Sports Cards Daily Digest Oct 17: Chrome Football FDI Sells Out at $2,500, Griffey Glossy PSA 10 Up 96%
By Grade10 News Editor
2026 Topps Chrome Football FDI boxes sold out at $2,500, 11% below last year; a 1989 Fleer Glossy Griffey PSA 10 hit a record $8,700.
CL50 rookie bellwethers (latest published 30-day change): 5 of 8 down, 3 up. Jeter 93 SP −18.03%, Brady 00 Bowman Chrome −10.05%, Durant 07 Topps Chrome +9.68% (Card Ladder).
Chrome Football FDI sells out at $2,500. The 2026 Topps Chrome Football First Day Issue Dutch auction opened at $3,500 on Oct 16 (Card Purchaser) and sold out at $2,500 (Checklist Insider), 10.7% below last edition's $2,800 (Slabnomics).
Low-pop '90s baseball hits highs. 1989 Fleer Glossy Griffey PSA 10 (pop 120) sold for $8,700, up 96% in a year; 1993 Finest Refractor Bonds PSA 9 is up 202% (Card Ladder).
Topps removes the seal on Mega boxes. 2026 Chrome Football Mega boxes go on presale at Topps.com on Oct 19 at 1pm ET, shipped unsealed (Checklist Insider). Last edition's $69.99 Mega trades around $92.47 (SportsCardsPro).
eBay accepted offers are not sale prices. Of 308 Jordan single-card sales on Oct 15, 63 were accepted best offers that show only the ask, including a $57,750 PSA 9 1986 Fleer (RazMania).
Grading math. PSA Value tiers remain paused; Standard is $59.99 (PSA). After eBay's 13.25% fee, a PSA Standard slab must beat raw by $69.15 to break even, versus $23.05 at CGC Economy (Blue Media World).
How fast will 2026 Chrome Football Mega boxes sell out on Topps.com on Oct 19?
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