Sports Collectors Digest

Bidder shoots for Kobe Bryant rookie card

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Last time out, we made a big deal out of Opening Day 2020, but baseball—like all sports—has been benched by the worldwide story of coronavirus. Collectors continue to trade big-dollar items, but prices feel a little softer, from an anecdotal point of view. For example, the bottom rung of our Top 10 chart is $25,200 compared to $38,200 last time out.

The top of the chart, however, isn’t far off. The top item two weeks ago was $71,000 compared to $66,866 this time. That’s what one collector paid for a full case of 1996-97 Topps Chrome basketball cards.

The case wasn’t sealed, but it

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