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    CARD SHOP CONCERNS

    Sep 21, 2021 5 minutes
    BY TONY REID
    (PHOTO CREDIT: TONY REID)
    (PHOTO CREDIT: TONY REID)

    EDITOR’S NOTE: SCD contributor Tony Reid works full time selling sports cards and collectibles at Sports Zone Toys & Comics in Sunbury, Pa.

    The collectibles community was in a state of shock as news spread on Aug. 19 that Major League Baseball had made a deal to award their trading card license to Fanatics, effectively taking Topps out of the lineup as they celebrate an iconic 70-year run.

    As that news was still being digested, reports surfaced that Fanatics had also secured the trading card licenses for the NBA, the National Basketball Players Association and the NFL Players Association beginning in 2026.

    Wow!

    As you can imagine, that was the hot topic of conversation the next day in the shop. I half-jokingly asked the shop owner if it was too early to

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