PSA lists 6,451 stolen items and disables certs
PSA published a list of 6,451 stolen collectibles and disabled their certification numbers. Refunds and compensation follow separate processes.
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Latest news
Topps Pro Debut sets box details for November
Topps Pro Debut has a November 18, 2026, release date, with Chrome autographs, a 200-card base set and hobby boxes containing 144 cards.
Messi farewell orders open a new Topps NOW tier
Messi's Final Farewell release reached 664,325 orders, setting a Topps NOW record and adding the program's first 1/1 White OpalFractor card.
PSA outlines refunds after $963,000 card theft
PSA has disabled stolen card certificates after an October 13, 2026, FedEx truck theft. Compensation depends on each item's selected insured value.
Upper Deck details Series 1 hockey box formats
Upper Deck lists Series 1 hockey box contents, including Young Guns averages, new Stencils inserts and different hobby and retail formats.
Upper Deck New Arrivals packs are back on e-Pack
Upper Deck's online-only New Arrivals rookie packs returned for 2026-27 after the September 29 NHL openers, with new card rates and a longer wait for cards.
Guides
Topps Tribute explained: the box, sets and parallels
Sports cards 6 min read
How Topps Tribute baseball works: six packs of three cards with three autographs and three memorabilia cards, the set codes, and how Gold changed its run.
Topps Cosmic Chrome explained: Refractors and planets
Sports cards 6 min read
How Topps Cosmic Chrome works in baseball, basketball and football: the space-named Refractor ladder, Planetary Pursuit card codes, the boxes and autographs.
Panini Spectra explained: parallels, patches and boxes
Sports cards 6 min read
How Panini Spectra works in football and basketball: how the cards are numbered, the Rookie Patch Autographs, color runs that change by sport, and the boxes.
Panini Prizm Draft Picks explained: boxes and parallels
Sports cards 6 min read
How Panini Prizm Draft Picks works: college photos of new draft picks and current players, the 2025 football box, its 29 parallels and the basketball edition.
Panini Phoenix football explained: parallels and boxes
Sports cards 7 min read
How 2025 Panini Phoenix football works: 250 base cards, 82 parallel versions in eight pattern families, what a hobby box holds and the factory set.
Panini Donruss explained: boxes, parallels and inserts
Sports cards 6 min read
How Panini's Donruss sets differ in football, basketball and baseball: base sets, hobby boxes, each sport's parallel names and the inserts all three share.
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Terms to know
- 1st Bowman
- Autograph card
- Base set
- Blaster box
- Box break
- Checklist
- Error card
- Hobby box
- Insert
- Mega box
- Memorabilia card
- On-card autograph
- One of one
- Parallel
- Patch card
- Print run
- Printing plate
- Prospect card
- Rated Rookie
- Redemption card
- Refractor
- Retail box
- Rookie card
- Rookie patch autograph
- Sealed case
- Serial-numbered card
- Short print
- Silver Prizm
- Sticker autograph
- Superfractor
- Team break
- Variation
- Young Guns