Topps Is Shipping Boxes UNSEALED… Here’s the Problem 😬
Show notes
Topps is shipping Chrome mega boxes without cellophane to fight scalpers. Ryan Alford, Brian Ludden and Bella debate whether that protects collectors or just shifts the risk to local card shops. Download the Collector Nation app and visit thecollectornation.com for more.
The crew also breaks down three record-setting Shohei Ohtani sales, PrizePicks putting top rookie 1/1s into $2,500 repacks, LeBron’s 24 jersey-patch 1/1s and the PSA cards stolen from a FedEx truck. They close with Five Up, Five Down for NFL Week 6 and this week’s Topps Heritage Football, Holiday and Vault Disney releases.
Topics Covered:
- Topps shipping Chrome mega boxes unsealed: what it means for collectors and card shops
- Searched and X-rayed boxes: Ryan’s suspicious rip
- Ohtani 2025 Tokyo Series game-worn jersey sells for $2M+
- Ohtani 2026 Topps Chrome Ultraviolet Superfractor 1/1 sells for $329K
- Ohtani 2018 Bowman Chrome PSA 9 rookie drops $26K
- Cards vs. game-worn memorabilia: which holds value long term?
- PrizePicks puts Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper and Kon Knueppel 1/1 Logomen into $2,500 repacks
- Gambling sites and repacks: what it means for the hobby
- Topps turns LeBron’s “24” jersey patches into 1/1 cards
- PSA cards stolen from a FedEx truck, and why you should insure your shipments
- Five Up, Five Down: NFL Week 6 card market movers
- Topps Heritage Football: Walter Payton PSA 10 chase
- Topps Holiday Baseball and Topps Vault Disney release
- Donruss Football returns unlicensed
- Topps vs. Panini: why brand matters without a license
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