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REUTERS: Pristine, rare Babe Ruth card dazzles collectors
A rare, 91-year-old Babe Ruth card that once sold for a penny could fetch more than a million dollars on the auction block this month, as a coveted piece of baseball history goes up for grabs.
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED: Fanatics Live Acquires Voggt to Boost Presence in Europe’s Growing Card Market
Fanatics Collectibles has become a trading card leader in North America, with card manufacturing, league exclusives, a marketplace, and a streaming platform.
SPORTICO: Fanatics Collect Launches Hoping to Streamline Trading Card Sales
Fanatics launched a collectibles marketplace called Fanatics Collect on Tuesday, the company announced in a news release.
CLLCT: Fanatics Collect app aims to ‘remove friction’ for collectors
A little more than a month after announcing the complete rebrand of trading card marketplace PWCC, Fanatics officially launched its replacement, Fanatics Collect, on Tuesday afternoon.
BARRON’S: Fanatics and Sotheby’s Team up to Sell High-End Trading Cards
Fanatics is upping its game through a partnership with Sotheby’s to sell trading cards with values of US $100,000 or more, leveraging the international reach of the auction house to broaden its business.
SPORTS BUSINESS JOURNAL: B/R, Fanatics Live partner on content, digital shop
TNT Sports’ Bleacher Report is hosting a new sports card-breaking show and opening a digital shop in the Fanatics Live commerce platform as part of a new content partnership between the two.
SPORTS COLLECTORS DIGEST: New Fanatics program to reward collectors for pulling ‘The Ten’ hottest sports cards on the market
Fanatics Collectibles and Fanatics Live launched a new program Wednesday that will highlight 10 of hottest sports cards on the market and reward collectors for finding them during card breaks on the Fanatics Live platform.
SPORTS BUSINESS JOURNAL: Dude Perfect partnering with Fanatics Live for new series
Fanatics Live is partnering with Dude Perfect on a series of live shows featuring memorabilia bidding, interactive giveaways and real-time engagement with fans.
FORBES: Fanatics Launches Fanatics Live: A Livestream Commerce App Redefining The Trading Card Ecosystem
Fanatics is executing another play to build its trading card ecosystem with today’s launch of its new livestream commerce business, Fanatics Live. The new app promises collectors a live shopping experience through creator-run breaks, where consumers can watch and interact with live product openings and buy cards in real time.
FAST COMPANY: Fanatics Wants to Mix Content and Commerce with a New Live-Shopping App
Global sports retail and e-commerce giant Fanatics has officially launched Fanatics Live, a new live-shopping platform that is basically a 21st-century Home Shopping Network for sports collectibles and merchandise.
CNBC: MLB All-Star Game, Baseball cards, are first big test of Fanatics livestream shopping experience
Fanatics’ first livestream shopping event will feature collectors opening baseball trading card packs on the field during this week’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game events in Seattle.
CNBC: Fanatics to Start Livestream Shopping of Trading Cards, Collectibles
Fanatics is moving into livestreamed shopping around collectibles and trading cards, hiring a former Snap and Alphabet executive to launch its new business later this year.
FAST COMPANY: Fanatics Hires a Former Snap and Google Exec to Head its New Live-Shopping Division
Fanatics founder Michael Rubin has built his $31 billion sports retail giant by looking at potential opportunities through the lens of three questions: Is it good for fans? Is it good for Fanatics partners? Is it a big enough business opportunity?