Ben Burrows

Journalist covering cards, collectibles and memorabilia. @NewhouseSU alum. Insta/Mantel: @benmburrows

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@JRFF22 That's a good question — my guess is Topps likely expected the card to be redeemed first rather than go straight to auction.

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For those curious, this exact copy last sold publicly for $56,204 at PWCC in November 2020.

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Topps reveals the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle redemption from Series 1 is graded a PSA 5.5.

Bidding on Goldin has reached $146,400, including buyer's premium, with 25 days remaining.

Last PSA 5.5 to sell, according to Card Ladder, went for $138,000 at REA in December 2024.

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@LudexApp I think there might be a little more room left on this one but not a ton, personally.

This is a little better than some other 5.5 copies I've looked at. A PSA 6 that sold for $191k in February 2025 looks a bit better than this IMO.

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Topps reveals the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle redemption from Series 1 is graded a PSA 5.5.

Bidding on Goldin has reached $146,400, including buyer's premium, with 25 days remaining.

Last PSA 5.5 to sell, according to Card Ladder, went for $138,000 at REA in December 2024.

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@CardsMax 🤝🤝

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This game is legit so fun. https://t.co/JhIx1tILF8

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Cards and collectibles might officially be GameStop's most important business following Tuesday's Q1 results.

Collectibles ($348.9M) topped Hardware/accessories ($333.7M) and Software ($152.7M) as the company's largest driver of net sales.

Category has significantly expanded through the partnership with PSA.

GameStop and PSA officially announced a collaboration on Oct. 15, 2024. Nat Turner, Chairman and CEO of PSA parent company Collectors, was named to GameStop's board on Nov. 18.

Since then, we've seen collectibles make up more and more of GameStop's overall business.

Here's a snapshot of the net sales for collectibles and where it ranked among the three categories:

Q1 2025: $211.5M (2)
Q2 2025: $227.6M (2)
Q3 2025: $256.1M (2)
Q4 2025: $365.0M (2)
Q1 2026: $348.9M (1)

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GameStop reports $835.3 million in net sales for Q1.

Net income of $389.6 million is highest quarter in company history. Net sales grew 14% year-over-year, driven by collectibles.

Net sales by category:

Hardware/accessories: $333.7M
Software: $152.7M
Collectibles: $348.9M

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Beckett saw a major jump to ~145,000 graded cards in May, according to @gemrate.

I'm told the surge was caused by a growing grading team and operational upgrades.

Beckett hopes to grow its grading team by more than 20% this year with a goal to reach 200k cards per month.

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From @TheAthleticFC: Pelé made World Cup history at 17 years old. Now the shirt he wore that day could challenge the record for the most expensive soccer jersey sold, which is held by Diego Maradona’s “Hand of God” shirt. https://t.co/mBaohCVhvq

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PSA source confirms ~2.5 million cards have been submitted since Wednesday when news of a possible service pause began to leak.

Surge is expected to increase the value service pauses by a month or two.

That 2.5M card figure is more than SGC and BGS graded combined in 2025.

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Data tool @CardLadder tracked more than $676 million in cards and wax sales on the secondary market in May.

Total is the highest logged by the tool for a single month.

CL also tracked more than 7.6 million transactions.

Doesn’t include data from shops, shows or retailers.

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Let's go live to the person who bought the Wembanyama Prizm Black 1/1 rookie for $5.1 million

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ICYMI: Paige Bueckers' WNBA debut jersey sold for a record $64,720 via @MeiGray this week.

Sale is the highest for any game-worn WNBA jersey at public auction.

Significant result for the WNBA as the league continues to grow with collectors.

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JUST IN: PSA source tells me the company received a single-day record of ~450,000 card submissions on Thursday.

Yesterday PSA announced plans to temporarily pause its value service tiers on June 2 so it can cut into a nearly 10 million card backlog.

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@GeorgeHOwens Thanks George!

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JUST IN: PSA is pausing its four value service tiers, effective June 2, due to a 10 million card backlog.

Tiers will reopen when the backlog reaches 5 million cards, which PSA estimates may take up to 4 months.

Details on @TheAthletic: https://t.co/S76GZ1BBqj

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@pc_oneal Companies have been trying to use more AI for years and the tech simply isn't good enough to do it full-time

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PSA source tells me the grader received 270,000 submissions on Wednesday as rumors of a shutdown came in.

Company has previously reported a typical day has between 130,000 and 150,000 submissions.

About 70% of that 270k figure on Wednesday was Pokémon and TCG.

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Collectors president Ryan Hoge confirms PSA's service pauses will impact grading at GameStop.

"These service level changes affect all partners and dealers who submit for grading directly."

Partnership started in Oct. 2024 and had reached 1 million submitted cards by May 2025.