Sports Collectors Digest

SPORTS COLLECTORS DIGEST covers every aspect of modern sports collecting, including cards, memorabilia, equipment, lithographs, figurines, and autographed material. Online collecting, memorabilia, and auction news are covered each week in specially designed sections that complement columns from some of the most respected experts in the hobby and up-to-date card pricing and checklisting data from expert analysts. Along with display advertisements from all of the major dealers in the country, each weekly issue offers extensive auction advertising and listings, plus a classified section that gives collectors a medium for buying, selling, and trading.

Sports Collectors Digest

Shohei, rare 1914 card shine light on The Great Bambino

BASEBALL ART

KIT YOUNG HITS THE ROAD • Hobby pioneer Kit Young is heading out on buying trips, his 46th year on the road buying cards.

PANINI LEGACY FOOTBALL AN AFFORDABLE OPTION FOR NFL ROOKIE CARDS

NEW CARD release calendar

MANTLE, MAYS AMONG VINTAGE CARDS UP FOR BID AT COLLECT AUCTIONS

Top Ten Online Auctions

SLUMPING ROOKIES SHOW RISKS OF SPECULATIVE SPORTS CARD PLAYS

MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE • Collectable helping average collectors invest in hobby’s most valuable items through fractional ownership.

INTERNATIONAL INTRIGUE • Angels star Shohei Ohtani is MLB’s new Babe Ruth, and a hero in his homeland of Japan.

TRISTAR HOUSTON SHOW DRAWS RECORD CROWD WITH BIG NAMES, HUNGRY COLLECTORS

SHOW CALENDAR

CARDBOARD DREAM TEAM • The rosters for the Midsummer Classic always generate plenty of debate. We create our own All-Star team from vintage All-Star cards.

ALL-STAR PRICE GUIDE

GET YOUR ALL-STAR BALLOTS

BULL MARKET • How one collector and his new investment company helped make LeBron James ‘the most collectible name in basketball.’