Collector's Corner #7
Top collectible industry news, Blake Jamieson latest plus another livestream this Saturday night!
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Welcome to Collector’s Corner, your weekly pass to sports collectibles insights. In this week’s edition, we highlight 5 latest news stories from the past week in our “Fast Five” section, more unique pieces from Blake, and another livestream coming up this Saturday!
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Fast Five
Catch up on the latest news from around the industry
Kobe Bryant’s 2000 Title Ring Up For Auction. (article here)
"The late Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant’s 2000 NBA championship ring is available for bidding as part of Goldin Auctions’ March Elite Sports Auction, the company announced. The bidding is currently up to $94,000 as of today. The 14-karat gold ring features 40 diamonds and was gifted to Kobe’s father, Joe Bryant, by his son. Bidding ends March 30 at 10 p.m. "
Topps Launches First-Ever March Madness Cards Featuring Clark, Reese, Edey and Sheppard. (article here)
“Bowman U NOW March Madness set includes 20 NCAA Tournament-bound athletes. Packs went live for sale yesterday, 3/18 on topps.com for $139.99, the set features star players such as Caitlin Clark of Iowa, Angel Reese of LSU, Zach Edey of Purdue and Reed Sheppard of Kentucky. ”
Wata Takes Next Step Toward ‘One-Stop Shop’ With Blu-rays, DVDs (article here)
“Wata is aiming to take on a much larger role when it comes to pop culture grading. PSA dominated the sports card and trading card grading space in 2023, and Wata is hoping to do the same for physical media in 2024.
Most known for grading video games, Wata recently made a push to add DVDs and Blu-rays to its lineup of grading services. .”
Derek Jeter 2000 Skybox Star Rubies Extreme up for auction! (article here)
“This 2000 Skybox Star Rubies Extreme Derek Jeter (16/50) - BGS NM-MT+ 8.5 is available now in Golden’s Weekly Auction. The current bid is $3.499 and bidding ends this Thursday March 21st at 10:00pm EST.”
Topps Creates Julio Rodriguez Baseball Cards Made Entirely Of Bubblegum (article here)
“For nearly 40 years, Topps included a stick of bubblegum in every baseball card pack. Topps announced Thursday they have made bubblegum cards of Seattle Mariners All-Star Julio Rodriguez. The bubblegum J-Rod cards are numbered to five and come in a slab.”
Blake’s Corner
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WhatNot Livestream This Saturday 3/23!
Excited to be going live on Whatnot this week for a another livestream! Join us live for the fun Saturday 3/23 at 8:23 est / 5:23 pst. Save the link here.
As always, there will be a few surprise items along the way so stay tuned all night to see what may come up for auction.
For Sale and Open to Offers. DM me!
Original artwork by Blake Jamieson. The canvas was painted in Geneva Switzerland at the home of Paulo Coelho (author of The Alchemist)
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Also for sale from the Archives
Painting of Pro Hockey player Doug Gilmour who has a matching painting himself!
Details: 18x24 in
Price: $1,750 / open to offers. Link below to offer
Also from Blake…
Are you interested in a commission? I only have ONE spot left in March so click the link before it gets filled!
Click the link below and put in your information and we’ll get back to you shortly.
Artist Showcase of the Week - Ken Karl
Check out work with our newest partner Ken Karl! Ken is an artist who creates hand drawn sketch cards. Each card is a one of a kind, hand constructed work of art! Built using a reproduced image of an original work of art created by Ken.
Buy one of his collections today!
Barry Sanders AUTOGRAPHED original work of art
Ronald Acuna Jr AUTOGRAPHED original work of art
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