I. Major Recent Sales
Topping out our list of this week’s highest soccer card sales is the iconc vintage card from Alifabolaget featuring a young Pele. Haaland and Puskas round out the list of the top 3. Of the most expensive cards sold in the last week, 9 entries of vintage cards have made it to our list. For the title of most of entries by a single player, Lionel Messi is on top of our list with 8 of 25 entries for this week’s sale.
Here’s the full Top 25 list:
| RANK | CARDS | PRICE | AUCTION HOUSE | SOLD DATE |
| 1 | 1958 Alifabolaget Soccer #635 Pele RC Rookie PSA 2 Good " RARE " | $21,100.00 | eBay | 01/18 |
| 2 | 2019 TOPPS CHROME BUNDESLIGA ORANGE REFRACTOR ERLING HAALAND ROOKIE /25 BGS 9.5 | $20,400 | PWCC | 01/15 |
| 3 | 1946 NANNINA PUSKAIS FERENC PUSKAS ROOKIE BVG AUTH | $13,200 | PWCC | 01/15 |
| 4 | 2018 Panini World Cup Soccer Messi National Landmark Mojo /25 PSA 9 | $10,177.00 | eBay | 01/17 |
| 5 | 2016 PANINI FLAWLESS PITCH PERFECT GOLD PELE AUTO 1/10 #PP-P BGS 9.5 GEM MINT | $9,900 | PWCC | 01/15 |
| 6 | 2004-05 Panini Megacracks La Liga Soccer #71BIS Lionel Messi RC BGS 9 w/ 9.5's | $9,700.00 | eBay | 01/16 |
| 7 | 1977 Crack Futbol Campeonato Disc Soccer #11 Diego Maradona RC Rookie PSA 5 EX | $8,970.00 | eBay | 01/16 |
| 8 | 1958 TUPINAMBA SOCCER COLECAO QUIGOL PELE ROOKIE #109 PSA 3 VG | $7,800 | PWCC | 01/15 |
| 9 | 2004 PANINI SPORTS MEGA CRACKS LA LIGA LIONEL MESSI ROOKIE #71 BGS 9 MINT | $7,500 | PWCC | 01/15 |
| 10 | 2014 Panini Gold Power Prizm World Cup Soccer Stars #41 Pele 5/5 PSA 9 MINT | $6,288.00 | eBay | 01/16 |
| 11 | 2004 PANINI SPORTS MEGA CRACKS BARCA ACCION LIONEL MESSI ROOKIE #62 PSA 10 GEM | $5,760 | PWCC | 01/15 |
| 12 | 2006 PANINI WORLD CUP #169 CRISTIANO RONALDO BGS PRISTINE 10 POP 3 1ST WC RC | $5,100.00 | eBay | 01/16 |
| 13 | 2014 PANINI PRIZM WORLD CUP SILVER PRIZMS LIONEL MESSI #12 PSA 10 GEM MINT | $4,680 | PWCC | 01/15 |
| 14 | 1965 SICKER-VERLAG FUSSBALL GERHARD MULLER ROOKIE #238 PSA 9 MINT | $4,560 | PWCC | 01/15 |
| 15 | 2022 Panini Eminence World Cup Grand Signatures Auto Gold Cristiano Ronaldo | $4,550.00 | eBay | 01/20 |
| 16 | POP 1 PSA 10 LIONEL MESSI 2021-22 Topps Chrome PSG Black Refractor AUTO 17/20 | $3,800.00 | eBay | 01/18 |
| 17 | 2019 TOPPS CHROME BUNDESLIGA REFRACTOR ERLING HAALAND ROOKIE #72 PSA 10 GEM MINT | $3,720 | PWCC | 01/15 |
| 18 | Lionel Messi Panini world cup 2018 Silver Prizm Autograph /25 Super Rare | $3,625.00 | eBay | 01/14 |
| 19 | 2021-22 Panini National Treasures World Cup Pele / Zico Auto #AD-BRD Brazil 5/5 | $3,499.00 | eBay | 01/14 |
| 20 | 1987 COPA UNIAO SOCCER ROMARIO ROOKIE #115 PSA 8 NM-MT | $3,480 | PWCC | 01/15 |
| 21 | 1958 EDITORA AQUARELA BLACK NUMBER PELE ROOKIE #10 SGC 3 VG | $3,240 | PWCC | 01/15 |
| 22 | 1958 SWEDISH REKORD JOURNAL GARRINCHA & PELE ROOKIE PSA 5 EX | $3,120 | PWCC | 01/15 |
| 23 | 2018 PANINI KABOOM! LIONEL MESSI #K-LMS PSA 10 GEM MINT | $3,000 | PWCC | 01/15 |
| 24 | 1958 EDIZIONE VAV FIGURINE CALCIO CON DISCHI METALLICI VAVA PELE ROOKIE PSA 3 VG | $2,880 | PWCC | 01/15 |
| 25 | 2020 PANINI OBSIDIAN PRIVATE SIGNINGS LIONEL MESSI AUTO DNA 9 #PS-LM PSA 9 MINT | $2,760 | PWCC | 01/15 |
II. Current & Upcoming Releases
Featuring 175 cards, the base set for 2022-23 Donruss Soccer offers paper and Optic editions. This set includes 30 cards per pack and 12 packs per box. The expected release date is on January 25, 2023.
In celebration of its chromium debut, Topps features the top players and national teams from the European tournament, including 100 base cards. This set includes 4 cards per pack and 20 packs per box, which will be released in January 2023.
The base set has 300 cards covering all 20 of the Premier League’s teams. Like everything in the product, cards are printed on chromium stock, giving them a metallic shine. This will be released on February 22, 2023.
2022-23 Panini Revolution Premier League Soccer supplies a 300-card base set with coverage for all 20 clubs. This includes the 35-card Rookies subset. This set will be released on the 22nd of February this year.
III. Fakes & Frauds
With the advent of technology, almost everything can be imitated with just a click; soccer cards are not an exception to this. Soccer cards are among the best and hottest investments in the sports card market, with this, many people are into collecting and selling soccer cards. For you to be aware of the fakes and fraud cards in the sports card market, we give you the following sellers and cards that are imitations.
This eBay user listed these FAKE cards – he printed these cards and sells them to eBay. Below are the images of the cards he listed on eBay. Beware of these cards if you purchase online, especially since he is passing them off as rookie cards.
Beware of this card that is listed on eBay – this sticker is FAKE and we don’t recommend buying it.
