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Steve Senteney: The First Donruss Rated Rookie

The first Donruss Rated Rookie card dates to a year that not be the one you're thinking of and features a player who's life was cut short.

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PSA 10 Volume +12% Gem Mint Thresholds Tightening Goldin: 1952 Mantle PSA 8 Trending +$42k ↑ Panini Prizm Demand (NFL) TAG Grading: 72h TAT Stable ↑ PSA 10 Volume +12% ↓ Gem Mint Thresholds Tightening Goldin: 1952 Mantle PSA 8 Trending +$42k

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Beckett News
Feb 25, 2026 Grading

Interview with Trading Card Themed CardCade.Fun CEO Nick Vantzos

The trading card hobby is in the middle of another impressive boom. Not only does the popularity of sports cards, along with their value, continue to rise, but TCG and non-sports cards are as popular as ever, with sales on secondary platforms exploding. Manufacturers across all categories continue to innovate with enthusiasts in mind, creating keepsakes designed to last for centuries. But even though the idea of the trading card has not changed much in the last 100-plus years, a new innovation is filling a niche — without social media or watercooler spats — CardCade.Fun. What if there was a […] The post Interview with Trading Card Themed CardCade.Fun CEO Nick Vantzos appeared first on Beckett News.

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Beckett News
Feb 24, 2026 Market

Beckett TCG Hot List for The Week of February 23, 2026

The Trading Card Game market is always shifting with new releases, updated Banned & Restricted lists, and fresh ideas on old cards that bring a new winning element to the tabletop creating dynamic changes on secondary sales platforms. Each week Beckett breaks down the hottest cards in the TCG market. The Hot List – Singles 2026 One Piece: ONE PIECE Heroines Edition #EB03053 Nami SP Being a member of the Straw Hat crew carries a built-in fanbase with it. Place Nami as a special rare with premium alternate artwork and foil finishing, fans and collectors, alike, come running. The hype […] The post Beckett TCG Hot List for The Week of February 23, 2026 appeared first on Beckett News.

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Beckett News
Feb 13, 2026 Hobby

Manny Machado Rookie Card Guide

When Manny Machado steps up to the plate for his first at bat on Opening Day for the 2026 Major League Baseball season, he will still be a spry 32 years old. The 14-year, soon-to-be 15-year, career has flown by for fans and collectors. Watercooler debates continue regarding the seven-time All-Star – is he on track for the Hall of Fame? For us collectors of his rookie cards, the group trust says, “we think so and we hope so.” Beyond All-Star Game appearances as a member of the Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres at both shortstop and third base, […] The post Manny Machado Rookie Card Guide appeared first on Beckett News.

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Sports Collectors Daily
Feb 12, 2026 Auction

Notes: Flagg SuperFractor Pulled; eBay Sales Leaders; Criminal Justice Teacher Charged with Stealing Packs; NHL Puck Auction

Grabbing three boxes of Chrome Basketball from a hobby shop turned out to be a great decision for one collector...buying didn't slow down on eBay last month with two of the usual suspect selling the most...a man who used to uphold and teach the law in Kansas has been arrested for breaking it multiple times....and goal pucks from an NHL icon are part of a MeiGray auction.

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Beckett News
Feb 11, 2026 Market

Hobby Market Watch – One Piece: The Azure Sea’s Seven (OP14)

No matter where we may be as collectors and/or tabletop adventurers, the questions are the same: what do I have, what is it worth, what do I need, and how much will it cost me? Since the January 16 worldwide release of One Piece: The Azure Sea’s Seven (OP14), all those questions have raced to the forefront of our collective minds seeing trading cards trading at high prices. Cases If ready to cast a wider fishing net across the Sea’s Seven, a case is the best bet. Cases are complete with 12 boxes, with each box holding 24 packs, and […] The post Hobby Market Watch – One Piece: The Azure Sea’s Seven (OP14) appeared first on Beckett News.

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