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☆ Sotheby’s, Fanatics team up to offer rare sports trading card auctions
  + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Ian Thomas | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
Fanatics wants to expand the sports trading card industry. Now it's aiming to meet high-end collectors through a new partnership with Sotheby's that will create a collection of auctions for trading cards valued at more than $100,000. Fanatics has quickly moved into the trading card space, acquiring Topps in 2022 and signing several exclusive card licensing deals across professional leagues, including the NBA, NFL and MLB. "It's also an opportunity to really elevate sports trading cards, and create these moments with some of the most important and prestigious cards." Sotheby's has increasingly leaned into sports, something that Brahm Wachter, Sotheby's head of Modern Collectables, said is one of the auction house's fastest-growing categories.
Persons: Sotheby's, Jackie Robinson, Nick Bell, Collect, It's, Muhammad Ali's Organizations: Topps, NBA, NFL, MLB, Kobe Bryant Los Angeles Lakers Locations: New York, Manila
☆ Mystery surrounds 19th century 'vampire' found buried in New England with his thigh bones crossed over his chest
  + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
But in recent years, DNA analysis has helped scientists uncover the tale behind the "vampire's" remains. An annotated image shows the placement of the "Connecticut vampire" skull and bones in the grave. The "Connecticut vampire" likely died of tuberculosisFor decades, the "Connecticut vampire" was known only as "JB55," after the initial "JB" that had been carved into the brass tacks used to close the coffin. A 3D-scan of Barber's skull was combined with DNA analysis to estimate John Barber's features, shown here in an artist's illustration. Not everybody agrees, however, that this burial site qualifies as a bona fide "vampire" burial site.
Persons: John Barber, —, Jolly Roger, I'd, Nick Bellantoni, he'd, Michael Ross, Daniels, Ellen Greytak, John Baker, Baker, It's, Parabon NanoLabs, John Barber's, Parabon, Barber's, sickles, Scott, Matteo Borrini Organizations: Service, Smithsonian, Smithsonian Magazine, Armed Forces DNA, Inc, Liverpool John Moores University Locations: Connecticut, Wall, Silicon, Griswold , Connecticut, Virginia, New England
☆ MLB All-Star Game, baseball cards, are first big test of Fanatics livestream shopping experience
  + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Ian Thomas | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +5 min
(Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images)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. The sports platform's new business division, which is called Fanatics Live, is centered around live shopping experiences during which users will be able to buy trading cards and other collectibles on the Fanatics Live app while watching streams of hosts and other collector sellers. "Our intention is to have Fanatics Live be the leader in the live commerce space," Bell said. Livestream shopping, which got its start in China and across Asia, has grown into a $512 billion market, according to Coresight Research. Bell acknowledged the challenges for livestream shopping in the U.S. but said he sees them as an opportunity.
Persons: Justin Berl, Nick Bell, Bell, — Bell, —, Chris Lamontagne, Scott Rogowski, Michael Rubin, – Bell Organizations: Pittsburgh Pirates, Milwaukee Brewers, PNC Park, Major League Baseball, Google, Mobile, Research, eBay, Facebook, QVC, U.S, Meta, CNBC Disruptor Locations: Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, Seattle, U.S, China, Asia
☆ Fanatics Hires Google Executive to Lead Push Into Live-Streamed Shopping
  + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Patrick Coffee | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +3 min
Fanatics sees the potential for success thanks in large part to its internal database of some 90 million sports fans, said Mr. Bell. It will host video events led by digital content creators and influencers who focus on trading cards. Much of the initial content will focus on “breaking,” in which creators will open new boxes of trading cards live on camera and sell them to followers. Viewers will be able to buy cards directly from Fanatics’ app or website, with the company taking a portion of that sale, said Mr. Bell. Fanatics’ valuation reached $31 billion in December after a $700 million fundraising round led by private-equity firm Clearlake Capital Group LP.
☆ Fanatics to start livestreamed shopping of trading cards, collectibles
  + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Ian Thomas | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +7 min
The Washington Post | Getty ImagesFanatics 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. Fanatics Live, which will have a standalone app and a coinciding website, plans to launch in the second half of 2023. Only 31% of U.S. adults have even heard of live shopping, with just 22% saying they've participated in a live shopping event, according to a December poll by Morning Consult. Ebay, which said it saw trading card sales increase 142% in 2020, acquired trading card marketplace TCGPlayer for $295 million in August. While Fanatics Live could move into other forms of entertainment and collectibles over time, it will solely focus on trading cards initially.
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