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The Short Print – February 20 2022

A weekly newsletter to catch you up on essential news and insights from the past 7 days...

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Sign of Spring: 2022 Topps Series 1 Arrives

Sports Collectors Daily breaks down the checklist for the newly released 2022 Topps Series 1.

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Fractional Card Marketplace Brining Meme Excitement and Losses Too

“Looks like meme stocks and crypto will be getting more competition for day trader eyeballs from a more classic rival: sports memorabilia.”

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Peyton Manning Producing Netflix Series on Collectibles Boom

Peyton Manning will serve as an executive producer on Netflix’s new series about sports collectibles, Ken Goldin, and Goldin Auctions.

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Mickey Mantle Final Yankees Jersey Hits Auction…Could Fetch Over $1M

Mantle’s last Yankees jersey (and also worn in his last All Star game) is up for auction and will likely sell for seven figures after previously selling for $850k in August of 2020 before the game-worn category gained significant momentum.

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Police Help Noted Collector Recover Over $1 Million in Stolen Trading Cards

Darren Rovell reports on how the police helped Nat Turner, CEO of Collectors Universe (parent of PSA), recover $500k+ of stolen cards including a 1997 Green Metal Universe Kevin Garnett card and some Babe Ruth and Wilt Chamberlain cards.

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Sotheby’s to Accept Crypto Payment For Sports Memorabilia NFT Sale For First Time

Times they are a-changin’ as centuries-old art auction house announced they will be accepting cryptocurrency (ETH, BTC, USD Coin) payments for an auction of a dual sports memorabilia x non-fungible token (NFT) item for the first time. The auction is for a shooting shirt from Kobe Bryant’s 81 point game and is accompanied by an NFT of his performance.

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Beginner’s Guide To Pre-War Cards

A must read for beginner’s interested in learning more about pre-war cards.

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10 Football Cards Every '90s Kid Should Own

Bleacher Report takes ‘90s kids on a trip down memory lane with an analysis of top rookie cards for ’90s legends.

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Collectable Content

What's it Worth?

This week PSA’s lead appraiser, Michael Osacky, puts a value on Cooper Kupp’s Super Bowl LVI MVP performance. How much is Cooper’s game-worn jersey from Super Sunday worth? And what about the football he caught during the game-winning TD pass?

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The Panel

This week our panel of experts recap Super Bowl LVI, talk Mickey Mantle and Jimmy Brown collectibles, and wonder if the Simmons-Harden trade moves the needle in the Hobby. Hosted by Bram Weinstein. Our panelists: David Kohler, President, SCP Auctions; Jesse Craig, Director of Business Development, PWCC; Nick Cepero, Sports Card & Memorabilia Consultant

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