Fan Signal Desk
Daily brief on cards and kits.
Edition 65 Saturday, September 19, 2026
Mover of the Day

Anthony Hill Jr. sets the NFL rookie debut tackle record

The Titans linebacker starts in Week 2 off a 16-tackle opener, and the patch he wore that day is already promised to a 1-of-1 Topps card in 2027, on a morning when Fanatics Collectibles dated a Paris flagship for October 23 and Pete Crow-Armstrong's debut patch auto passed $207,000 at Goldin.

Hill was only on the field in Week 1 because veteran Cedric Gray went into concussion protocol, and he came off it with 16 tackles, a franchise-tying figure that Yahoo Sports and SI both call an NFL rookie-debut record. Coach Robert Saleh has now handed him the starting Mike linebacker job. The collectible side of this is a Topps program rather than a price move: beginning with the 2026 class, every NFL rookie making a first regular-season appearance wears a special Debut Patch, which is later removed from the game-worn jersey and embedded into a 1-of-1 autographed Topps card releasing in 2027, and Hill's Week 1 debut falls inside that stated scope. For anything you can actually hold this week, his 2026 Topps Flagship rookie #389 is already listed for sale on eBay.

Source: AtoZ Sports 路 Published September 18, 2026
Presales dated to September 22, 2026 by Checklist Insider, with the base set size and named rookie and insert content; no retail release date or box price stated on the page.

Checklist Insider dates 2026-27 Topps Flagship Basketball presales to September 22

The 300-card base set leads with the 2026 NBA rookie class: AJ Dybantsa, Darryn Peterson, Cameron Boozer, Caleb Wilson, and Keaton Wagler among them. It also carries the first LeBron James cards in a Sixers uniform and the first Giannis Antetokounmpo cards as a Heat player, which is the kind of first-card-in-a-new-shirt detail that decides what people chase in a flagship set. Rookie-signature inserts and relic cards of Stephen Curry, Luka Doncic, Victor Wembanyama, and Anthony Edwards fill out the hit side. The page stops at the presale date: no full retail release date and no box price yet.

Source: Checklist Insider 路 Published September 19, 2026
Released September 18, 2026 at 100 British pounds a box per Checklist Insider, with box contents and a 114-card base set; secondary listings for boxes and cases quoted at 139.99 to 822.70 pounds.

Checklist Insider: Topps put out 2026-27 Summer Signings UEFA on September 18 at 100 pounds a box

It went out through Topps' European stores first, at 100 British pounds a box: 36 cards, one autograph, and two numbered parallels in each. The 114-card base set spans the Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League, with New Signing, Rising Star, and Star Signing subsets, plus a new First Glimpse insert built on in-game imagery of players already wearing their new club's shirt. That insert is the reason to care here, because a summer-transfer set that waits for real match photos beats one that ships mockups. Checklist Insider puts current secondary listings for boxes and cases at 139.99 to 822.70 pounds, so the 100-pound store price sits well under what the resale market is asking.

Source: Checklist Insider 路 Published September 18, 2026
Opening date of October 23, 2026 and the Rue Saint-Lazare location confirmed by Fanatics Collectibles, reported by Retail Technology Innovation Hub on September 17.

Fanatics Collectibles dates its second flagship store to October 23 on Rue Saint-Lazare in Paris

This is the company's first store in continental Europe, and it matches the 5,500-square-foot footprint of the London Regent Street flagship. The shelves are set to carry trading cards, stickers, memorabilia, singles, and collector supplies for Paris Saint-Germain, the Champions League, Formula 1, the NBA, NFL, and MLB, alongside Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars lines. David Leiner, President of Trading Cards at Fanatics Collectibles, says the store is built around "trading cards, community, product and the moments that make collecting special," with live events and breaking sessions planned. For anyone in reach of Paris, that is a second room in Europe where you can handle product before you buy it, which is still rare on this side of the Atlantic.

Source: Retail Technology Innovation Hub 路 Published September 17, 2026
Release reported by Footy Headlines on September 17 with full design detail; no on-sale date and no price stated on the page.

Footy Headlines: Puma releases Pe帽arol's 135th anniversary kit with a retro CURCC crest

The shirt splits down the middle, solid black on the left, thin yellow-and-black stripes on the right, mirrored on the sleeves, under a black polo collar trimmed in yellow. The club badge is replaced by a retro CURCC shield, for Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club, ringed with golden laurel branches; the back carries vintage stitched-effect white numbering and the historic "Decano" inscription, and the sponsor logos run in gold. It marks the club's founding as CURCC on September 28, 1891, which is the part that makes this a keeper rather than another anniversary badge on a normal shirt. Footy Headlines has the piece headlined as released but states no on-sale date and no price, so there is nothing to click through to yet.

Source: Footy Headlines 路 Published September 17, 2026
Pack opened September 17 and reported by Just Collect, with a stated PSA population of one 10 and 24 nines on the Maris #2, and $11,965 for the last PSA 9 sale.

Just Collect opens a 65-year-old 1961 Topps cello pack and pulls Maris, two Killebrews, and a Mays-Clemente leaders card

The pack was a PSA-graded 1961 Topps first-series cello, sealed for roughly 65 years, cut open on September 17. Twelve cards came out of it: a Roger Maris #2, two Harmon Killebrews, a 1960 NL Leaders card carrying both Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente, and a Tracy Stallard. Just Collect notes that only one Maris #2 in the world grades PSA 10, and that the last PSA 9 to trade, out of the 24 that exist, went for $11,965. What happens next is the whole point of an unopened vintage pack: the cards are fresh out of wax, so the grades are still open.

Source: Just Collect Blog 路 Published September 17, 2026
Purchase reported by Just Collect on September 17: appraised October 2025, bought July 2026, no price or grades disclosed.

Just Collect buys a Texas collector's 1948 Leaf set, Ted Williams and a misprinted Honus Wagner included

Just Collect first appraised the collection in October 2025 and bought it in July 2026. In it: a Ted Williams, a Luke Appling "Old Aches and Pains," and a Honus Wagner coach card printed with the name "John" instead of "Honus." The set history is the part most people get wrong. The 1948 Leaf checklist runs 1 to 168, but the set only totals 98 cards, because nearly half the numbers were short printed, and the cards actually circulated in 1949 despite the 1948 copyright date. No price and no grades were disclosed.

Source: Just Collect Blog 路 Published September 17, 2026
Final installment confirmed by Adidas and reported by Footy Headlines on August 16; 23 MLS clubs covered across 2024 to 2026, eight in the closing wave.

Footy Headlines: Adidas closes its MLS Archive Kit Collection after three years and 23 clubs

Adidas calls the 2026 release "the third and final installment," with no further Archive drops planned for MLS clubs. That shuts the program at 23 clubs across 2024 to 2026 and turns the whole run into a finite, completable thing rather than an open line you can never finish. The last wave covered eight teams, Austin FC, CF Montreal, Chicago Fire FC, Houston Dynamo FC, Orlando City SC, Philadelphia Union, Real Salt Lake, and Vancouver Whitecaps FC, each with a dedicated third jersey and a matching track jacket. Adidas senior designer Griffin Claes says the aim was kits that "feel nostalgic while capturing the true spirit of the eight cities."

Source: Footy Headlines 路 Published August 16, 2026

A 1984-85 Star Michael Jordan #101 XRC across 62 bids on eBay

$80,100
BID 路 AUCTION OPEN
checked September 19, 2026
Source: Cardboard Connection (eBay most-watched tracker)

A PSA 8 1956 Topps #135 Mickey Mantle Gray Back across 40 bids on eBay

$18,500
BID 路 AUCTION OPEN
201 watchers 路 checked September 19, 2026
Source: Cardboard Connection (eBay most-watched tracker)

A PSA 10 2024 SP Authentic Macklin Celebrini rookie auto across 27 bids on eBay

$13,200
BID 路 AUCTION OPEN
179 watchers 路 checked September 19, 2026
Source: Cardboard Connection (eBay most-watched tracker)
Posted September 17 by @Footy_Headlines on X.

Footy Headlines says AS Roma's 27-28 kits will pay homage to the club's three founding clubs

馃惡馃敶馃煛 BREAKING: AS Roma 27-28 Kits to Pay Homage to Three Founding Clubs:

The post shows three historic crests: a she-wolf-and-twins shield, a leather-ball emblem lettered Foot Ball Club di Roma, and an ALBA monogram, standing for the Rome clubs that merged into AS Roma in 1927. Footy Headlines' own French-language version of the exclusive puts the kits in summer 2027, tied to the club's 100th anniversary; no design, price, or release date is shown yet.

Source: Footy Headlines (X) 路 Published September 17, 2026
Posted September 17 by @CardsBoulevard on X.

Best Cards Ever reports a $13,200 sale for a PSA 10 2025 Topps Chrome Cosmic Stars In The Night Ohtani

This Ohtani card is out of this world 馃く

A 2025 Topps Chrome Cosmic Stars In The Night Shohei Ohtani PSA 10 sold for $13,200.

The card in the photo is a refractor-bordered insert showing Ohtani in Dodgers uniform against a painted night sky, slabbed PSA 10 under cert 160463064. The post names no marketplace, no sale date, and no buyer, so the slab photo and the account's word are the whole receipt.

Source: Best Cards Ever (X) 路 Published September 17, 2026
Posted September 17 by @Topps on X.

Topps shows the first All Kings cards for Topps Flagship Premier League, Saka and Haaland

FIRST LOOK: The iconic 'All Kings' trading cards arrive in Topps Flagship Premier League for the first time! 馃憫

Two designs are in the post: a red-foil King of clubs Bukayo Saka in Arsenal's home red, and a purple-foil Erling Haaland in Manchester City sky blue rendered in gold line art and stamped 1/1. Topps calls it the first time All Kings has appeared in Flagship Premier League; no card numbers, price, or release date are shown.

Source: Topps (X) 路 Published September 17, 2026
Posted September 17 by @SportsCardInv on X.

Sports Card Investor reports a $24,000 eBay sale for a PSA 10 2024 Panini Revolution Vertical Stephen Curry Kaboom!

A PSA 10 2024 Panini Revolution Stephen Curry Kaboom! just set a new high, selling for $24,000 on eBay 馃搱

That's a massive jump from the previous record of $16,800, set just last month in early August 馃敟

The slab in the photo carries cert 143183113 on a 2024 Revolution Vertical Curry Kaboom!, and the account calls the $24,000 a new high for the card, up from $16,800 in early August. No eBay listing is linked in the post, so the photo and the account's word are the receipt for now.

Source: Sports Card Investor (X) 路 Published September 17, 2026

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