Hobby Happenings Week Ending June 14th, 2019 – 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 and more. Stories from PSA, Sports Collectors Digest, TMZ, Yahoo, Forbes, Beckett Media, Sports Collectors Daily and other sources.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Circa 1910 Type 1 Photo of Ty Cobb Sells Privately for $250,000, Setting New Record – Full Story
CRIME NEWS
PWCC Offering to Buyback Trimmed Cards – The company also is promising to remove them from circulation by turning them over to law enforcement. (Per Darren Rovell)
LEAGUE NEWS
Rookie Cut-Off for 2019 – This Topps NOW card of Yordan Alvarez of the Houston Astros is notated with “Call Up” as opposed to the RC logo. It appears all players called up from this point forward will have their rookie cards in 2020 Topps baseball products. (Per Ryan Cracknell, Beckett Media)
SOCIAL MEDIA NEWS
Upper Deck Leverage Twitter With #SetCollectorSaturday – Company commits to helping collectors complete sets. – FULL STORY
AUTOGRAPH NEWS
Upper Deck signs Chinese professional golfer Shanshan Feng to memorabilia and trading card deal. – FULL STORY
COLLECTOR SPOTLIGHT
Kickin’ Up Collector Interest in Soccer Cards – FULL STORY
MEDIA NEWS
10th Edition of “America’s Great Boxing Cards” Released – The definitive encyclopedia for those interested in collecting pugilists. – FULL STORY
MANUFACTURER NEWS
Upper Deck/Universal Distribution to Host NHL Draft Watch Parties – Complete details, list of participating shops. – FULL STORY
MODERN NEWS
Gary Vaynerchuk (aka Garry Vee) Gets Own Insert Set – Featured in Topps Series 2 Baseball, it looks at the off-field business pursuits of ten players. – FULL STORY
GRADING NEWS
SGC Tests New “Seller Ready” Program – Company plans to provide high-resolution images of submitted cards to customers. – MORE DETAILS
BUSINESS NEWS
Steiner Blinded Sided by Sale – More details emerge in the acquisition of Steiner Sports by Fanatics. MORE DETAILS
JUST FOR FUN
eBay Announces Baseball Card Hall of Fame – The 2019 class represents 10 legends and 5 hopefuls whose trading cards have held the highest value and had the greatest influence on the baseball cards and collectibles world. Inductees were selected based on more than a decade’s worth of proprietary sales and search data. READ MORE
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