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In a July 4, 1988, Sports Illustrated article, Dan Geringer called him the "King of Cards" in the "high-stakes baseball card game". [3] In 1986, he was offered and purchased the "1952 Topps Find" of baseball cards, considered one of the greatest finds ever in the hobby. [4] He also sold nine T206 Honus Wagner baseball cards over the course of ...
A baseball card is a type of trading card relating to baseball, ... sold for $2,880,000 in 2018. [54] Another Topps 1952 Mickey Mantle card, graded 9.5 by SGC, ...
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]
In 2012, Topps began creating digital sports cards, starting with the Topps Bunt baseball card mobile app. [16] After releasing Bunt in 2013 and finding success with it, [17] they expanded their sports card market into other apps including the Kick soccer app in August 2014, Huddle Football app in April 2016, and Skate hockey app in 2017.
Some leagues play for more than bragging rights. They could set a monetary reward for the champion or the top finishers in the league, staggered based on final placement.
James Beckett was a statistics professor before launching Beckett Media. [3] In the 1970s, Beckett introduced some of the initial price guides for the baseball card industry, providing more detailed information on specific card prices compared to the newsletters that collectors were accustomed to. [4]
Camden Yards increased home runs by 24% over 2019-21 — the second most in baseball. It decreased homers by 18% in 2022 (and by 9% last year) after dramatically moving back the outfield walls .
The 1954 New York Yankees season was the team's 52nd season. Having won an unprecedented fifth consecutive World Series title the previous year, the team came up short in its bid for a sixth straight world championship as their 103–51 record was only good enough for in second place in the American League.