Be careful out there, Collectors.
We've written a TON in these pages about crime in our collectible corner of the world, but this week we published a piece that hit close to home. Mantel's Mike Metzler had a package with just-graded cards stolen, and through some admirable sleuthing, found a few of them cycling though the hobby.
And that alerted Mike to a problem worth solving- how can the hobby keep an eye out for stolen cards that pop up at shows and on marketplaces? So he teamed up with Nick Jarmin and the Certified Trading Card **** ociation (CTCA) to launch the Global Trading Card Registry.
If you've ever had a card stolen, or want to check if a card you're looking to buy is clean, sign up for the registry. It's a great service to the hobby that will become even more useful the more people use it.
Shohei Ohtani's signed, game-worn Tokyo Series cleats sold for a record $440,055 on The Realest, making them the most expensive baseball shoes ever auctioned. Worn in Ohtani's MLB debut in **** an, the cleats combined rare Kanji signatures, debut signature-shoe status, and historic provenance to redefine the market for game-used footwear. Ohtani didn't record any steals while wearing the cleats, but we think, despite hitting a record price, the auction winner got one here.
#mike #trading
We've written a TON in these pages about crime in our collectible corner of the world, but this week we published a piece that hit close to home. Mantel's Mike Metzler had a package with just-graded cards stolen, and through some admirable sleuthing, found a few of them cycling though the hobby.
And that alerted Mike to a problem worth solving- how can the hobby keep an eye out for stolen cards that pop up at shows and on marketplaces? So he teamed up with Nick Jarmin and the Certified Trading Card **** ociation (CTCA) to launch the Global Trading Card Registry.
If you've ever had a card stolen, or want to check if a card you're looking to buy is clean, sign up for the registry. It's a great service to the hobby that will become even more useful the more people use it.
Shohei Ohtani's signed, game-worn Tokyo Series cleats sold for a record $440,055 on The Realest, making them the most expensive baseball shoes ever auctioned. Worn in Ohtani's MLB debut in **** an, the cleats combined rare Kanji signatures, debut signature-shoe status, and historic provenance to redefine the market for game-used footwear. Ohtani didn't record any steals while wearing the cleats, but we think, despite hitting a record price, the auction winner got one here.
#mike #trading
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