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Boston Globe
11-06-2025
- Boston Globe
Charges against R.I. pair withdrawn in alleged Jason Kelce autograph fraud scheme
'Throughout this ordeal, Mr. Parenti stood by his original statement that he did not forge any memorabilia nor did he direct anyone to forge memorabilia,' reads a statement sent to the Globe by Bill Fischer, a spokesperson for Diamond Legends, the sports memorabilia store owned by Parenti. Get Rhode Map A weekday briefing from veteran Rhode Island reporters, focused on the things that matter most in the Ocean State. Enter Email Sign Up 'When Mr. Parenti became aware that there may be issues with the authenticity of the memorabilia in question, he pulled it from the marketplace. Mr. Parenti deeply regrets entering into a business arrangement with Overtime Promotions based in Philadelphia.' Advertisement Branco, Parenti, and Robert Capone of Philadelphia were charged in January with forgery, theft, and deceptive business practices, among other charges. Officials said at the time that in June 2024, law enforcement learned of approximately 1,138 items with fraudulent Kelce signatures – including signed jerseys, helmets, mini-helmets, hats, photos, footballs, and other items – when alerted by TCH Humphreys LLC, a sports memorabilia company in Royersford, Penn. Advertisement The items were offered for sale by Overtime Promotions, owned by Capone, and Diamond Legends, and were supposedly 'verified' by Branco, an employee of Beckett Authentication Services, officials said. Prosecutors said earlier this year TCH Humphreys had contracted with Kelce, the former Philadelphia Eagles center, to host an official memorabilia signing at a private event on June 11 and 12, 2024, at the Valley Forge Casino Hotel, and legitimate autographs were verified by Professional Sports Authenticator. Branco and Parenti attended the signing event, and Branco 'secured a photo with Kelce in order to validate her in-the-presence authentication of the forged memorabilia that was never actually signed by Kelce,' prosecutors said. Officials claimed an investigation revealed Capone, Parenti, and Branco allegedly used Becket Authentication Services to create the counterfeit autographs and offer them for sale. According to Delano, authorities in Pennsylvania continue to investigate cases even after charges are filed. In this instance, investigators eventually obtained cell phone evidence with 'all the communications' between Branco, Parenti, and Capone and it showed Branco and Parenti were unaware the signatures were not authentic. 'This outcome affirms our continued commitment to the integrity and values we've always upheld since our company's beginning,' Parenti wrote in an email to customers that was partially shared by Fischer. 'To say the least, this has been a tough time for myself, my family and our business,' Parenti added. 'Diamond Legends will move forward with a stringent and comprehensive responsibility of holding our products to the highest standard of authenticity. We will also be more vigilant on who we partner with - and do business with going forward – as that has been the lesson of this unfortunate circumstance.' Advertisement According to Delano, the charges against Capone remain. Material from a previous Globe story was used in this report. Christopher Gavin can be reached at
Hypebeast
10-06-2025
- Sport
- Hypebeast
Pharrell Williams 主理拍賣行 JOOPITER 呈獻極罕 1986-87 Michael Jordan 親簽新秀卡
由Pharrell Williams領軍的數碼拍賣行JOOPITER，宣佈將舉辦其首場運動收藏品拍賣會，而焦點拍品則是一張極其罕見的 1986-87 Fleer #57 Michael Jordan 親筆簽名新秀卡。此舉標誌著 JOOPITER 正式進軍運動收藏領域。 這張珍貴的卡片由Michael Jordan本人於 2024 年在一次專屬簽名會中簽署，並由權威認證機構 Professional Sports Authenticator（PSA）全程見證。其珍罕之處在於，它是全球僅有三張同時獲得 PSA Mint 9 卡片等級，以及 PSA/DNA 完美 Gem Mint 10 簽名等級的卡片之一，而同等級的卡片此前從未在市場上公開發售。卡上呈現了這位籃球之神身穿經典 #23 芝加哥公牛隊球衣的耀眼新秀賽季英姿。 JOOPITER 全球銷售主管 Caitlin Donovan 表示，此卡來源非凡，是市場上最頂級的籃球收藏卡之一。這件殿堂級的收藏品將於 2025 年 6 月 16 日至 6 月 25 日，在JOOPITER 官方網站開放全球競標，各位收藏家切勿錯過。 >Chanel 宣佈成立獨立品牌「Nevold」專注時裝廢料再生與環保 >visvim 最新「VISVIM MOTORS CLUB」別注系列第三彈即將登陸 The Repulse Bay Village >JOOPITER 攜手 sacai 與韓國人氣男團 SEVENTEEN 聯手展開拍賣會
Hypebeast
09-06-2025
- Sport
- Hypebeast
JOOPITER Unveils Rare 1986-87 Michael Jordan Signed Rookie Card
Summary Pharrell Williams'JOOPITERis set to host its premier sports collectibles sale, featuring an exceptionally rare and highly sought-after 1986-87 Fleer #57Michael JordanRookie Card. This particular card was signed by Jordan himself in 2024 at an exclusive signing witnessed and authenticated by Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA). It's one of only three in existence with a PSA Mint 9 card grade and a perfect Gem Mint 10 signature grade by PSA/DNA. This remarkable collectible showcases the sports legend in his iconic #23Chicago Bullsjersey, commemorating his breakout rookie season. The 1986-87 Fleer set itself marked a significant evolution in the sports card collecting hobby, and no card of this grade has been sold publicly in the past. 'As JOOPITER boldly enters the world of sports collectibles, we are thrilled to debut with a true masterpiece – a PSA Mint 9/10 Fleer #57 Michael Jordan Rookie Card. Signed by Jordan, with extraordinary provenance, this card is one of the finest collectible basketball card examples to ever come to market,' Caitlin Donovan, Global Head of Sale at JOOPITER, said in a statement. Check out the card above. The collectible will be open for global bidding on theJOOPITER websitefrom June 16 to June 25, 2025.
New York Times
04-06-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Tyrese Haliburton cards jump in value as collectors seek next NBA megastar
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Tyrese Haliburton have become focal points of the NBA trading card market as the young Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers stars have guided their teams to the NBA Finals. Outside of aging veterans like LeBron James and Stephen Curry, the injured Victor Wembanyama, and the still massive shadow cast by Michael Jordan, the NBA card market lacks bonafide box office draws, resulting in WNBA cards selling for more than comparable NBA cards for the first time ever. Advertisement With the NBA Finals starting Thursday, this will be prime ground for SGA and Haliburton to prove they belong in the spotlight. The two stars, both making their first trip to the NBA Finals, have been two of the more heavily transacted players in the last 30 days in terms of total card sales, according to Market Movers, which tracks card sales across multiple marketplaces. The Pacers guard ranks seventh among all basketball players with more than 4,100 individual card sales. The Thunder guard and newly crowned league MVP ranks eighth with more than 3,400 card sales. SGA's cards have commanded a much higher price tag than Haliburton's lot, though. Through the past month, SGA ranks eighth in total dollars as his cards sold for nearly $667,000 all together. Haliburton sits 10th on this list with nearly $331,000 in sales. For perspective, Michael Jordan ranks No. 1 on this list with $5.6 million. Let's use the players' Panini Prizm Silver rookie cards with a gem mint 10 grade from PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator) as the baseline to gauge their markets, as they are popular cards that are frequently transacted but are more scarce than the base versions. SGA's 2018 card — with the Los Angeles Clippers — stands as one of the most expensive Prizm Silver rookie cards yielding an average price of $1,200 within the last 30 days. Only Giannis Antetokounmpo and Nikola Jokic carry Prizm Silver rookie cards, and that's thanks in most part to a small population count for rookie cards with those two players. The $1,200 price tag is nearly double where it was at the beginning of the year, when this card averaged sales of $675. One SGA rookie card sold for as much as $1,400 during the last 30 days. His current card price has jumped 300 percent in the past two years, only carrying an average price tag of $300 in May 2023. Advertisement By the Thunder eliminating Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference finals, the door feels wide open for SGA to take a firmer grasp at becoming one of the next big things in the basketball card hobby. Edwards' card market launched in last season's playoffs, specifically his 2020 Prizm Silver rookie in a PSA 10. In April 2024, Ant Man's card only sold on average for $597. His monster on-court run during the next month, during which searches for his name on eBay shot up 1,850 percent compared to the start of the season, launched this card into orbit with average sales on May 9 up to around $1,840. One week later, Edwards' cards drastically dipped in value to average sales of $1,120. The Silver rarely reached or topped that daily average ever since. Once this year's postseason commenced, we were right back where we started with Edwards. His 2020 Prizm Silver in a PSA 10 was even lower in mid-April this year than where it was before his sharp uptick, selling for $561 on April 15. His market shot back up in May, with the Timberwolves' run to the Western Conference finals, as average sales reached as high as $1,090 as of May 20. Now with Minnesota falling to Oklahoma City, Edwards' gem mint Prizm Silver card is already dropping again, averaging $870 as of Sunday. The card market for Haliburton, the league's most overrated player according to his peers in this season's anonymous player poll by The Athletic, flourished from an immediate boom shortly after the Pacers landed a spot in the NBA Finals. Haliburton's 2020 Panini Prizm Black Finite one-of-a-kind rookie card with a PSA 10 grade sold for nearly $120,000 last Saturday, which is about $35,000 more than his highest selling card of any kind. This is quite the turnaround after Haliburton's market sank to an all-time low early this season. Advertisement Once selling for as high as $700 in September 2021, his 2020 Panini Prizm Silver PSA 10 graded rookie card only commanded an average price of $161 in mid December. This occurred five months before The Athletic published the poll. Haliburton's rookie card — with the Sacramento Kings — rarely commanded a sale of more than $200 until May. The card is now selling for an average of around $413 as of Sunday, with a high sale of $450 in the past 30 days. Had the New York Knicks toppled the Pacers, the NBA trading card world's eyes would've been glued to Knicks guard Jalen Brunson instead. His card values during the past year have been on a very similar plane as Haliburton. Brunson's 2018 Prizm Silver rookie card — with the Dallas Mavericks — in a PSA 10 sold on average as high as $318 in mid-May. After the Eastern Conference finals loss, the card now only averages $247 as of Sunday. Last season's NBA Finals felt the same way for a potential card value boom for Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum. But he didn't play up to superstar level even though the Celtics won the title — so much so that teammate Jaylen Brown won the series MVP. Unfortunately for Tatum and his collectors, the forward ruptured his Achilles tendon in the Eastern Conference finals this year and will likely miss much of next season. His 2017 Prizm Silver rookie card with a PSA 10 grade went from averaging $979 in early June 2024 down to $585 as of Sunday. So even if you're the top star of an NBA championship winning team, it's no promise the player's card value will not only vault but maintain a new heightened price. But if SGA or Haliburton play to an NBA Finals MVP level, maybe one of the two, or even both players, could propel themselves into a higher trading card price bracket. The Athletic maintains full editorial independence in all our coverage. When you click or make purchases through our links, we may earn a commission.
New York Times
29-05-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Why rare auction of legendary T206 Honus Wagner card is attracting multi-million dollar bids
An ultra-rare T206 Honus Wagner card is now on sale at auction, marking a milestone event for the sports card hobby. It's also an occasion circled by the very wealthy who want bragging rights and a small piece of 116-year-old art that's repeatedly proven to be one of the world's most lucrative investments. Advertisement Bidding for the 'Connecticut Wagner,' which got its name after being brough to a Connecticut card show in 1985, opened on Wednesday at $2 million in Goldin's Spring Vintage Auction and rose above $3.1 million within the first hour. But Ken Goldin, founder of the auction house, would not be surprised if the winning bid doubled that amount — even though it is graded in 'poor' condition by PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator), as a '1' on a scale of 1-10. 'North of $6 million would be great for the hobby,' Goldin said. 'Somewhere in mid-seven figures. I view this card as an above-average '1' for the color and the fact that the face is really undisturbed where a lot are very disturbed. And the back is very clean.' Goldin said most 1s have significant paper loss on the back. The Wagner card was originally released by the American Tobacco Company in 1909, part of a set that was included with cigarettes. There are only 36 graded by leading trading card grader PSA and there are another 17 graded by SGC, according to Card Ladder, which tracks card sales across multiple marketplaces. Overall Goldin says the total population of all T206 Wagner cards is believed to be no more than 60. It's such an exclusive club that owners of the card have an exclusive club that meets annually. Last year was the first year in at least the last 30 where no new members joined the club, with no T206 Wagners changing hands. So demand for this offering is expected to be high. 'It has such cultural significance,' Goldin said. 'So many people who don't own anything else in sports would love to own a T206 Wagner for bragging rights.' And also for financial gain. 'I looked at every type of transaction I could think of in gold, precious metals, art, stocks,' Goldin continued. 'The only example I can find where the exact same item (meaning the same Wagner card) sold for more every time is a T206 Wagner, and it's done that in every grade.' Advertisement According to the auction house, the Wagner card in this grade has increased in value by 1,012 percent between 2010 and 2022 (the last two sales). That's between two and three times more than the growth in that period of the major U.S. stock indexes. Wagner is so famous for the scarcity of his card that his excellence as a baseball player is often given short shrift. The hall-of-fame shortstop overcame an unusual body type (barrel chest and bowed legs) to become baseball's greatest pure athlete over his 21-year career between 1897 and 1917, mostly with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He stole 723 bases in his career, leading the National League five times. Wagner led the NL in Wins Above Replacement 11 times, won eight batting crowns and amassed the eighth-most hits in history (3,420). The T206 set gets its name, which denotes it is tobacco card set No. 206, from Jefferson Burdick's 1939 book 'The American Card Catalog.' It has 523 or 524 subjects (a topic of some controversy, though Goldin says the number is 523). Legend has it that Wagner's card was pulled from distribution because he hated smoking. But according to the Smithsonian, it's far more likely Wagner just didn't want anyone profiting from his likeness. Goldin, dubbed 'The King of Collectibles' by Netflix in its reality series on his buying and selling operation, is an avid collector himself. But he said the Wagner card is now priced beyond him, even though he owns the rest of the T206 set. 'Like (many), I have waited to find one under a certain price and it just never happens. I wouldn't be surprised to see a graded Wagner of a '1' sell for $10 million soon. And the best of them could sell for $50 million.' The 'best' is in the collection of Arizona Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick. In 2007, he paid $2.8 million for a T206 Wagner graded an '8' (near mint to mint) by PSA in the early 1990s — the first card the company ever graded. Though Kendrick said he and others widely suspected the card was altered (trimmed to make it appear in better condition), he bought it anyway. In 2013, the Department of Justice extracted a confession from former sports memorabilia auction house owner Bill Mastro in a plea agreement in which he stated that he trimmed that Wagner card with a paper slicer. Advertisement PSA offered to buy the Wagner card back from Kendrick for what he paid to honor their guarantee. In a recent interview with Sports Card Investor, Kendrick said he declined because he bought it 'with reasonable knowledge and a cachet of wrongdoing. I figured that being part of a crime would make it more valuable.' Kendrick compares it to John Dillinger's gun, which is just a gun but has immensely more value due to its infamous role in a crime. He added that his instincts have clearly proven to be right. He also said the card deserves its grade. In 2021, Kendrick became an investor in PSA's parent company, Collectors Universe. The next highest graded T206 Wagner is one in 'excellent' condition (a '5' on the 10-point scale). Goldin said just 26 are graded higher than the PSA 1 he's auctioning. In April, an 'altered/restored' Wagner fetched $1.98 million. Goldin was impressed by that sale because he said that '95 percent (of buyers) would never have considered the altered Wagner. You had an artist recreate part of it. Let's say you have a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle with the top third torn off and send it out to an art restorer and get it rebuilt. To me it's not the same card.' While the Connecticut Wagner may technically be graded as poor, it's in its natural state and considered more a work of art and a cultural touchstone than a mere piece of cardboard. The Athletic maintains full editorial independence in all our coverage. When you click or make purchases through our links, we may earn a commission.
