Edition 43 . Friday, August 28, 2026

Sixers fans line up for LeBron James jerseys

More than a month after the signing, the Xfinity Mobile Arena team store ran a special two-day sale, youth jerseys sold out for part of the day, and Fanatics has the No. 23 as its best-selling jersey in the first 48 hours after any player switches teams in any sport.

Mover of the Day

Fans lined up outside a special two-day team store sale more than a month after the signing, with youth jerseys selling out for part of the day, reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer on August 25.

Sixers run a special two-day store sale as fans line up for LeBron James jerseys, the Inquirer reports

The Xfinity Mobile Arena team store normally opens only on game days. It ran a special two-day sale because demand has not cooled, and fans lined up outside before it opened to buy James and Jaylen Brown jerseys, with a Sixers representative saying youth jerseys briefly sold out before stock was replenished later that day. Per Fanatics, LeBron's No. 23 is the best-selling jersey in the first 48 hours after any player switches teams in any sport, past the record Shohei Ohtani set moving to the Dodgers in 2023. This is the same jersey that sold out on Fanatics in about two hours in July, and he was still topping Beckett's Hot List a second straight week in early August.

The Inquirer report

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Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer . Published August 25, 2026

Drop Radar

Announced August 27 by Topps on its own account; the September 8 presale date and the autograph subjects come from Checklist Insider's separate pickup, and no full release date has been stated.

Topps says 2026 Bowman Football will put officially licensed NFL and college cards in the same packs for the first time

Topps announced it on its own account with a graphic and a line about more details coming soon, and no release date attached. Checklist Insider, which picked it up separately, calls the combination unprecedented for the brand, notes Bowman NFL is back after a decade away, and reports a September 8 presale date Topps has not posted itself. It also has NFL autographs led by Josh Allen in Bowman Chrome Autographs and college autographs led by CJ Carr in Bowman University Chrome Autographs, the same two players shown in Topps' announcement graphic. The full release date is still TBA.

The Topps announcement

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Bowman Football Topps Josh Allen CJ Carr

Source: Topps (X) . Published August 27, 2026

On sale today, August 28, per Checklist Insider's release calendar; the unlicensed format, the 200-card base set, and the box configuration reported by Beckett.

2026 Donruss Football releases today as Panini's first unlicensed NFL product

The NFL awarded exclusive trading card rights to Fanatics and Topps in April, and per Beckett this is the first Donruss Football to release without a license. Pro-player cards carry no team logos or uniforms, and collegiate cards take a much larger share of the 200-card base set as a result. Hobby boxes hold 12 packs of 10 cards with one autograph and one relic each, and the Campus Kings and Elite insert lines return. Checklist Insider's release calendar has it on sale today.

The Beckett writeup

Donruss Football Panini NFL

Source: Beckett News . Published June 26, 2026

August 28 release date listed on Collector Nation's release tracker as of today, after competing dates in earlier listings.

2025-26 Panini Origins Basketball's release date settles on today, August 28, per Collector Nation

We flagged this date as unsettled two days ago, with other listings putting Origins at August 19 and both marked subject to change. Collector Nation's tracker now has it releasing today, the date Checklist Insider first put on it a week ago. The base set runs 100 cards across NBA veterans, active rookies, legends, and college athletes on NIL deals, with a layered parallel structure and an acetate-forward autograph program.

The release tracker

Panini Origins Basketball Panini NBA

Source: Collector Nation

On-sale date of August 28, the box configuration, and the parallel print runs stated in Checklist Insider's set guide; 2026 box price not stated.

2026 Topps Eccellenza Formula 1 goes on sale today through Topps' European sites

Eccellenza is an online exclusive sold through Topps' European storefronts, so this is a European-availability product before it is anything else. Boxes hold seven cards with one memorabilia card and two parallels, the parallels running Blue /99, Green /75, Purple /50, and Orange /25. Subsets Esordienti, La Passione, and Supremo return, joined by new Numero and Historico. Checklist Insider has last year's edition at GBP170 or EUR195 a box; the 2026 price was not stated in the source we checked, so treat the old figure as context only.

The set guide

Topps Eccellenza Topps Formula 1

Source: Checklist Insider

Live Heat

$105,500 current price, 106 bids, and 483 watchers shown on Cardboard Connection's live tracker, up from $90,100 on August 25; in-progress auction, not a completed sale.

A 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle PSA 3 climbs to $105,500 on Cardboard Connection's most-watched board

The #311 Mantle in PSA 3 shows $105,500 with 106 bids and 483 watchers at check time, still holding the top spot on Cardboard Connection's live most-watched eBay tracker. It crossed $100,000 on August 26 and started this run at $90,100 on August 25, so it is up $15,400 in three days. The eBay item number matches across all three checks, so this is one listing climbing rather than different copies rotating through the board. The auction is open, not a completed sale.

The eBay listing

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Mickey Mantle 1952 Topps

Source: Cardboard Connection (eBay most-watched tracker) . Published August 28, 2026

Eight named All Kings sale figures posted August 25 by Sports Card Investor on X; the desk reported the prior round of figures for the same insert on August 23.

Sports Card Investor posts updated All Kings sales from 2026 Topps Flagship Football, led by a $5,200 Patrick Mahomes

All Kings is the chase insert out of Topps' 2026 Flagship Football, and the reported top eight now reads Mahomes at $5,200, Caleb Williams at $5,000, Josh Allen at $4,500, Fernando Mendoza at $3,700, Joe Burrow at $2,100, Jahmyr Gibbs at $2,000, Justin Herbert at $1,900, and Jaxon Smith-Njigba at $1,800. When we last reported these figures on August 23 the top was $5,000 and Caleb Williams sat at $2,000, so Williams has more than doubled and four names have come into the list that were not on it. These are sales one account is reporting, not an auction house's published results.

The post

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All Kings Topps Flagship Football Patrick Mahomes Caleb Williams

Source: Sports Card Investor (X) . Published August 25, 2026

From the Feed

Posted August 27 by @SportsCardInv on X.

Sports Card Investor posts a live $24,400 Goldin bid on a 1-of-1 Yoshinobu Yamamoto Topps Chrome LogoFractor auto

This Yoshinobu Yamamoto 2024 Topps Chrome LogoFractor Edition 1/1 Auto 🤩🔥 It's currently live on @GoldinCo with a bid of $24,400 (including buyer's premium) and there are still 31 days left... After seeing Yamamoto's record-breaking sale of $500,200 for his 1/1 2024 Bowman Chrome Superfractor Rookie Auto, where do you think this one ends? 🤔

The card is a 2024 Topps Chrome LogoFractor Edition Yamamoto rookie autograph, a 1-of-1 graded PSA Mint 9. The $24,400 is a running bid including buyer's premium with 31 days left when the post went up, so it is a snapshot rather than a result; the post also cites Yamamoto's $500,200 record sale, which was a different card, a 1/1 2024 Bowman Chrome Superfractor rookie auto.

The post

Yoshinobu Yamamoto Topps Chrome LogoFractor Goldin

Source: Sports Card Investor (X) . Published August 27, 2026

Posted August 27 by @altxyzofficial on X.

Alt posts a claimed 288% one-year gain on a 1992 Topps Gold Shaquille O'Neal rookie

Shaq's 1992 Topps Gold rookie card is up 288% in 1 year 🤯 Last year at this time, this card was $900; now it is $3,500, according to Alt Value. Consign your Shaq cards to our next auction by clicking the link in our bio or commenting SELL

Alt's own Alt Value tool prices this PSA Gem Mint 10 1992 Topps Gold Shaq rookie at $3,500 against $900 a year ago. That is the platform's own valuation, on a post that closes with a pitch to consign Shaq cards to Alt's next auction, so read the number as the seller's rather than the market's.

The post

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Shaquille O'Neal Topps Gold

Source: Alt (X) . Published August 27, 2026

Community posts surfaced by the editor from public feeds. Posts may not be independently confirmed.

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