Rare Brazilian Pelé trading card sells for $66,000

One of the most sought-after soccer trading cards in the world entered auction earlier this week. The card, a 1958 Americana LTDA Futebol Pele rookie, is considered extremely rare. This is, of course, reflected in the card's final sale price. The auction ultimately ended on Thursday night with a winning bidder of $66,000. The history […]

The quest to complete a Panini World Cup sticker album is a worldwide phenomenon. In Argentina, adults and children line up for hours to buy stickers. In Brazil, criminals hijacked a van carrying 300,000 World Cup stickers. In the United States, you can find entire families working together in teams to complete their World Cup […]

The value of a collectible is determined by several factors. While desire is at the top of the list, authenticity and quality are not far behind. The condition a soccer card is in will greatly affect its value. In addition, if the card is autographed, having it authenticated will increase the worth. There are several […]

Paris (AFP) – Sorare, the French startup behind a game that lets players trade virtual football stickers for hefty sums, on Tuesday said it had raised a record $680 million from investors, valuing the group at $4.3 billion. It is the largest amount ever raised in a single private fundraising round in the French tech […]

Come watch us open a mystery package of soccer trading cards to see what we find – including two greatest players of all time, a 1939 cigarette card and rookie cards of future stars. The mystery pack was purchased via Twitter from LAFC radio commentator Dave Denholm. We had no idea what was included in […]

In our series about soccer trading cards and stickers, the latest collection we share is the 1987 Panini soccer sticker album, which is for the 1986/87 season. Watch our walkthrough of the complete 1987 Panini Football sticker album featuring a unique season in English soccer history where British clubs were banned from playing in European […]

In our series about soccer trading cards and stickers, the latest collection we share is the 1983 Panini soccer sticker album, which is for the 1982/83 season. For me, personally, it's a memorable album because it's the first vintage one I've been able to finish. It took about two years to complete after swapping stickers […]

All summer long, we're continuing our series that focuses on collecting soccer stickers and trading cards. This week, it's a vintage English soccer sticker collection from the 1979/80 season. Produced by Ava Americana and titled Football Special 79, this collection has a special meaning for me (as well as many soccer collectors from the late […]

One of the trading cards I didn't expect to pull from the 2020/21 Panini Mosaic collection was an autograph from Raul Jimenez. The Wolverhampton Wanderers striker has been a fixture of the Premier League side since 2018. It seems like forever ago that he played in LaLiga. But later after finding the card, memories flooded […]

When Kartik Krishnaiyer visited me recently to spend some time researching his upcoming book on Florida history, he also brought a treasure trove of soccer collectibles to share. One was the completed album of Euro 2020 stickers that Panini issued this year. More impressively was his completed collection of Topps Bundesliga sticker albums from the […]

Many soccer fans in the United States may not realize that every year Topps releases Major League Soccer trading cards. There's hardly any publicity about it. Few seem to talk about it, but they're out there. Recently, I decided to pick up a few packs to see what they look like, and I was pleasantly […]