December 2025 finishes as fourth-highest month for card sales in history
Collectors spent more than $381 million on sports and trading cards online in massive month
The year in collectibles: What would you change about the hobby?
More transparency, lower wax prices and fewer conflicts of interest all make the experts' list
Collector closing in on quest for every Michael Jordan NBA ticket
His Airness played 1,264 NBA games, and one Chicago collector is just 136 tickets away from amassing them all
Major authenticators graded more than 26 million cards in 2025
PSA accounted for more than 19 million of last year's record total
The year in collectibles: Hottest cards and athletes
Pokémon, Shohei Ohtani, young NFL quarterbacks ranked among the most dominant forces in the hobby in 2025
Why 2025 was the year collecting went mainstream
The hobby is no longer just for insiders! It's everywhere from reality TV to celebrities to fashion shows
The year in collectibles: Biggest issues facing the hobby?
Counterfeiting, fraud and the high cost of wax among the challenges in the industry
The 10 most expensive sports cards of 2025: MJ-Kobe Dual Logoman tops list
In the year of the Logoman, basketball legends dominate the year's top 10
Logan Paul to sell Pikachu Illustrator card, vows to clear up issues with former owners
Paul consigned his 1998 Pokémon Japanese Promo Pikachu Illustrator PSA 10 to Goldin Auctions
The year in collectibles: Did the hobby get better in 2025?
By most indicators, interest in collecting has never been higher
Logan Paul clams he turned down a $5 million irrevocable bid on his Pikachu Illustrator that's up for auction at @GoldinCo
— cllct (@cllctMedia) January 12, 2026
Current bidding is at $4.34 million with buyer's premium.
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For the second time in less than two months, there's a new most expensive comic book in the world!
— cllct (@cllctMedia) January 9, 2026
The new bar is $15 MILLION ????
Full story here ➡️ https://t.co/Y1xkUObe0K pic.twitter.com/w3MjxvvxI6
This is so incredible from @JoshAllenQB and @NewEraCap ❤️????
— cllct (@cllctMedia) January 11, 2026
"My job's not that hard. I play football. What you guys have to go through and continue to fight through is much harder than I do. And I look up to you as much as you look up to me." ➡️ https://t.co/IQ523J9zDt pic.twitter.com/uAUNnYieTF
Talking to industry insiders on the biggest thing to enter the hobby in 2025: Digital Repacks.https://t.co/2olW2q7ppQ
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) January 7, 2026
