NEW: Whatnot valuation nears $5 billion after $265 million funding round. The company has now raised $746 million in venture funding. www.cllct.com/sports-colle...

This Rocket-Firing Boba Fett prototype (the T206 Wagner of action figures) sold for $185,850 in 2019. It's the single-highest graded of its kind. Now it's coming to auction at Goldin. Last year another prototype sold for a record $1.34 million.

Today in 1977, Apple was incorporated. The previous July, the company's first product, the Apple-1, went on sale at $666.66. Polaroids from Jobs's pitch deck for the 1976 Apple-1 demo given to Byte Shop's Paul Terrell, who ordered 50 computers (their 1st big sale).

A promotional copy of “All Tomorrow’s Parties” by the Velvet Underground sold for $30k this year, the most expensive sale in the history of @discogsofficial.bsky.social. Less than 10 copies of the single, released a year prior to 1967's "The Velvet Underground & Nico," are believed to exist.

In the spirit of cleaning my office, here are a bunch of vintage magazines I found there. I forgot I had "collected" about 75 percent of them.

Stories drive prices in the collectible world. So when I saw this seemingly plain Lincoln autograph fetch double its estimate, I knew there had to be a reason. The man who originally owned it saw Lincoln die. www.cllct.com/sports-colle...

Same card. 3 sales. 13 years. $22,325 in 2011. $422,400 in 2023. $793,006 in 2024.

This card is the first to include Walt Disney & Mickey Mouse together. There are 4 PSA 9s. The top price for a copy was $40k+ in 2023.

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John Lennon signed a copy of the "Double Fantasy" album Mark David Chapman hours before he was murdered. in 2020, it sold for $922,500. It was the second most expensive album ever sold (behind the Wu-Tang Clan - Shkreli album).

Visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art are greeted by the likes of Rembrandt, Van Gogh and Egyptian tombs. And one of the greatest collections of baseball cards in history, including a T206 Honus Wagner. My story on the father of card collecting: www.cllct.com/sports-colle...

Can’t put a price on health!

In 2020, a Lou Gehrig jersey sold for $870k. Now, thanks to photo-matching connecting it to the 1937 World Series, it could become the most expensive Gehrig jersey ever sold this month. www.cllct.com/sports-colle...

Yesterday a sealed copy of the Beatles' "Butcher Album" sold for $35k at Heritage Auctions. Here's my piece on the story behind the band's most controversial album cover ... and why it was pulled. www.cllct.com/sports-colle...

30 years ago today, the PlayStation was released in Japan. But did you know it was almost a collaboration between Sony and Nintendo? They produced around 200 prototypes in the ‘90s. It’s believed all but one were destroyed, with the remaining example selling for a record $360k in 2020.

Top 10 most expensive pieces of sports memorabilia ever sold. www.cllct.com/sports-colle...

Tonight's QB match-up in cardboard. Lamar Jackson's most expensive card sale: $192,000 (Nov. 2022) Justin Herbert's most expensive card sale: $1.8 million (Sept. 2022)

This $10 gold coin from 1850 sold for $1.26M this week. One of around 20 believed to exist. Known as the Cowboy Coin, it was inspired by a famous depiction of cowboys in Mexican California.

The rarest N64 game in the world, "Clay Fighter: Sculptor's Cut," sold for $175k at @heritageauction.bsky.social. The game is so insanely rare that the manual alone has sold for as much as $3,800. Here's why: www.cllct.com/sports-colle...

"HOLY GRAIL" of Unopened Baseball Cards Found In Virginia! (s/o @cllctmedia.bsky.social @will-stern.bsky.social ) WATCH 👉 youtu.be/K-080kQXvVE

The most relatable historical letter ever: In a letter to his son, William Henry Harrison wrote “I left my sword at your house” and asked if he could find someone to bring it to New York for him.

In 2009, Sports Illustrated called Ken Griffey’s 1989 Upper Deck rookie card “The Last Iconic Baseball Card.” Were they right?

Signed photos of the Beatles on stage are extremely scarce. This one, of the Beatles performing in Liverpool in 1963, just sold for $83k+. A signed photo from the same year *off stage* sold in the same auction for $26,575.

Fun card I picked up!

How a Summer job building a treehouse earned one man $17.8M... (his boss was Paul Newman) 👇

A “Star Wars” figure featuring Vlix, a character even the most die-hard fans have likely never heard of, sold for an eye-popping $44,261.80 Wednesday night at Hake's. www.cllct.com/sports-colle...

Kurt Cobain's smashed guitar sells for nearly $160k. www.cllct.com/sports-colle...

A newly discovered carton of T206-era cigarette packs has surfaced for the first time. The story: www.cllct.com/sports-colle...

In 1984, a college kid bought two tickets to a basketball game. None of his friends wanted to come. So he went to Michael Jordan's NBA Debut Game alone. It cost him $8.50. in 2022, he sold that ticket for $468K. 👇

NEW: Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam ball to sell at auction, estimated to fetch $1M. www.cllct.com/sports-colle...

A rare Grateful Dead concert poster was bought for $2.50 at a flea market. Now it could sell for $20k. www.cllct.com/sports-colle...

This painting of Christy Mathewson by @graigkreindler.bsky.social is up for auction. Here’s my piece from earlier this year on Kreindler and his incredible body of work. www.cllct.com/sports-colle...

The card market values potential over reality. Paul Skenes hype has made it clearer than ever. www.cllct.com/sports-colle...

This work by Ed Ruscha sold for over $68M yesterday at auction. It’s called “Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half.”