Hobby Happenings: Credit Card for Collectors, Hobby Addiction Therapy, Record Sales – Here is a look at hobby stories from around the web over the last week. Find out the latest in business news, player spotlights, vintage, grading, auctions, sports memorabilia, legal/crime news and much more.
We source stories from around the web. Look for hobby related news from resources like Sports Collectors Daily, Collect Media, Sports Collectors Digest, SABR, TMZ, Yahoo Sports, Beckett Media, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Forbes, Auction Report, Panini America, Upper Deck, Topps, and other sources. Read headlines below, link(s) to additional information and watch as seen on Go GTS Live.
Hobby Happenings: Credit Card for Collectors, Hobby Addiction Therapy, Record Sales
💳 Get rewarded for buying collectibles? Collectors Card offers perks in hobby
The first credit card for collectors is here.@cllctMedia‘s @Will__Stern fills in the details.https://t.co/mpHlZtlsXK
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) June 30, 2025
Additional Info – Collect Media
⚖️ Former USPS Worker Sentenced in Sports Card Theft Case
A man who admitted to stealing packages of sports cards from the postal facility where he worked will be on federal probation and pay back at least some of those he stole from >>>> https://t.co/Y5IxeJNxD9 pic.twitter.com/7RM6fmXkfN
— Sports Collectors Daily (@SportsCollector) June 30, 2025
Additional Info – Sports Collectors Daily
🎾 Topps and Winners Alliance, part of the PTPA, sign long-term deal
As relic cards come to tennis (and set records), a deal between players and Topps is putting cash into the hands of players who aren’t household names >>> https://t.co/8q3uC9x7Op pic.twitter.com/yZK7bIptGa
— Sports Collectors Daily (@SportsCollector) June 30, 2025
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🎾 BIG Sale: Carlos Alcaraz Card Sells for $222,000
🎾 JUST SOLD 🎾
— The Collectibles Guru (@gurucollects) June 27, 2025
This Carlos Alcaraz 2024 Topps Royalty Racket Knob Auto 1/1 sold for $222,000 RAW last night at @FanaticsCollect, setting a record high card sale for the 2nd ranked men’s tennis player in the WORLD! 😱
Alcaraz’s previous highest public sale was $33,665.
Are… pic.twitter.com/lctMZfJwKW
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🏀 Signed Jordan Rookie Sells for $2.5M
🚨JUST SOLD 🚨
— Sports Card Investor (@SportsCardInv) June 27, 2025
An autographed 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan rookie card sells for a record setting $2.5 million at JOOPITER.
It now ranks as the third-most expensive Jordan card ever sold.
What are your thoughts on this sale? pic.twitter.com/D5PoqkPuRB
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🤼♂️ MLW and Panini America Announce Exclusive Trading Card Partnership
Excited to introduce this new partnership with @MLW beginning with #PaniniInstant & Summer of the Beasts!!! #sportsbiz #wrestling https://t.co/rJGoymWVNe
— Panini America (@PaniniAmerica) June 30, 2025
Additional Info – Panini America
✅ PSA details grading options at the National
On-site grading or post-show grading? President Ryan Hoge puts both options on the table for attendees at The National.
— PSAcard (@PSAcard) June 30, 2025
🔗 https://t.co/8BuS9ONNb3 pic.twitter.com/epWhA1T9kk
Additional Info – PSA
⚾ Leaf partners with MLB Players to produce Minor League cards
Leaf is honored to partner with MLB Players to produce licensed Minor League Trading Cards featuring future stars of Baseball! pic.twitter.com/x9ZF4dKbXm
— Leaf Trading Cards (@Leaf_Cards) June 30, 2025
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🏀 Panini WNBA Rookie Royalty’s Sells Out
WNBA Rookie Royalty’s dutch auction started at $30K and hit the $3K floor.
— Sports Card Investor (@SportsCardInv) June 30, 2025
With one auto of either Caitlin Clark or Angel Reese and a Downtown or Kaboom!, do you think a $3k price is fair? pic.twitter.com/clUKD5MMI4
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📬 eBay Standard Envelope Rates Increasing
eBay is raising rates for Standard Envelopes, and it will also adjust rates for USPS Mail and Shipping services when USPS raises rates on July 13.https://t.co/wYeCBjmWeD
— EcommerceBytes (@EcommerceBytes) July 3, 2025
Additional Info – eCommerce Bytes
🏫 Card Life TV is taking new and returning collectors to school
The Card Life Academy launches this August! 🎉 Weekly expert talks, monthly card packs, video learning, and a judgment-free community await.
— Card Life Academy (@CardLifeAcademy) July 3, 2025
Sign up by July 15th for a shot at a FREE 1-year membership! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/kxGWTseXba
Additional Info – Card Life Academy
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