James Russell Fickle

This week, before we get into anything else, I’d like to share some big news with everyone:  I finally got the Leaf Reggie Jackson autograph/inscription that sa

There’s been a ton of social media posts, Reddit threads, and straight-up think pieces asking whether or not the sports card market is heading for a major crash

We have a lot to talk about this week. McDonald’s World Cup cups, the actual World Cup… and more.  Since prediction markets are hot right now, I am going down

Congratulations to Victor Wembanyama. The dude won the Western Conference Finals MVP at just 22 years old, and if he ends up toppling the Knicks and winning the

For today’s newsletter, I wanted to take a slightly different path and veer us all into something I have been obsessing over lately – Rittenhouse’s Game of Thro

Sports Illustrated came out with their annual Swimsuit Issue this last week and there’s a whole lot of a little something for everyone in there - not in a creep

Remember last year, when your pal J.R. Fickle tipped you off to future Yankees ace Cam Schlittler — with the caveat that he had no real cards… but would soon? A

A potential $15 million+ LeBron James true rookie vertical auto Logoman 1/1 card is still somewhere out there. Let the chase begin!  Lots of sports-card-soup i

We have a lot of randomness to discuss this week. So we’re introducing the first official COLLECTIBLES POWER RANKINGS brought to you by Mantel’s Mail Day (Tagli

I have a lot of opinions, as you know, if you read this newsletter each week.  Most of my opinions are sound and rock solid, but every once in a while I let lo