, Ryan Records; Sabres...
by Rich Mueller
27 Apr 2026 at 7:20pm
Tallying the print runs for the first rookie cards of Fernando Mendoza while Cooper Flagg gets a Rookie of the Year card...a big 1990s Jordan card sale and other records were set over the weekend...and meet a hockey collector who's running out of room.
Topps Had Tricks Up Their Sleeve with 1971 Baseball Tattoos Set
by Roy Carlson
27 Apr 2026 at 6:14pm
Forget sticker books ? 55 years ago Topps let kids tattoo their arms with baseball gods. This wild 1971 set is packed with Hall of Famers, flipped images that magically read right on skin, trade-airbrushed uniforms, and recycled cartoons that tell an even bigger hobby story.
2025-26 Topps Signature Class Basketball Preview
by Rich Mueller
27 Apr 2026 at 5:39pm
Topps is set to drop its next basketball product under the company's new NBA license with 2025-26 Signature Class. The brand is also returning to football.
Brief Box Break: 2025 Topps Update Baseball Superbox
by Tony Reid
27 Apr 2026 at 2:53pm
What's inside one of those big, flat boxes of 2025 Topps Update? Tony digs into the boxes you usually see at retail.
Wayne Gretzky?s 1988 Stanley Cup-Winning Jersey Sells for Record $2.8 Million
by Rich Mueller
26 Apr 2026 at 7:45pm
Complete with champagne stains, a Wayne Gretzky jersey worn in the Edmonton Oilers? 1988 Stanley Cup-clinching win sold for a record $2.8 million Saturday night, setting a new high for hockey jerseys.
Shop Talk: A Week for Buying, Jordan Disappointment, Multiple T206 Show and ...
by Tony Reid
26 Apr 2026 at 6:54pm
A busy week at the shop, with walk-in buys, T206 sightings, a fake Jordan and a big stack of bricked Topps cards from 21 years ago.
8 Career Chronicling Mel Ott Cards 100 Years After His Big-League Debut
by Rich Mueller
26 Apr 2026 at 5:14pm
A single strikeout as a 17-year-old in 1926 launched one of baseball?s most loyal and powerful careers. Mel Ott?s Hall of Fame journey told through through eight different baseball cards.
TTM This Week: Sample Some Candy, Birthday Reflections on Hobby Change
by Drew Pelto
26 Apr 2026 at 9:30am
Drew's showing off some returns from former big leaguers while he laments the changes that are starting to make collecting autographs a lot tougher.
Topps NOW Launches Real-Time Signing of First NFL Cards for 2026 First-Round ...
by Rich Mueller
23 Apr 2026 at 9:04pm
From photo to 1-of-1 autograph in about two minutes, Topps launched signed rookie cards for some members of the 2026 NFL Draft class in record time.

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