Top 3 Sports Card Sales of the Week: Lionel Messi, Stephen Curry, and Babe Ruth Lead the Market

What happened

OTIA Sports carries the lead headline, “Top 3 Sports Card Sales of the Week: Lionel Messi, Stephen Curry, and Babe Ruth Lead the Market”. It was first reported in our feed on Oct 12, 2026 at 10:07 PM CT.

Only one outlet in the Insider.Cards feed has reported this so far; this page updates automatically if more outlets, auction houses or creators follow.

Who’s covering it

• OTIA Sports8Top 3 Sports Card Sales of the Week: Lionel Messi, Stephen Curry, and Babe Ruth Lead the Market9h

Why it matters

• Market Mover. Price and market coverage is where collectors look for direction on what to buy, hold or sell; check the source for the underlying data.
• Vintage Vault. Vintage and pre-war material anchors the high end of the hobby, so big results here echo across the market.
• Sports. It sits in the sports-card side of the hobby, which Insider.Cards ranks first on the front page.
• Lionel Messi. Soccer. The 2004-05 Panini Megacracks rookie is the key Messi card. All Lionel Messi coverage →
• Babe Ruth. MLB. All Babe Ruth coverage →
• Stephen Curry. NBA. All Stephen Curry coverage →

Coverage timeline

1. Oct 12, 10:07 PM CTfirst reportOTIA Sports Top 3 Sports Card Sales of the Week: Lionel Messi, Stephen Curry, and Babe Ruth Lead the Market

Topics in this story

Player Lionel MessiPlayer Babe RuthPlayer Stephen CurryTopic Market MovesTopic Vintage