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Record Johnny Unitas SI Sale Was a Rare, Hugely Successful eBay Flip | Market Report 5.13.26

Plus: Sophomore "LaBron" on the cover of Ohio Roundball Prep, early Ohtanis cool off, an iconic Jackie Robinson portrait, and more
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Will Courtyard's Graded SLAM Packs Catch On? | Market Report 5.6.26
Plus: A surprising subscription sale, a high-grade Johnny Unitas SI, Shohei Ohtani's first Weekly Baseball cover, and more
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Tiger Woods "Masterpiece" SI Sets New Record — But Why? | Market Report 4.29.26
Plus: Shohei Ohtani double feature nets more than $7K on Japanese auction site
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Shohei Ohtani's Hochi High School Debut Cover Tops $18K at Auction | Market Report 4.22.26
Plus: Price differences among MJ 9.8s, Muhammad Ali's first Ring cover, and thoughts on slabbed single pages
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Early Ohtani Cover Tops $40K as Rare Vintage Grails Finally Hit Auction | Market Report 4.15.26
Last week, between Goldin’s March Elite Auction and Weekly Auction ending April 9, twenty-five graded magazines sold for at least $1,000, totaling…
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Everything We Know About Shohei Ohtani’s Early Japanese Magazine Covers
After a record-setting $40,000 sale of a graded Ohtani magazine from 2012, we set out to catalog all his cover appearances as a high school phenom.
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From Hogan to McIlroy: The Most Memorable Masters Magazine Covers
When I’m not dinking around on the world’s best website, I spend the early part of Masters week picking up green golf covers while waiting for the…
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SPORT Slowly Emerges from a Decades-Long Slumber
Plus: A new SLAM record, a truckload of Ring mags, a very early Shaq publication, and two must-have new releases
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Are Rare Early Covers of Stars Undervalued by Sports Magazine Collectors?
Plus: A sensational Shai slab, another early Ohtani, and hello? Heritage? Is anyone home?
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SLAM Is Onto Something with Their “Instant” Bam Adebayo Cover
Last week, the defensive-minded Bam Adebayo knocked the basketball world off its axis by scoring 83 points in a single game. SLAM seized the moment…
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