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6 days ago
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Report: Topps to replace Leo Messi autograph cards
An eight-time winner of the Ballon d'Or, Lionel Messi is one of the most sought-after autographs in the world. (Credit: Getty Images) Topps will be replacing a number of ultra high-end cards signed by Lionel Messi following an internal investigation into their authenticity. According to a report by The Athletic, a 2022-23 Dynasty UEFA Champions League Messi Autograph that failed to be authenticated by grading company PSA prompted the potential replacement of cards signed by the soccer legend in the set. Advertisement 'Following our investigation, we will proceed with remakes of the Topps Dynasty Lionel Messi cards,' a Topps collector support senior manager wrote to the customer in an email reviewed by The Athletic. Including the Dynasty card, The Athletic reported PSA has now failed to authenticate Messi autographs from at least five Topps sets. Topps didn't immediately respond to cllct's request to confirm the company planned to remake Messi's Dynasty autographs. PSA didn't immediately respond to cllct's request for comment on the recent failure of a number of Messi autographs from Topps sets. One of Topps' most popular high-end products, cards from the Dynasty brand are often highly coveted on the secondary market due to the use of on-card autographs and game-used memorabilia. Advertisement To date, the highest sale for any Messi card from the 2022-23 Dynasty UEFA Champions League set is the $103,701 paid for a 1/1 at Goldin Auctions in September 2024. 'The signing of all Topps autograph cards is witnessed by Topps representatives to guarantee authenticity,' that card's reverse reads. 'The relics contained on this card are not from any specific match, event, or season.' According to data tool Card Ladder, there have been at least nine public sales of Messi autographs from the set that have topped $5,000 and three that have topped $10,000. Ben Burrows is a reporter and editor for cllct, the premier company for collectible culture. He was previously the Collectibles Editor at Sports Illustrated. You can follow him on X and Instagram @benmburrows.
New York Times
30-05-2025
- Business
- New York Times
A Manute Bol basketball card sold for more than $20,000 — but why?
There's been a fascination for sports fans with former 7-foot-6 center Manute Bol since the mid-1980s. Still, the sale of his 1987 Fleer card — not even Bol's rookie card — skyrocketing in price earlier this week by more than 290 percent of its previous high seems like a wild, random occurrence. Bol's 1987 Fleer card with a gem mint 10 grade from PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator) sold Tuesday for an all-time high of $22,222 on eBay. The card's previous top sale of $5,655 occurred in September 2022. It's now the most expensive non-autographed 1987 Fleer basketball PSA 10 graded card since 2023, passing a Michael Jordan card that went for $20,059 in March 2025. Advertisement According to Card Ladder, which tracks trading card sales across multiple marketplaces and verified Tuesday's sale, only one other non-autographed 1987 Fleer PSA 10 basketball card sold for at least $20,000 in the past two and a half years: A Jordan card with a rare and highly coveted Beckett pristine 10 grade went for nearly $32,000 in December 2024. Bol stood as one of the tallest players in NBA history at 7-6. At 200 pounds and with limited playing experience, though, he wasn't a top prospect as the Washington Bullets selected him in the second round of the 1985 draft at No. 31. He played 10 seasons in the league with stints in Washington (twice), Golden State (twice), Philadelphia (twice) and Miami. He landed second-team honors on the all-NBA defensive team and led the league in blocks per game in two seasons (1985-86, 1988-89). But he was never an offensive force at all, only averaging 2.6 points and 18.7 minutes per game in his career. So why would the card of a player who averaged 2.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game even be in the same conversation as a Jordan card? Since the buyer's identity isn't known, we can't say for sure, but there are some data points that suggest a possible reason for this. Bol's 1987 Fleer card with a PSA 10 grade is quite rare. Out of 632 examples of it graded by PSA, only eight have that top grade. Meanwhile, the Jordan card in this set has been graded 18,933 times by PSA, with 215 earning a gem-mint 10 grade. Even the checklist card has been graded 835 times with 146 earning a PSA 10. The card in the set with the next lowest PSA 10 population after Bol's is that of former Utah Jazz forward Thurl Bailey (nine of 453 graded). In January, one of those sold for $17,675 in an eBay auction, well past its previous high of $4,800 in 2022. Former Seattle Supersonics forward Dale Ellis has 11 PSA 10s from that set, with three sales between $7,500 and $8,300 in the last 12 months. None of these are players who usually drive such significant prices in the basketball card world. Advertisement It's not as if this particular Bol card is generally a mega collectible card, either. An ungraded 1987 Fleer Bol card can be bought on the secondary market for $1.25. A PSA 7 version of this card sold for $3.25 on the same day as the $22,222 sale of the PSA 10 example. As with everything in the trading card market, it's all about supply and demand. And the demand for these 1987 Fleer PSA 10 graded cards of unremarkable players is possibly the result of a relatively small number of dedicated collectors attempting to build complete sets in the highest grade they can. So if you have the means and your goal is to collect every single card in the 1987 Fleer basketball set in a PSA 10 grade, and there are only currently eight such Manute Bol cards in existence, it's going to drive up the value of that card — regardless of who is on it — for you and everyone else attempting the same thing at the same time. The result: A Manute Bol card that sells for $22,222. The Athletic maintains full editorial independence in all our coverage. When you click or make purchases through our links, we may earn a commission. (Top image: PSA)
Yahoo
28-04-2025
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Caleb Williams, Drake Maye 1/1 rookies set records with $100,000-plus sales
Key cards for two of the top three picks from the 2024 NFL Draft topped $100,000 in Goldin's April Elite Auction on Saturday to set public sales records for each player. Selected No. 1 overall by the Chicago Bears, Caleb Williams' 2024 Panini Prizm Black Finite 1/1 PSA 9 sold for $122,000, more than tripling the previous record for any Williams card. Advertisement Prior to Saturday, Williams' high public sale, according to data tool Card Ladder, was the $37,200 paid for a 2024 Topps NOW 1/1 at Fanatics Collect in October 2024. Drake Maye's 2024 Panini Prizm Black Finite 1/1 BGS 9.5 sold for $109,800. (Credit: Goldin) Drake Maye, the No. 3 overall pick by the New England Patriots last season, saw his record more than double when his 2024 Panini Prizm Black Finite 1/1 BGS 9.5 fetched $109,800. The previous record for any Maye card at public auction was the $45,200 paid for his 2024 Panini Absolute Green Kaboom 1/1 PSA 10 at Alt in February. Saturday's sales for Williams and Maye become the top two for any player from the 2024 NFL Draft, passing the previous high of $85,000 paid for Jayden Daniels' 2024 Panini Absolute Green Kaboom 1/1 PSA 8 on eBay in January. Advertisement For both Williams and Maye, the record sales come amid significant price declines for both players' markets over the last year. Data tool Market Movers reports a nearly 55% price decline for Williams across the 47,800 sales logged over the last 365 days. Over that timeframe, the tool tracked sales for more than 1,200 different cards. Maye has experienced a similar fall, with the tool reporting a nearly 46% decline in price across the more than 48,000 sales logged over the last year. Market Movers has tracked sales for more than 1,400 different Maye cards over that period. Ben Burrows is a reporter and editor for cllct, the premier company for collectible culture. He was previously the Collectibles Editor at Sports Illustrated. You can follow him on X and Instagram @benmburrows.
New York Times
21-04-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Every NFL Draft No. 1 pick's most valuable card, and the one worth more than all the rest combined
A byproduct of being the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft as a quarterback means that you become the new face of the football trading card hobby. At least for a little while. The 2025 NFL Draft is looking at you, Cam Ward. In the past few years there's been a preview mode for someone like Ward, who'll likely be the top selection of this year's draft by the Tennessee Titans on Thursday night. College football cards, thanks primarily to Topps' Bowman University products and Panini Prizm Draft Picks sets, are gaining in popularity and can yield an increasingly lucrative market. Advertisement According to pricing database CardLadder, the most expensive Ward card to date — his 2024 Bowman University Chrome Superfractor one-of-one card with a gem mint 10 grade through SGC — sold for $5,185 in a Goldin auction on Nov. 14, 2024. There's little doubt Ward's college cards will be hot commodities leading up to the draft kicking off on Thursday. Then the market will explode once his first pack-pulled NFL rookie cards hit the market closer to fall. Prices will soar well above the $5,000 mark for Ward's autographed NFL rookie cards. This comes with the territory of being the No. 1 pick in the draft as a quarterback. The 'as a quarterback' clarification is necessary, though, since card values for players outside quarterback typically pale in comparison to QBs. But there's no guarantee those prices will continue to soar for long — that will depend at least in part on whether he delivers at the next level. This pushed me down the rabbit hole to examine the most expensive card for every No. 1 pick — quarterback and every other position — in the NFL Draft since the NFL and AFL drafts were merged in 1967. The prices range from $1.7 million at No. 1 in the study down to a mere $39.99 at No. 58. Here's a look at the top five players with a list of all players to follow: 1. Joe Burrow — $1.7 million 2020 Panini National Treasures Rookie Patch Autograph Platinum NFL Shield one-of-one This 2020 Panini National Treasures Joe Burrow Rookie Patch Auto BGS 9.5 just sold for $1,700,000 making it the most expensive #JoeBurrow card ever. Until next month. Right? Let's see. #Beckett #beckettcollect #recordbreaker — Beckett Collectibles (@beckettcollect) October 4, 2022 The Cincinnati Bengals quarterback seems like he'll hold on to the No. 1 position on this list for a little while. For perspective, his top card, which occurred in a private sale, cost more than the rest of the other 57 No. 1 pick top cards combined. Those 57 cards add up to $1,539,412.95. 2. Terry Bradshaw — $430,500 1971 Topps #156 PSA 10 grade Final Sale Price: $430,500 An all-time record for any Terry Bradshaw card. — Goldin (@GoldinCo) October 24, 2021 Vintage cards from the NFL carry far less weight in the hobby than MLB vintage cards. So it might be a bit of a surprise to find the Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame quarterback cracking through the modern cards. His overall popularity combined with the rarity of his rookie card in gem-mint condition (it has a PSA 10 population count of only three) both contribute to the sale price here. Advertisement 3. Trevor Lawrence — $336,000 2021 Panini National Treasures Rookie Patch Autograph Platinum NFL Shield Patch one-of-one Trevor Lawrence signing his National Treasures 1/1 Shield RPA 🤩 // 📷: @PaniniAmerica We sold this card back in August for $336,000 🤑 — Goldin (@GoldinCo) February 3, 2023 Any card with an NFL shield from a jersey sells well regardless of the player. This sale in August 2022 occurred leading into Lawrence's second season as the Jacksonville Jaguars' quarterback. He played well in 2022, but hasn't played up to that level since then. The same exact card sold again in March of 2023 for $264,000. 4. Peyton Manning — $125,000 1998 Skybox E-X2001 Essential Credentials Future numbered to 7 This is the prime example of how one of the NFL's all-time best players somehow doesn't quite translate to top sales in the sports card world. Yes, $125,000 is nothing to discard, but it's fair to wonder why someone with so much greatness on the field and popularity off the field wouldn't yield higher price tags for his cards and memorabilia. That said, four of Manning's five highest card sales occurred in 2024, so that might be changing. 5. Baker Mayfield — $110,400 2018 Panini National Treasures Rookie Patch Auto Platinum NFL Shield one-of-one The October 2021 sale on this card happened with Mayfield coming off his best season under center with the Cleveland Browns. Of course his career took several turns before he found his most productive seasons in Tampa Bay starting in 2023 Despite his career renaissance, though, the value of this card failed to hold up. The exact card sold for $20,778 in a January 2024 auction. Nos. 1-58 The Athletic maintains full editorial independence in all our coverage. When you click or make purchases through our links, we may earn a commission.
Yahoo
06-04-2025
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The best Caitlin Clark cards to collect: From rookie cards to autograph cards with Paige Bueckers
The best Caitlin Clark cards to collect: From rookie cards to autograph cards with Paige Bueckers Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark fueled the WNBA's record breaking viewership and attendance in 2024 and she's driving similar growth in the trading card hobby, as well. In March, Clark's one-of-a-kind 2024 Panini Prizm WNBA Signature Gold Vinyl card sold for $366,000 at auction, setting a new all-time record for a women's sports card (a Serena Williams 2003 NetPro rookie patch autograph card that sold in 2022 for $266,400 previously held the record). According to CardLadder, which tracks individual trading card sales across multiple marketplaces, each of the top 37 most valuable WNBA cards of all time are Clark cards even though it's been less than a year since they first started appearing in WNBA releases. Advertisement So what are the best options when it comes to starting a collection of Clark trading cards? Here are our picks. Top pick (full recommendations below) 2024 Panini Select WNBA #218 Courtside rookie card This is my best recommendation based on its relatively low print run compared to traditional base rookie cards. The card's significant demand combined with its affordable price tag in a gem-mint PSA 10 grade (currently about $200) makes it especially appealing to collectors who want a more limited Clark base rookie card. Things to know before buying The value of sports cards can fluctuate for various reasons such as condition, print runs, or graded population. Other factors that can cause prices to go up or down include player performance, market trends, and health of the wider economy. The secondary sales market for individual cards of a given sport generally hits its lowest point during the offseason (in other words, you can usually find better prices in the offseason than during the season). My recommendations are not an attempt to promote specific investment behavior or trading advice, but to guide and inform readers about popular and unique cards that are celebrated by the sports card community. Advertisement Ultimately, the best cards to collect are always the ones you will personally enjoy most, regardless of whether they go up or down in value. The recommendations below should serve as a starting point for cards to consider, but a big part of the fun in collecting is the hunt for the cards you like. 'Raw' cards vs. Graded cards Cards can come out of the pack (their 'raw' state) with a wide variety of imperfections that can impact their value. Card grading is a process in which an expert of the field determines the condition of a card based on a number of factors (including corner sharpness, image centering, print imperfections, and more) and assigns a numerical grade, usually on a scale of 1-10 (with the latter being close to perfect) and sealed in a protective case. There are a number of grading companies, each with their own unique grading scales, but PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator) is by far the largest and most prominent in the industry. Cards graded a 'PSA 10' can carry a significant value multiplier compared to raw cards or those graded by other companies. It's fine (and often cheaper) to buy cards raw, but if you want to ensure authenticity and/or a minimum condition level, and you're not experienced at determining card condition for yourself, you may want to buy a graded card instead — particularly if you're buying online and only able to see the card in photographs. Best low-end (~$1-$99) Caitlin Clark cards This is a category for collectors who are on a tighter budget or aren't as concerned about the long-term monetary value of the cards they buy. Advertisement 2024 Panini Prizm Monopoly #65 rookie card The exclusive WNBA trading card license is currently held by Panini, and its most popular set across all its properties is Prizm. Starting in 2022, Panini has expanded the Prizm brand by partnering with Hasbro on Monopoly Prizm Edition games and card sets. Clark's 2024 Prizm Monopoly #65 card is a budget-friendly base rookie card option. From a sales volume standpoint, Clark's Prizm Monopoly base card is one of her most transacted WNBA rookie cards. It's also reasonably priced in PSA 10 grade, with eBay sales between $75 and $100. If you're looking to add a low-cost PSA 10 Clark rookie card from a highly recognizable basketball brand, this is a worthy choice and a solid alternative to her more expensive Prizm flagship rookie cards (note for those interested in that set: Clark has two rookie cards in the base checklist of the flagship 2024 Prizm set. #22, which features an action shot of Clark, and #145, which is a posed shot. Card #22 regularly sells for a bit more than #145 since it's Clark's first card in the set). Advertisement More expensive parallels: Deal Prizm, Dice Prizm, Free Parking Prizm, Go Prizm, Millionaire Club Prizm, Monopoly Man Black and White Prizm, Purple Prizm, Silver Prizm, Tiger Stripe Boardwalk Blue Prizm, Gold Millionaire Shimmer (/500), Brown Prizm (/249), Light Blue Prizm (/199), Pink Prizm (/149), Orange Prizm (/124), Red Millionaire Shimmer Prizm (/100), Red Prizm (/99), Purple Millionaire Shimmer Prizm (/50), Gold Prizm (/49), Question Mark Prizm (/25), Green Prizm (/24), Green Millionaire Shimmer Prizm (/20), Boardwalk Blue Prizm (/15), Blue Millionaire Shimmer Prizm (/10), Gold Wave Millionaire Prizm (/10), Neon Green Prizm (/10), Black Gold Prizm (/5), Pink Millionaire Shimmer Prizm (/5), Black Prizm (1/1), White Millionaire Shimmer Prizm (1/1) 2022 Bowman University Chrome 'Bowman 1st' #50 The baseball card community widely accepts 1st Bowman cards as the first official cards of MLB draft picks and prospects. They precede a player's MLB rookie card and are some of the most coveted and valuable cards a player can have. In 2021, Topps, which owns the Bowman brand, debuted a counterpart to the traditional Bowman baseball sets for NCAA football and basketball card fanatics with Bowman University Chrome. These sets feature 1st Bowman cards of rising collegiate stars and emerging players before they make their mark in the U.S.'s top pro sports leagues. Clark's 2022 Bowman Chrome #50 card technically isn't her earliest trading card, but it's one of the first to be included in a traditional sports card release from a mainstream brand. For that reason, it's her second-most graded card by PSA as of this writing. Advertisement College cards traditionally have not been as desirable in the hobby a pro team cards, but even now that Clark's WNBA rookie cards have been released, the value of her 1st Bowman cards is still holding relatively strong in a PSA 10 grade, but raw and PSA 9 examples currently sell for less than $50. More expensive serial numbered parallels of this card: Refractor, Pink Refractor, Shimmer Refractor, Purple Refractor (/399), Purple Mini-Diamond Refractor (/399), Aqua Refractor (/299), Aqua Wave Refractor (/299), Blue Refractor (/199), Blue RayWave Refractor (/199), Fuchsia Mini-Diamond Refractor (/150), Pink Wave Refractor (/125), RayWave Refractor (/100), Green Refractor (/99), Green Shimmer Refractor (/99), Lava Green Refractors (/99), Yellow Refractor (/75), Gold Refractor (/50), Gold Shimmer Refractor (/50), Orange Refractor (/25), Orange Shimmer Refractor (/25), Red Shimmer Refractor (/10), Red Refractor (/5), Black Shimmer Refractor (1/1), Superfractor (1/1) Best value (~$100-$499) Caitlin Clark cards This is a category for collectors looking to pay a bit more for cards that have some degree of scarcity and have a better chance at retaining or increasing in value long-term. Advertisement 2024 Panini Origins #13 rookie card Panini WNBA Origins is a premium, hobby exclusive set and is aimed at collectors who embrace quality over quantity. 2024 WNBA Origins boxes contain only one pack with 10 cards included, but collectors can find three autograph or memorabilia cards per box (on average). The set's theme is centered around the beginning or 'Origins' of the WNBA rookie class and card designs that emphasize an extraterrestrial aesthetic. Clark's Origins base rookie card showcases a luminous nebula and a crescent moon in a space-inspired background. Roughly six months after Origins was first released, less than 100 copies of Clark's Origins #13 base rookie card have been graded by PSA. (For comparison, there are around 3,500 PSA graded examples of her 2024 Select #57 Concourse base rookie that was released around the same time). So finding this one won't be as easy as some other on this list. Since WNBA Origins is not offered in large retail stores like Walmart or Target, and is only available through hobby shops and online retailers, the amount of cards printed for the set is substantially less than widely distributed sets like Prizm and Select. Another component that may contribute to the low number of PSA graded Clark Origins rookie cards is the thick card stocks' condition-sensitivity. The thicker-than-usual card stock used to produce Origins cards is highly susceptible to edge chipping, warping, and scratching that can result in lower grades. Advertisement Although it's from a set that's known more for its flashy autograph and memorabilia hits, the relative scarcity of Clark's Origins #13 combined with the fact that it's her first pack-pulled WNBA rookie card has it selling for $150-$200 on eBay as of this writing. Sealed boxes of 2024 WNBA Origins are also available for purchase between $300-$500. More expensive parallels: Swirl, Red (/99), Blue (/75), Teal (/49), Purple (/25), Gold (/10), Black (1/1) 2024 Panini Select WNBA #218 Courtside rookie card Select basketball cards are widely regarded as one of the top releases, known for unique set structure and colorful parallels. The success of its NBA cards prompted Panini to debut a WNBA Select set in 2024 for Clark and Angel Reese's rookie seasons. Advertisement WNBA Select has three tiers of base cards: Concourse, which is the most common, Premier, and Courtside cards, which is the rarest. Each tier has its unique design, but Panini is kind enough to label the different levels on the back of the card under the card number. The Courtside card's futuristic swirl stripe design separates itself from the conventional style of sets like Prizm. The prestige of Select and the scarcity of Courtside cards puts Clark's near the top of my list for her most appealing base rookie cards. Additionally, its selling for around $200 in a PSA 10 grade, which contributes to why I've chosen it as my best value recommendation. Additional variations and parallels: Green Ice Prizm, Pink Ice Prizm, Red Ice Prizm, Silver Prizm, Silver Flash Prizm, Purple Ice Prizm (/149), Tiger Prizm, Zebra Prizm, Tie-Dye Prizm (/25), Gold Prizm (/10), Gold Flash Prizm (/10), Ice Gold Prizm (/10), Black Gold Prizm (/5), Black Finite Prizm (1/1), Gold Vinyl Prizm (1/1) Best high-end (~$500+) Caitlin Clark cards This is a category for collectors looking to acquire the most desired Clark cards on the market. Advertisement 2024 Panini Prizm #SG-CC Rookie Signatures I've already touched on Panini's most popular brand of basketball cards, but one of the top chases of the flagship set every year has to be its rookie autographs. The 2024 Rookie of the Year has a few different WNBA Prizm autographed rookie cards and inserts on the checklist, but her base Signatures card has a broader appeal to the average card collector. Since 2024 WNBA Prizm was just released in early 2025, there haven't been many sales of Clark's #SG-CC autograph card, but that will change as more packs are opened. Raw examples are currently selling on eBay for close to $1,000 and PSA 10's are fetching between $2,000-$2,500. The rich history of Panini Prizm sets and its highly sought-after rookie autograph cards are why it has my vote as her finest base rookie autograph card. If you really want to treat yourself, Prizm offers colorful parallels that are worth considering — especially the red 'color-match' parallel that's limited to only 99 copies. Advertisement (A 'color match' is a refractor or parallel card that matches a player's team colors. Color match parallels are generally priced at a premium compared to others, even if they're not as rare.) More expensive parallels: Prizms Green, Prizms Red (/99), Prizms Blue (/75), Prizms Purple (/49) Prizms Teal (/35), Prizms Mojo (/25), Prizms Green Pulsar (/25), Prizms Gold (/10), Prizms Gold Vinyl (1/1) Prizms White Sparkle (1/1) 2024 Panini Color Blast rookie inserts Panini has capitalized on Clark's unprecedented WNBA superstardom by featuring her on one of the hobby's most celebrated modern cards: the Color Blast SSP (super short print) insert. The ultra-rare insert card was first introduced in 2019 as a part of the Prizm set, but has branched out into other notable Panini sets as demand and values increased. The card design's simplistic yet vibrant backdrop with an explosion of color pictured behind the player's image makes it look like an art piece. Advertisement The face of the WNBA has several different 2024 Color Blast insert rookie cards included in sets such as Prizm Draft Picks, WNBA Prizm, Prizm Monopoly, Select, and more. Clark's WNBA Color Blast cards are selling for more than a couple thousand dollars, but fans who appreciate her dominance in college basketball can find Color Blast inserts of her in an Iowa uniform for a slightly reduced price. If I had to choose the best Clark super short print insert, it's this one without hesitation. Other cool Caitlin Clark cards 2021 Sports Illustrated for Kids #997 The very first Clark trading card can be found in Sports Illustrated for Kids and was released during her sophomore year at the University of Iowa. Clark's performance during the 2021 season was incredible, as she averaged 27 points per game and secured her first AP All-American First Team honors. Advertisement The monthly sports magazine for young fans has produced cards in each issue since 1989 and has featured early trading cards of icons across multiple sports, such as LeBron James, Tiger Woods and Mia Hamm. SI for Kids magazines comes with a sheet of nine perforated trading cards that can be individually removed by gently folding and tearing them out. As a result, finding them in high grades is extremely difficult. Since these have to be pulled apart by hand and are made with low-quality cardstock, the risk of damage is high. Another factor is centering inconsistencies. All together, this has produced a small number of PSA-authenticated examples — less than 150 copies have been graded by PSA and none have earned a gem mint 10 grade. Raw sales of Clark's SI for Kids card span from $100 to as high as $250 depending on its condition and aesthetic appearance. If I were looking to add this card to my collection, I'd be interested in buying a copy of the magazine that the card was issued in so I could cautiously remove it from the sheet myself. The November/December 2021 issue of SI for Kids including Clark's earliest card can be found on eBay with sales in the $150 range. Advertisement 2024 Panini Instant Draft Night rookie card #DN-1 Print-to-order cards are traditionally considered less desirable than pack-pulled cards by collectors, but sometimes they preserve a monumental moment that captures the attention of the hobby. That's the case with the Panini Instant card produced to mark Clark being selected as the No. 1 pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft. This is Clark's very first WNBA card, produced right after the draft as an online exclusive sold through Panini's website. The staggering demand resulted in the card's print run eclipsing 45,000 copies. But despite the abundance of them produced, its monetary value has been surprisingly stable, even as the traditional sets have hit the market, currently selling for around $70 raw and $225 in a PSA 10. More expensive parallels: Jungle (/25), Jaguar (/10), White Tiger (/5), Blue Viper (1/1) 2023-24 Bowman U Now #49 Another highly collectible, yet less valuable print-to-order Clark card is the Bowman U Now offering to commemorate when she broke the NCAA all-time women's scoring record. This one had a print run of nearly 48,000, but it's a must have for any comprehensive Clark collection. Advertisement 2023 Bowman U Now Caitlin Clark / Paige Bueckers March Madness Dual Autograph This is another Bowman U Now card, but these were found in eight-card packs originally priced at $139 each. It's tough to beat a card featuring autographs of the 2024 WNBA No. 1 draft pick and the likely 2025 WNBA No. 1 draft pick. Getting the best price Prices for a certain trading card can vary wildly and fluctuate quickly, making it important to check recent sales of a given card to make sure you're buying at a fair value. You can check recent sales of an item on eBay by selecting the 'sold items' filter on search results. You can also run a search on which is a free site that provides sales data from a number of top online marketplaces. There are also several apps that provide more in-depth sales data, often charging subscription fees for full access. Advertisement To account for outliers and scams, it's important to consider multiple previous sales, not just the single most recent. It's also important to note the recency of those sales and any real-world factors that could affect changes in value. Why you should trust us As a second-generation collector, Tyler Holzhammer started collecting cards and attending the National Sports Collectors Convention at 10 years old. He's evolved his passion as a collector into a career, previously providing sports card content and market analysis for companies like Sports Card Investor and Goldin Auctions. Tyler's sports card collection is centered around players from his favorite teams, the Los Angeles Rams and the St. Louis Cardinals. This article originally appeared in The Athletic. Indiana Fever, WNBA, Memorabilia & Collectibles 2025 The Athletic Media Company
