Collectable Daily: Giving Collectibles the Business

A crazy-cool piece of Buffalo Bills memorabilia, the Milwaukee Bucks playoff issues continue, why Julio Jones cards might be intriguing, and Mike Gioseffi charts his journey from breaking to The Ringer.

A World Series ring snafu, Lelands Auctions' president Mike Heffner discusses their record-breaking Tom Brady card sale, some controversial rookie MLB cards, and Jesse Craig breaks down today's auction scene.

Another broken Tom Brady record (yawn), Johnny Manziel gets controversial (again), Jill Demling drops an elegy to Danny Ainge, and Slava Rubin goes down the alternative assets rabbit hole.

The newest member of the Collectable content squad discusses her card collecting journey, and the challenges faced by women in sports media.

In Collectable Daily's first-ever roundtable discussion, the team from the Babe Ruth Museum discuss the record-breaking Bambino card sale with the team from Collectable.

Enjoy Collectable Daily's exclusive interview with the collector who just made a 1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth card the most expensive card in history. Collectable Daily is the only outlet with whom he discussed the card.

Collectable is humbled to present one of the greatest cards in the history of sports, a 1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth card, the Bambino’s first card, a minor league baseball card that pre-dates his playing days with the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. Graded a 3 by SGC and one of only 10 known to exist, the card’s been displayed at the Babe Ruth Museum in Baltimore for the past 23 years and continues to reside there today. 

This card was recently purchased by a private collector—who wishes to remain anonymous—for an undisclosed sum, but legal sources have confirmed it’s the most expensive purchase in sports card history, surpassing the $5.2M sums recently paid for a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle PSA 9 and a LeBron James rookie card. 

In partnership with the private owner, Collectable will issue 1% of the total value of the market to the public, date TBD. The owner may release more shares to the public, similar to a secondary offering, at a later date. 

In honor of the card, we present a Babe Ruth Megamix, a compilation of interviews from April's celebration of the Hall of Famer, featuring interviews with the Babe Ruth Museum's Mike Gibbons, authors Jane Leavy and Tom Wolf, and Sports Collector Daily's Rich Mueller.

Wayne Gretzky's photographer speaks out (hilariously), Beckett opines who's cards are hot and who's are not, Target tries to figure it out, and Sam Farber discusses a (very) pricey Kobe Bryant jersey.

Wayne Gretzky enters the Mount Rushmore discussion, Panini America gets funky, Jay-Z wants to funk up the NFL, and Jack Settleman compares and contrasts physical and digital collectibles.

Fantasy football cards, the return of authentication, MLB card value slippage, and Simeon Lipman discusses the skyrocketing value of game tickets.