Michael Jordan’s first Sports Illustrated cover from 1983 graded at 8.5 sold at Goldin Auctions last month for a record $12,800…and there are 5 copies graded higher! Can you imagine what the 9.6 would sell for today? Roberto Clemente’s first Sports Illustrated cover from 1967 graded at 9.0 sold on eBay in September for a record $11,499. The very first Sports Illustrated issue featuring Eddie Mathews from August 16, 1954, graded at 9.8 sold on Heritage Auctions in May for $11,100. Here are a few recent, record-breaking sales.Ī copy of Patrick Mahomes first Sports Illustrated cover from 2018 graded at 9.8 sold at Heritage Auctions in September for a $10,800. 2021 saw a 300% increase! The explosion of growth in this hobby is just beginning, and recent sales prices are reflecting that. 2018, 20 each saw a 50% increase in the number of raw issues submitted for grading. But since 2017, those numbers have grown significantly. While CGC has been officially grading non-comic magazines for over 10 years, for most of those years the total number of Sports Illustrated issues graded were less than 100 per year. The good news is, it’s still early enough for you to get in on this before the big explosion occurs. It really is the best of both worlds, and the graded sports magazine hobby is having a break-out year. Just as sports cards are driven by the passion for Michael Jordan, Mickey Mantle, and Kobe Bryant, Sports Illustrated has been featuring stars like these on their covers for nearly 70 years. Just as comic books have amazing cover illustrations, Sports Illustrated has been known for its incredible, award-winning photography. I’m talking about graded sports magazines, specifically Sports Illustrated. Something that combines two of the largest collectible hobbies….comic books and sports cards. However, something similar is happening, as a new genre of collectible is emerging. What if I told you that you could go back in time about 20 years to when comic books were first being graded? What raw books would you race out to purchase, knowing they’d be worth a ton of money once you got them graded? Which graded slabs would be the first on your list to pick up? It’s a nice daydream, but obviously, we don’t have time travel figured out yet.
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