Eventually, Target couldn’t put them on the shelves at all after customers began fighting over them. General merchandise stores such as Target couldn’t keep cards on the shelves, with customers racing to buy $20 boxes and either open them in search of a rare hit or resell the unopened bounty on eBay for a large profit. Classic cards long desired in the hobby also sold for prices in the millions: A 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle went for $5.2 million in January, and an extremely rare tobacco card of early 20th century great Honus Wagner brought $3.75 million in May.
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In April, a 2003 LeBron James Exquisite Collection patch card sold for $5.2 million. It did not remain the most expensive basketball card of all time for long.
Together, these two James cards, owned by California collector Aaron Davis, are worth more than $7 million.JOHN FRANCIS PETERS/NYT The card, which includes Doncic’s autograph and an NBA logo patch, had been unearthed in a live “break” - the opening of packs on video or at a show in the hopes of discovering a valuable scarcity - by Layton Sports Cards in Florida. In February, a 2018-19 Panini National Treasures Basketball rookie card of Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic - the only one of its kind - sold for $4.6 million, or more money than some of his teammates make in salary. If you’re the luckiest of the lucky, you might just open a package of cards that can change your life. The other reason for the boom? The chance to make a buck … or perhaps a few thousand bucks by finding a rare card with an autograph, rare color pattern, or other variation - of a superstar or coveted rookie in a pack. ‘“People were home, cleaning out their attics, or messing around on eBay out of boredom, or maybe they just were thinking about a better time.”’ “People were home, cleaning out their attics, or messing around on eBay out of boredom,” said Scott Edwards, who was working at a table for Empire sports cards at the Causeway show, “or maybe they just were thinking about a better time.” The market was driven in part by the wholly relatable tug of nostalgia, and the quest to feel joy about something during months of isolation. In February 2021, eBay reported that sports card sales in 2020 increased on the site by 142 percent over 2019, with more than 4 million cards sold.
The hobby became massively popular during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Causeway Card Show saw thousands of people come through in July.BRANDI BISHOPĪs an occasionally lapsed lifelong collector (almost all purchases the last 15 or so years have come via eBay), I was curious, even eager, to check out a show again. Bob Stanley probably can back me up on that. Thirty years ago, the Augusta Civic Center did not have a single chandelier. That a glitzy new concert venue that touts its “red crystal chandeliers” and “beautiful wood-finished walls” on its website was hosting this two-day show should have been a clue that this was not going to be like the card shows of my relative youth. So I’d been away from the scene for a while when I bought a $5 ticket - passing on the $30 VIP option, which got one in the building earlier - and popped in on the Causeway Card Show July 10 at the Big Night Live venue at TD Garden.
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