The $12.9M Jordan-Kobe Card That Just Reset the Hobby
A New Record in the Hobby If you thought the $12.6M 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle sale was going to hold the crown for years, think again. Just last night, on August 24, 2025, Heritage Auctions hammered down a one-of-a-kind 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual...
Should You Grade Your Pokémon Cards? Here’s the Math
Should You Grade Your Pokémon Cards? Here’s the Math If you collect long enough, you hit the fork in the road: send a card to a grading company or sell it raw today. Grading can multiply value, but it can also burn time and cash if the card tops out at a mid grade....
Why Base Set Charizard Isn’t Always Worth $10,000
Take a deep breath and put the fire extinguisher down. Yes, Base Set Charizard is iconic, and yes, the right copy can sell for a car payment or ten. But for most people digging through a childhood binder, the card in your hand is not an instant five-figure payday....
What Do Serial Numbers on Sports Cards Actually Mean?
You open a pack, hit a shiny card with “17/99” stamped in gold foil, and immediately wonder: Is this worth something, or just another piece of rainbow chrome bait? Short answer: *It depends.* Long answer: keep reading. Because if you’re flipping cards in 2025...
What Is the Rarest Topps Card of All Time? (And How It Got That Way)
Ask a room full of collectors what the rarest Topps card is, and you’ll get 50 different answers—half of them wrong, the other half arguing over which obscure 1/1 parallel no one’s actually seen. But there’s one card that shows up in whispers, auction alerts, and...
Nidoking Holo – Shadowless Base Set 11/102 (LP/NM)
Early print Shadowless Nidoking from the 1999 Base Set. Holo Rare with clean surface and subtle edge wear on back — LP to NM range. Classic Ken Sugimori artwork.
$50.00
