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Fanatics vs Panini Antitrust Fight: What It Means for Licenses, Products, and Prices

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Fanatics vs. Panini: What the Antitrust Heat Could Mean for Licenses, Products, and Prices Fanatics locked up a raft of long exclusive trading-card licenses with the big U.S. leagues and players’ unions, then bought Topps. Panini sued for antitrust. A federal judge let the core claims move forward. Discovery is now spicy, with Fanatics ordered to hand over unredacted licensing deals to Panini’s lawyers. If you care about what logos show up on the box you rip and how much you pay, this fight matters. How we got here The license grab. Fanatics struck exclusive card deals that, by 2025–2026, put most major U.S. league and union rights under its roof for a decade or more. Panini called foul and sued in 2023. What the court said. In March 2025, the judge dismissed some counts but kept the core antitrust claims alive. Translation: the heart of the case is going to be litigated, not tossed. Discovery fireworks. In July 2025, a magistrate judge ordered Fanatic...
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DID YOU KNOW #3 - 1952 series Topps cards burried in Atlantic Ocean

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The Mysterious Disposal of 1952 Topps Baseball Cards In a surprising turn of events during the 1960s, a massive number of unsold cards from the 1952 Topps series were dumped into the Atlantic Ocean. Yep — you read that right! 1952 Topps Sealed Box So who gave the order? That would be Sy Berger — the man often referred to as the father of modern baseball cards. Sy Berger, the mastermind behind the set Berger joined Topps in 1947 and, along with Woody Gelman, helped create the 1952 set. Despite its now-legendary status, the cards didn’t sell well at first. In fact, they were such a surplus that Berger made the now-infamous decision in 1960: dump over two million unsold cards into the ocean. One of those cards? A now-priceless copy of Mickey Mantle’s legendary 1952 Topps card — regarded by many as the true Holy Grail of post-war baseball cards. Topps 1952 Baseball Cards — now legendary These days, that same Mickey ...
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