🏆 by @SLAMonline | Basketball culture, collected.

Cooper Flagg's Topps Chrome debut patch just shattered the all-time record for a basketball card. The 1/1 grail, once the subject of countless bounties from personalities in and out of the collectibles world, sold in a Fanatics Collect auction for $8,040,000.
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There's a new all-time record for a graded magazine. A 9.8 of Michael Jordan's first Sports Illustrated cover in a Bulls jersey sold at Goldin for over $378K this weekend. Who else has been keeping that box of old issues pristine all these years?
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In the midst of shutdown of their Value and Bulk tiers that has stretched back to June, PSA has added an additional service tier to help work through their backlog.
Collectors, our reopening starts here. Meet Standard, available September 14 at $59.99 per card. psacard.click/0909-Update-x
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SLAM Grails retweeted
They're here. The first Platinum Metal SLAM mag to surface on eBay is listed with a Buy It Now price of $2,500. For the first time in four years, /24 Platinum Metals are back. This time as chase parallels in Orange Metal runs.
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SLAM Grails retweeted
Replying to @SLAMGrails
We were the seller in this transaction. The buyer has one of the largest collections of high-end Wemby cards. We’re delighted to see crossover buyers coming to magazines from the card world, but we’re not surprised as the photographic quality, aesthetic appeal and rarity (#/94) of this SLAM #240 Gold matches up well against any of his cards.
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A Gold Metal copy of Victor Wembanyama's SLAM debut just set a new all-time high for any unsigned SLAM magazine on a public platform. The 9.6-graded CGC slab sold at eBay for $5,950 over the weekend, eclipsing last year's 9.9-graded Caitlin Clark debut which sold for $4,819.
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The photomatched kicks from Angel Reese's 2023 championship season - worn when she went viral for blocking a shot with one shoe - is up for auction at @Heritage_Sport.
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Deal or no deal? The Dallas Mavericks are offering 32 years worth of premium, lower level season tickets, a signed, game-worn Cooper Flagg jersey, private experiences and more for the 1/1 Cooper Flagg Debut Patch auto.
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LeBron James' first SLAM cover set a pair of new all-time highs at Goldin last month. The iconic magazine featuring James and Sebastian Telfair sold for $1,526, a new high watermark for any public sale of a newsstand issue from the early 2000s.
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SLAM Grails retweeted
While I didn’t attend, I’m getting rave reviews about the SLAM booth at Fanatics Fest. Just look at all the slabbed issues they have! Then I saw Amar’e Stoudemire post this on his IG. This is the first time I’ve ever seen an athlete acknowledge the graded magazine hobby like this. And not just any athlete, this guy was the NBA Rookie of the Year and a 6x All-Star. Crazy to see how far this hobby has come! 📸: amareisreal (IG)
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There's a PSA 9.6 of Kobe's first Sports Illustrated currently up for auction at @GoldinCo with over six days left to bid. A PSA 8.0 sold for just shy of $500 less than three months ago and a CGC 9.8 sold for $8,000 in May.
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The jersey that Jalen Brunson wore in Game 1 of the 2026 NBA Finals just closed for $1,024,000.
Auction items from the NBA Finals are set to close tonight, including court panels from MSG bearing the iconic Finals logo, the mesh from the title-clinching game and Jalen Brunson's Game 1 jersey.
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Auction items from the NBA Finals are set to close tonight, including court panels from MSG bearing the iconic Finals logo, the mesh from the title-clinching game and Jalen Brunson's Game 1 jersey.
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Not sure who needs to hear this but you can cop graded copies of the Kawhi Leonard / Raptors champs cover at SLAM Goods. 🔗 : slamgoods.com/products/slam-…
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Minutes before "The Hand of OG" auction was set to close at Sotheby's, the instantly iconic ball was pulled from the public auction. @CllctMedia reports that the ball will instead go to the Knicks. W for New York. How do collectors feel?
Imagine owning the game-used basketball from OG Anunoby's Finals tip-in. The opportunity is real at @Sothebys.
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Who's been saving up for the day the United Center court from Chicago's second three-peat goes up for auction? Now is your chance.
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Day 1 loyalty. SLAM's limited edition Orange Metal covers - available for just 48 hours when a new mag launches - give fans an opportunity to celebrate a major milestone in the next generation's careers.
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The NBA Combine jerseys worn by this year's class are up for auction at Sotheby's. Will any come close to the $22,860 that Cooper Flagg's sold for last year?
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