Fan Signal Desk
Daily brief on cards and kits.
Edition 69 Wednesday, September 23, 2026
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Jaxson Dart's knee injury could cost him the season

Giants QB Jaxson Dart suffered a knee injury
Giants QB Jaxson DartImage: Wikimedia

The Giants rookie's cards have been putting up five and six figure sales all through September, and nobody has posted a single number from after the news.

Dart hurt the knee against the Rams, and NFL.com, NBC Sports' Pro Football Talk and Yardbarker all reported on September 22 that the MRI came back worse than the first read, with season-ending surgery on the table. His rookie cards had been putting up real numbers going in: Heavy.com logged a PSA 10 Topps Chrome Kaiju insert at $7,000 and a PSA 9 Chrome Black Wave with a 10 autograph grade at $7,100 on eBay on September 13, hours after the season-opening win over Dallas, against $4,325 for a raw Black Wave numbered to 10 back in May. At the top end, a PSA 10 one-of-one Panini Prizm Black Finite rookie took $204,000 through Fanatics Collect in late August, and our September 22 edition carried a $197,640 Goldin close for his PSA 10 Topps Chrome SuperFractor. The cards collectors will be watching now are that 2025 Topps Chrome run, and there is no post-injury sales data yet: SI Collectibles' own September 22 piece on the injury says it does not have any either.

Source: r/nfl · Published September 22, 2026
The Topps listing states a September 23 release at 12pm ET, with Checklist Insider and Collector Nation stating the same date.

Topps releases 2026 Bowman Chrome Baseball Mega Boxes today at 12pm ET

Each mega box holds 6 packs of 6 cards out of a 100-card set split evenly between base and prospects, with a Mojo Refractor parallel that exists only in this format and Bowman Rookies Mega Autographs inserts. The Topps listing puts the release at 12pm ET today, and Checklist Insider and Collector Nation both state the same date. No MSRP turned up on any page we fetched. The one retail number we found is Mojo Break Shop's pre-order at $114.99 a box, which is a retailer's price rather than Topps'.

Source: Polkastarter
Checklist Insider states an estimated September 23 release and a release-day price of $699.99; Topps' own pre-order listing, fetched today, still shows $679.99.

2026 Topps Vault Marvel is due today, with the box price up from $679.99 to $699.99

Checklist Insider calls today an estimated date rather than a Topps-confirmed street date, and says the box price goes to $699.99 on release day. When we listed it on September 21 the number was the $679.99 EQL raffle presale price from August 11, and Topps' own hobby box pre-order page still showed $679.99 when we fetched it this morning, so the two do not agree yet. Each box holds two cards, one autograph or autograph relic and one relic or sketch card, drawn from Marvel film props and actor autographs.

Source: Checklist Insider
Cardboard Connection, Checklist Insider, Beckett and Collector Nation all state September 23, 2026, resolving the November 4 conflict we flagged on August 29.

2025-26 Panini National Treasures Road to FIFA World Cup releases today, settling an August date conflict

Cardboard Connection's set review puts this ultra-premium World Cup product on September 23, and Checklist Insider, Beckett and Collector Nation all state the same date. The base set runs 150 cards across more than 30 national teams, every one numbered to 99 or fewer, with a combined eight autograph or memorabilia cards guaranteed per hobby box. When we first carried this set on August 29 a third-party calendar had it at November 4 instead, and four trade sources now agreeing on today is what settles that. No price was stated on any page we read.

Source: Cardboard Connection
The Bay Republic lists the replica at $170.00; MLB.com and News.SportsLogos.net both cover the September 22 debut.

The Rays' new road jersey is on sale at the club shop for $170

The Bay Republic, the Rays' own shop, lists the Nike gray Tampa Bay road replica at $170.00. It is the uniform the team wore against the Yankees on September 22, a modern take on the 1998-2000 road grays that fans picked in a club poll back in March, and MLB.com says it is the Rays' primary road look going forward. The club clinched the AL East in the same week, so the shop also has a 2026 Division Champs locker room tee at $45.00 and a matching hat at $40.00.

Source: The Bay Republic (Tampa Bay Rays shop) · Published September 22, 2026
Kit Geek published the catalog on September 23, covering ten one-off combinations between 1960 and 2026.

Kit Geek catalogs ten England kit combinations worn exactly once since 1960

Kit Geek's rule is strict: a shirt, shorts and socks pairing England wore in one full international and never repeated. The list runs from white shirts with navy shorts and hooped red, white and navy socks against Wales in November 1960, through the only time England paired navy shorts with navy socks, against Wales in October 1961, to the all-navy Euro 2012 look against Sweden and the final Umbro-era kit against Italy in August 2012. Most of these were forced by kit clashes or tournament-specific alternatives rather than chosen by anyone, which is a large part of why they never came back.

Source: Kit Geek · Published September 23, 2026
Just Collect posted the purchase on September 22: 38 cards from the 1929 R316 Kashin set, two of them Babe Ruth. No price or grade stated for any card.

Just Collect buys an inherited Colorado collection with two 1929 R316 Kashin Babe Ruths

The consignor, a Colorado collector named Michael, inherited the lot from his father. It runs to 38 cards from the 1929 R316 Kashin set, two of them Babe Ruth, plus 1947-66 Exhibit Supply Company cards of Duke Snider, Harmon Killebrew and Lew Burdette, 1961 team-issued Twins and Phillies cards, and 1965 Cardinals photocards. R316 is the kind of issue that sits in the shadow of T206 and Goudey, so a 38-card run of it surfacing intact out of one family collection is the part worth noting. Just Collect states no price and no grade for anything in it, and this is the same dealer that turned up a 1917-20 Babe Ruth M101-6 at The National in July.

Source: Just Collect Blog · Published September 22, 2026
Posted September 22 by Logic Universe on X.

Logic Universe posts a list of the oldest football clubs still playing today

The Oldest Football Clubs Still Playing Today ⚽

🏴 Sheffield FC — 1857
🏴 Hallam FC — 1860
🏴 Notts County — 1862
🏴 Stoke City — 1863
🏴 Wrexham AFC — 1864
🏴 Nottingham Forest — 1865
🏴 Queen’s Park — 1867
🏴 Sheffield Wednesday — 1867

The graphic runs from Sheffield FC in 1857 through Sheffield Wednesday in 1867, with Wrexham AFC in 1864 listed as the oldest in Wales and Queen's Park in 1867 as Scotland's oldest. No kit, card or price in it, just eight founding dates.

Source: Logic Universe (X) · Published September 22, 2026
Posted September 21 by ExtraXTime on X.

ExtraXTime picks out the Nations League fixtures landing in one international break

MUST-WATCH NATIONS LEAGUE FIXTURES.

Netherlands vs Germany. England vs Spain. Belgium vs France. France vs Italy all in one International Break.

#NationsLeague #UEFANationsLeague #NEDGER #ENGESP #BELFRA #FRAITA

The graphic pulls Netherlands vs Germany, England vs Spain, Belgium vs France and France vs Italy into a single window across late September and early October, with kickoff times and venues on each. No kit, product or price in it, just the fixtures.

Source: ExtraXTime (X) · Published September 21, 2026
Posted September 21 by Heritage Auctions Sports on X.

Heritage Auctions Sports posts a record $625,250 for a 1995 SP Top Prospects Michael Jordan autograph

Collectors covet unique Michael Jordan cards and this 1995 UD SP Top Prospects fits the bill, it’s the most desirable card released during MJ’s foray into baseball

This example with a 10 auto from His Airness realized $625,250 over the weekend, a record price for the card

The card is a 1995 Upper Deck SP Top Prospects Jordan autograph in PSA EX-MT 6 with a PSA/DNA Auto 10, cert 169619140, from his detour into baseball. Heritage calls it the most desirable card released during that stretch and says the price is a record for the card.

Source: Heritage Auctions Sports (X) · Published September 21, 2026
Posted September 22 by Sports Card Investor on X.

Sports Card Investor posts a $2,848,700 live bid on Ohtani's 1/1 Topps Chrome Gold Logoman

This is now Shohei Ohtani's FOURTH most expensive sale and there's still 4 days left in the auction 🤯

The 2026 Topps Chrome Gold MLB Logoman Autograph Shohei Ohtani 1/1 Unused Redemption card is live on Goldin right now with a current bid of $2,848,700 (including buyer's premium).

How much do you think it will end up selling for? 🤔

The card is a 2026 Topps Chrome Gold MLB Logoman Autograph Shohei Ohtani one of one, an unused redemption, live on Goldin with four days still to run. The account says the current bid includes the buyer's premium and calls it Ohtani's fourth most expensive sale, which is its own ranking.

Source: Sports Card Investor (X) · Published September 22, 2026

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