Sports Collectors Digest

COLLECTORS ‘SPRING’ INTO ACTION

THE BOYS OF SPRING ’21 — Ah, the smell of spring and the joys it can bring—particularly this year, as the world continues the fight against COVID-19. The best indicator of spring? Baseball, of course.

With spring training in full swing, collectors are fully on board. You’ll see “evergreen” names like Rickey Henderson, Pete Rose, Mickey Mantle and Babe Ruth on our Top 10 chart, but current stars are also sparking bidding activity.

At the head of the class is Mike Trout. In February, an eBay seller got $89,100 on 79 bids for a 2009 Bowman Chrome Trout Gold Refractor. Graded PSA 9, the signed card was

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