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Topps carved a reported 10% of Chrome Black Basketball out of the sealed supply chain and sold it as $100 four-card digital rips. The cards are real. The math is close. The disclosure is not.
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Topps carved a reported 10% of Chrome Black Basketball out of the sealed supply chain and sold it as $100 four-card digital rips. The cards are real. The math is close. The disclosure is not.

Logan Paul and Ken Goldin are cracking weighed 1st Edition Pokémon packs and '86-87 Fleer under stage lights on July 30. Strip the livestream and what's left is the real story: five days of concentrated supply and cash at the 46th National, and what that does to your bids.

2026 Topps Chrome Baseball drops July 22 as a 30th-anniversary edition at $239.99 a hobby box, leaning on record Gold Logoman sales to sell a top-heavy chase. We break down where the value actually sits — and why third-party box math still lands near $115.