SPORTS COLLECTIBLE NEWS
ticket stub collecting continues to grow
Ticket stubs cut across a wide variety of collecting interests. They are sought by everyone from sports fans to people who attend rock concerts. While tickets used to be torn upon entering an event,
leaving the attendee with only a stub, since 2003 most tickets have been scanned, which means you can collect the full untorn ticket.
For sports fans, two of the biggest areas in ticket collecting are Rookie game tickets, for instance Kobe Bryant Rookie Season or Michael Jordans Rookie Game ticket. Football memorabilia collectors look for tickets from Big Games or from Tom Bradys 1st College TD. Concert memorabilia buffs go for tickets from popular bands like Madonna Virgin Tour or possibly the final Concert of The Beatles
Continue Reading
The Most Important Trading Card
Industry Statistics
-
Annual sales of trading cards in the U.S. market had reached $200 million in 2019.
-
In 2020, the global sports trading card market size was $13.98 billion.
-
The trading card industry grew by more than 142% in the first three months of 2021.
-
eBay reported a 142% increase in trading card sales during 2020.
-
The average price of baseball cards on the secondary market increased by 50% during the first half of 2020.
-
The value of sports card sales on eBay surpassed $877 million during 2020.
-
The most valuable trading card ever sold, the 1909 Honus Wagner card, was sold for more than $3.1 million in 2016.
-
Celebrities like Logan Paul have contributed to an 80% increase in the Pokémon trading card’s and Garbage Pail Kids market size during 2020.
LeRoy Neiman's Secretariat Tops Sporting
Art Auction at $146K
The Sporting Art Auction, a collaboration between Cross Gate Gallery of Lexington and Keeneland, celebrated its 11th edition with gross sales of $2,826,671, headlined by the sale of LeRoy Neiman's iconic Secretariat, a signed oil on board dated '73, for $146,875.
Held last week in Keeneland's Sales Pavilion, the globally prominent auction attracted 112 buyers from four countries who participated in person and remotely.
Eighty-eight percent of the 213 works representing fine Sporting Art, American paintings and sculpture by renowned artists were sold.
We were fortunate enough to host our auction at Keeneland after an exceptional season of racing and sales, which undoubtedly inspired more fans to become owners of equine art themselves.”
Sports Memorabilia Market hits
35 Billion Mark in 2023
-
In December 2022, Sales of Messi and Mbappe cards increase during and after the World Cup. Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe wowed the globe with their clash in the 2022 World Cup Final on Sunday,
-
In 2023, one of the nine 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle rookie cards graded PSA 9 sold for $3,192,000, breaking the previous record for the most expensive Mickey Mantle trading card ever sold.
-
In November 2022, Lionel Messi, the soccer star, has joined Sorare, the French nonfungible token trading game, as an investor and brand ambassador.
-
In December 2022, Triller, the premier AI-powered creative platform and owner of combat sports brands such as Triller Fight Club and BKFC, and Epik, the maker of the world's best digital products and NFTs.