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Mia Hamm, the former soccer star of the US women’s national team and two-time Olympic gold medalist, just set a new record for most expensive female sports card. Hamm’s 1992 rookie card PSA Gem Mint 10 sold for $34,440 at Goldin Auctions on June 27, 2021. This sale nearly doubled the previous record for most expensive female sports card that was set by fellow soccer star Alex Morgan, whose rookie card went for $16,000.Hamm’s Sports Illustrated for Kids rookie card was originally available in mag …

eMoviePoster closed their three-part April Major Auction on April 4, 2021 with a total of $435,799 in sales. Part I contained 275 linen-backed one-sheets that brought in $116,452. Part II was filled with 283 other linen-backed posters of all kinds that realized $115,497. Part III included 232 posters, campaign books, and more with a total of $203,850.The top individual results were a Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs style B one-sheet for $16,450, African Queen linen-backed English one-sheet for $ …

The results are in from Pedigree Comics, Inc.’s just completed CGC-certified May Amazing Spider-Man Auction. The auction ran from Monday, May 3 to Thursday, May 13, 2021, featuring just under 700 CGC-certified comics listed without a reserve. Dubbed the “Southern Mass. Collection,” it was the best and deepest Amazing Spider-Man run that Pedigree has offered with an ending total of $840,466.There were record sales on almost every Silver and Bronze Age issue of the collection. The highlights liste …

Tom Brady capped off the 2020 NFL season with a seventh Super Bowl ring, fifth MVP, and tenth Super Bowl appearance, and now he’s set a new record. On Friday, April 2, 2021, Lelands sold a limited edition Tom Brady rookie card for $2,252,854.The 2000 Playoff Contenders Championship Rookie Ticket #144 Tom Brady rookie autograph 99/100 BGS NM-MT+ 8.5 opened at $75,000 before 67 bids pushed it to the $2.25 million total.Differing from the regular Brady rookie cards, it was signed by the quarterback …

A scarce first edition of The Shadow has set a world record for most expensive pulp magazine ever sold. The first issue of the hero pulp sold for $156,000 in Heritage’s Rare Pulps & Collectibles Auction on Thursday, May 20, 2021.“The price realized for The Shadow No. 1 is the highest recorded for a pulp of any kind,” Rick Akers, Heritage Consignment Director of Comics, said. “I expected it might pass $50,000, but things got pretty exciting when it surpassed $100,000, with heated live bidding.”“T …

ComicConnect sold a copy of Action Comics #1 CGC Apparent 9.0 for $452,000. The comic, which contains the first appearance of Superman, sold during their Event Auction on Tuesday, June 22, 2021.Calling the comic, a “beautifully restored copy,” ComicConnect COO Vincent Zurzolo said, “Investment collectors have bid with clarity and confidence as recent market gains have solidified allowing buyers to move to higher price levels with comfort. It’s a great time to be in the market.”ComicConnect has o …

An X-Men #1 CGC 9.6 sold in ComicConnect’s June Event Auction for a record $807,300. The record, which was set on June 24, 2021, made it the second-most valuable Silver Age comic ever sold behind ComicConnect’s Guinness World Record sale of Amazing Fantasy #15 for $1,100,000. The X-Men #1 sale is the most ever paid for a single issue of the 1963 series. “X-Men #1 is one of the hottest comics on the planet,” Vincent Zurzolo, co-founder of the New York City auction house, said. “With Disney now o …