Fan Signal Desk
Daily brief on cards and kits.
Edition 54 Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Live Heat

Kobe and LeBron on one card, past $2 million

A 1-of-1 that nobody graded for almost 20 years is now open on Alt, in a market where the comparable Kobe and Jordan card holds the all-time sports card record.

Kobe and LeBron on one card, past $2 million
Kobe Bryant-LeBron James Dual Logoman CardImage: sportscollectorsdaily

The card is a 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual Logoman, one copy, carrying autographs and game-worn NBA logo patches from both players. It sat ungraded for nearly 20 years, PSA put it in an 8 holder in August, and Alt has it at auction for the first time. Bidding opened Friday September 5 and had already surpassed $2 million, a figure the report attributes to Sports Collectors Daily; the sale runs through September 24 and Alt declined to give a presale estimate. For scale, a Kobe and Michael Jordan dual logoman from the same era sold for $12.93 million through Heritage Auctions about a year ago, and that is still the record for any sports card.

The Yahoo Sports report, on AOL
Kobe BryantLeBron JamesUpper Deck2007-08 Exquisite Collection
Source: Yahoo Sports 路 Published September 5, 2026

Drop Radar

Checklist Insider states an October 20, 2026 release for 2026 Topps Chrome x Jennie and an August 20 presale at $79.99 for a 10-card hobby box.

Checklist Insider dates 2026 Topps Chrome x Jennie to October 20, with presales already open at $79.99

This is Topps' first solo set for Blackpink's Jennie Kim, and it is a small box: $79.99 buys 10 cards, two 5-card packs. The base set runs 30 cards across her Blackpink and solo work, with Chromium Close-Ups and Monochrome Mementos as the inserts. Hard-signed base autographs are the chase, including Black parallels numbered to 10 and one-of-one Superfractors. Presales opened August 20, so a fan who wants in does not have to wait for the October 20 release date.

Checklist Insider's product page
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Source: Checklist Insider
Footy Headlines reports the kit released and on sale September 7, marking the 133rd anniversary of Genoa's founding by British sailors.

Kappa and Genoa release a hooped 26-27 third kit that puts a Union Jack under the collar

Genoa was founded by British sailors, and the club has built its 133rd anniversary shirt around that. The hoops are dark red and deep navy for a nautical read, the Griffin emblem is metallic gold, and a printed Union Jack sits under the collar, which the club says is the nod to its English origins. It went on sale September 7. Kappa heritage releases tend to be the ones that turn up on the resale boards a season later, so the club shop is the cheap window.

The Footy Headlines report
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Source: Footy Headlines 路 Published September 7, 2026
Footy Headlines reports the Adidas deal ending Puma's 33-year run, a September 7 collection launch, and on-pitch debuts September 26 against Croatia and October 3 against Spain.

Adidas takes over from Puma as Czech Republic kit supplier after 33 years, collection out September 7

The Football Association of the Czech Republic has signed Adidas on a long-term deal, ending a Puma partnership that started in 1994. The full Czechia collection, match kits plus training and lifestyle wear, launched September 7. For anyone who wants a shirt before it is on television, the home kit debuts against Croatia in the Nations League on September 26 and the away kit follows against Spain on October 3, which is the usual point at which a first-year supplier switch starts selling out sizes.

The Footy Headlines report
Czech RepublicAdidasPuma
Source: Footy Headlines
Footy Headlines reports the kit released September 7, with the coronet design developed in collaboration with Hull City Council.

Hull City's new Oxen third kit drops the club crest for three gold coronets, made with the city council

'The Three Coronets' went on sale September 7 in royal blue and white, the colors Hull briefly wore in 1935-36 when the club played in the civic colors of Kingston upon Hull. In place of the usual crest are three stacked gold coronets, developed with Hull City Council, and there is a gold-embroidered tiger head under the rear collar. A crest swap is rare enough on a league shirt that this one will read as a one-season object rather than a rotation piece.

The Footy Headlines report
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Source: Footy Headlines 路 Published September 7, 2026

Under the Radar

198 comments on r/baseballcards, posted September 7; scores are unavailable because the JSON endpoint blocked us and the RSS fallback carries none.

An r/baseballcards poster says base cards bought at 40 cents now go for $10-15, and 198 comments argue over selling

The poster bought a couple hundred base cards at 40 cents each around the time the Cubs acquired the player, who is 24 now, and says the same cards are quoted at $10 to $15 today. A commenter's joke names him as Pete Crow-Armstrong, which lines up with his actual trade to Chicago. What makes the thread worth reading is not the number but the argument under it: 198 comments on whether to sell into a possible MVP announcement or sit through it, whether grading a base card ever pays for itself, and whether the MVP case is already in the price. Both prices here are the poster's own, not a sold listing we checked.

The thread
Pete Crow-ArmstrongChicago Cubs
Source: r/baseballcards 路 Published September 7, 2026

Live Heat

A 1987-88 Fleer #59 Michael Jordan in PSA 10 is up to $35,100, from $32,000 a day ago

$35,100
BID 路 AUCTION OPEN
342 watchers 路 checked September 8, 2026
The eBay listing
Michael Jordan1987-88 Fleer
Source: Cardboard Connection (eBay most-watched tracker)

A 2015-16 Panini Flawless Cristiano Ronaldo autograph numbered to 10 with 41 bids

$12,300
BID 路 AUCTION OPEN
197 watchers 路 checked September 8, 2026
The eBay listing
Cristiano RonaldoPanini Flawless
Source: Cardboard Connection (eBay most-watched tracker)

From the Feed

Posted September 6 by @renoipgp on X.

Roman Pioneer logs 50-plus fake Panini and TRISTAR certificates and says one cert number is live on three different eBay jerseys

I just ran a targeted fraud sweep and logged 50+ confirmed fake certificates into @CheckCOA, focusing on @PaniniAmerica and @TRISTAR1. What jumped out immediately is how the Panini counterfeit pipeline is expanding: it's no longer just Kobe jerseys. Fraudsters are now faking oversized framed prints, like a 14x28 Luka Doncic photo with a bogus "#34/177" stamp ($600) and flooding the $300-$600 "mid-tier" market (Durant, Mbappe, Beckham, Morant) where buyers rarely expect forgeries. The certificate cloning is out of control. Take PA57308: we already had one fake logged in our database from Facebook, and right now THREE different @eBay sellers have separate active/sold listings using that exact same cert on three different physical jerseys ($981 sold, $6,000, and $19,999.99). The number checks out on Panini's lookup, but every single item is fake.

If you buy signed memorabilia in the $300 to $600 band, this is the part to sit with: the poster says the fakes have moved past Kobe jerseys into oversized framed prints and mid-tier stars, where nobody is expecting them. Every figure and every accusation here is his own, from his own database, and we have not checked CheckCOA, Panini's lookup, or the listings he references, so read it as a prompt to verify a certificate yourself rather than as a finding.

The post
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Source: Roman Pioneer (X) 路 Published September 6, 2026
Posted September 7 by @SportsCardInv on X.

Sports Card Investor watches a live Goldin bid on Shohei Ohtani's 1-of-1 Gold Logoman auto reach $592,000

Where will Ohtani's 1/1 Gold Logoman Auto end at? The 1/1 2026 Topps Chrome Gold MLB Logoman Autograph Shohei Ohtani is live on Goldin right now and has a bid of $592K with just over 19 days left in the auction. The 1/1 Gold MLB Logoman Autograph of Shohei Ohtani from 2025 Topps Chrome Baseball sold last year for $3M. Do you think the 2026 card can get anywhere close to what the 2025 one sold for?

This one is still running, with about 19 days left per the poster, so the number is a standing bid and nothing more. Worth separating the two cards in the post: the $3 million comparison is the 2025 Topps Chrome version that sold last year, a different 1-of-1 from a different year, not an earlier sale of the card on the block now.

The post
Shohei OhtaniTopps ChromeGoldin
Source: Sports Card Investor (X) 路 Published September 7, 2026
Posted September 6 by @CardsBoulevard on X.

Best Cards Ever posts a $102,000 sale for a 2024 Topps Chrome Tennis Aces Superfractor Novak Djokovic auto 1/1 in PSA 9

NEW RECORD SALE FOR NOVAK DJOKOVIC The 2024 Topps Chrome Tennis Aces Superfractor Novak Djokovic Auto 1/1 PSA 9 sold for $102,000 making it his highest public card sale of all time.

First tennis item to run in this section, and it arrives with the sport's ceiling attached: the poster calls it Djokovic's highest public card sale ever, which is his claim and not a number we could verify. No venue and no sale date are stated in the post; the PSA 9 and cert 101094063 come from the slab label in the photo.

The post
Novak DjokovicTopps Chrome
Source: Best Cards Ever (X) 路 Published September 6, 2026
Posted September 7 by @Footy_Headlines on X.

Footy Headlines posts a frog green prediction render for Germany's first Nike away kit

Nike goes frog green for Germany's first away kit

Footy Headlines labels the images as its own predictions built from leaked colors, not photos of a shirt, and no design, date, or price is confirmed. It also belongs to the 2027 cycle, when Nike replaces Adidas, so this is more than a year out; Bavarian Football Works has picked up the same leak separately.

The post
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Source: Footy Headlines (X) 路 Published September 7, 2026

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