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GameStop Offering $25K Bounty On Rare Lionel Messi Card: Video Game Retailer Deepens Trading Card Push
Monday, July 8, 2024 - 6:51pm | 876Meme stock and video game retailer GameStop Corporation (NYSE:GME) is new to the trading card sector and could make a big splash with a bounty offered for one of the rarest soccer cards in 2024. What Happened: Argentina soccer star Lionel Messi made a splash when he joined Major League Soccer (MLS...
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Fanatics Acquires Topps In $500M Deal, Months After Landing Licenses Away
Tuesday, January 4, 2022 - 10:42am | 584A new trading card giant is taking shape with an acquisition of one of the most well-known brands in the space. The acquisition comes from a company that became their biggest competitor and cost the company the opportunity to go public with a big payday. What Happened: Sports e-commerce company...
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MLB Drops Topps After 70 Years, Trading Card SPAC Deal Terminated
Friday, August 20, 2021 - 10:32am | 769One of the most talked about SPAC deals in the sports world has been terminated and will not go through as originally agreed upon. What Happened: Topps, the iconic trading card company that started producing Major League Baseball (MLB) cards in 1951, was set to go public once again with a $1.3...
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Trading Cards, NFTs Could Be Coming Soon For College Athletes Thanks To Panini Partnership
Thursday, July 22, 2021 - 6:41pm | 367A trading card company in talks to go public via SPAC is the latest to capitalize on the name, image and likeness deal that sees college athletes able to monetize themselves. What Happened: Panini reached a deal with OneTeam Partners to create trading cards and digital assets including...
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Trading Card Company Panini In Talks With Alex Rodriguez-Led SPAC: What Investors Should Know
Thursday, July 15, 2021 - 2:36am | 550If you collect trading cards or World Cup stickers, chances are you’ve heard of the 60-year-old Italian company Panini. Rival Topps announced a SPAC deal earlier this year, and Panini could also be taking the same route to go public. What Happened: Panini is in talks to go public...
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All The Companies And Brands That Show Up In Lil Nas X's 'Panini'
Thursday, September 5, 2019 - 1:31pm | 316Lil Nas X, the record-breaking chart-topper know for his worldwide hit "Old Town Road" released his second big music video on Thursday: "Panini" The video is a future-punk dreamscape directed by Mike Diva (of "Japanese Donald Trump Commerical" fame) and contains...