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A trading card with a British sociologist on it has a subtly ridiculous quality. It’s not ridiculous in a negative…

There are only ten of them in the whole world. Ten. And the last time one was seen in public…

It’s pretty amazing when a sealed cardboard box that has been stashed away, forgotten, and buried under years of junk…

First, it’s important to note that this probably doesn’t make any sense. A playing card with a cartoon yellow mouse…

When you go to a product page and all you see is a grayed-out “Out of Stock” button, you already…

The picture of a small business owner checking his phone for security camera alerts before he even makes his coffee…

This story has an almost entirely American feel to it. One of the biggest airlines in the world couldn’t bring…

Any physical or virtual auction room has a point at which the bidding ceases to make sense according to traditional…

Almost every collector’s convention has a moment when you realize the hobby isn’t really about the cards, somewhere between the…

There has always been a certain low-budget thrill to storage unit auctions; it’s the kind of thing that has a…