PRIVATE PREVIEW · SOMOS INDEX + MARKETPLACE

Where sports culture is catalogued and collected.

SOMOS connects sports reporting, market intelligence, product research, and selected collectibles in one continuous experience.

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PRODUCT PREVIEW Follow the market from sport to player to card.

THE CONNECTED RESEARCH PATH

01 · THE STORY Why the moment matters.
The story reveals the people and forces behind the moment.
02 · SPORT INDEX Read the category.
Sport context shows the wider market movement.
03 · PLAYER INDEX Understand the athlete.
Player context narrows the view to the athlete.
04 · THE CARD Evaluate the collectible.
Product details and pricing evidence complete the picture.

From story to sport, player, and card, each layer adds context—not certainty.

Sport Indexes

Player Indexes

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ABOUT SOMOS

SOMOS connects the story, the market, and the card. New and experienced collectors can move through research, discovery, and pricing context with greater clarity.

THE OPPORTUNITY The hobby is fragmented. Research should not be.

The market is split across platforms. Sports stories, market data, and products live in separate places, leaving collectors to assemble the context themselves.

SOMOS connects the research. Original reporting, SOMOS Index, product research, and curated listings bring the story, market context, and available pricing evidence into one experience.

THE SOMOS MODEL

Reporting, intelligence, discovery, and commerce—connected.

Each layer narrows the research from a broad moment to a specific collectible.

Sport IndexBaseball Index

Category movement and market context

Player IndexShohei Ohtani

Performance, culture, and collector attention

2018 TOPPS CHROME ROOKIE AUTOGRAPH #RA-SO SHOHEI OHTANI RK.AU-BLUE WAVE REF.

Featured CardCard-level context

Product characteristics and available market information

01Editorial

Understand why a sports or cultural moment matters before considering its downstream effects.

02Market intelligence

Follow directional context across sport categories, player markets, and selected cards.

03Discovery

Evaluate relevant products, prices, and card characteristics within the surrounding market.

04Curated commerce

Move from research into a considered selection of sports collectibles.

SOMOS provides directional market context to support research. Index signals are not product-level valuations, price guarantees, or financial advice.

SOMOS Market Overview Preview analysis ↗ Bullish

Market overview

The broader sports card market remains directionally positive, but momentum is not uniform across categories. Basketball and Football currently carry stronger signals, while Baseball and Soccer reflect more measured recent conditions despite maintaining broader collector interest. This divergence makes category selection increasingly important before moving into player and card-level research.

Key insights

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Basketball currently presents one of the strongest category signals, supported by established stars, emerging players, important releases, and global collector attention.
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Football continues to benefit from quarterback demand, rookie interest, seasonal narratives, and sustained attention around major performance windows.
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Baseball remains positive over the broader period, while recent activity suggests a more measured phase shaped by rookies, milestones, postseason attention, and international demand.
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Soccer maintains broad global interest, although recent activity is more selective across emerging players, established stars, clubs, tournaments, and individual products.

Category breakdown

Baseball Neutral

Broader collector demand remains positive, while recent momentum is more measured and increasingly dependent on player-specific catalysts.

Football Bullish

Category momentum remains positive, with quarterbacks, rookies, seasonal performance, and playoff narratives continuing to shape demand.

Basketball Bullish

Basketball carries one of the strongest current signals, supported by star performance, emerging-player interest, premium releases, and global fandom.

Soccer Neutral

Longer-term collector interest remains visible, while recent activity is more selective across players, clubs, tournaments, and products.

Overall outlook

The broad market remains constructive, but category-level differences suggest that future movement will depend increasingly on sport-specific attention, player performance, major competitive moments, release cycles, and collector participation. These differences reinforce the need to move from broad sport context into player and card-level research.

SOMOS market signals are directional context, not product-level FMV, price guarantees, appraisals, or financial advice.

Viewing all sports, players, and featured products.

SOMOS INDEX PREVIEW Sport and Player Indexes organize market context before card-level research.

SPORT CONTEXTCategory direction and period movement

PLAYER MOMENTUMAthlete attention and collector demand

THE CARDProduct identity and pricing evidence

Methodology and data limits · Sport Indexes

01 Category context

A Sport Index provides a directional view of broad card-market movement within a sport.

02 Market drivers

Performance, championships, records, media moments, fandom, scarcity, and recent sales can all influence demand.

03 Research sequence

Sport-level context precedes player and card-level evidence.

04 Data limits

Sport-level movement is not player value, product-level fair market value, an appraisal, or a price guarantee.

Methodology and data limits · Player Indexes

01 Player context

A Player Index provides a directional view of market activity forming around an individual athlete.

02 Market drivers

Performance, injuries, records, awards, trades, playoff moments, media coverage, cultural relevance, and supply can all affect demand.

03 Research sequence

Player-level context precedes verified product identification and grade-specific evidence.

04 Data limits

Player-level movement is not card value, an appraisal, or a guarantee of resale value.

Sport Indexes

SOMOS tracks how sports news, culture, player momentum, and collector attention can affect downstream sports card prices. Use this page to compare broad sport-level movement before drilling into players and products.

What it is Category signals

How to use it Start broad, then drill into players and products.

Important context Directional signals, not product-level FMV or price guarantees.

What the index is

A directional read on how a sport category is moving as attention, news, and market activity change.

What shapes it

Performance, championships, records, media moments, fandom, scarcity, and recent sales can all influence demand.

How to use it

Start broad, then move into player pages and card listings to evaluate grade, set, parallel, features, and price.

Index data is directional market context, not a price guarantee.
Sport-level movement is not product-level FMV or player valuation.
Tracking means a score is not yet confirmed.
Card-level decisions still depend on player, grade, set, parallel, features, and recent sales.

Built to make broad category movement easier to read before card-level decisions.

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Latest PSA 10 price$93,940Latest recorded price

Fair market value · Confidence B$98,532$92,729 – $104,336 · PSA 10

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Baseball Shohei Ohtani 2018 TOPPS CHROME ROOKIE AUTOGRAPH #RA-SO RK.AU-BLUE WAVE REF. PSA 10 · Auto 10 Rookie Card · Autograph · Serial Numbered Blue Refractor PlayerShohei Ohtani Set2018 Topps Chrome Baseball Card number#RA-SO VariantBlue Wave Market information 7 day sales · all grades 0 30 day sales · all grades 1 Latest PSA 10 price $93,940 ⚖ Fair market value B PSA 10 $98,532 $92,729 – $104,336 ▦ All grades

Basketball Cooper Flagg 2025 TOPPS CHROME #251 PSA 10 Rookie Card PlayerCooper Flagg Set2025 Topps Chrome Basketball Card number#251 VariantBase Market information 7 day sales · all grades 266 30 day sales · all grades 1063 Latest PSA 10 price $287 ⚖ Fair market value A PSA 10 $266 $253 – $278 ▦ All grades

1998 SKYBOX PREMIUM INTIMIDATION NATION #2 KOBE BRYANT INTIMIDATION NATION

Basketball Kobe Bryant 1998 SKYBOX PREMIUM INTIMIDATION NATION #2 INTIMIDATION NATION PSA 9 PlayerKobe Bryant Set1998 Skybox Premium Basketball Card number#2IN VariantBase Market information 7 day sales · all grades 1 30 day sales · all grades 1 Latest PSA 8 price $1,764 ⚖ Fair market value B PSA 8 $2,671 $2,197 – $3,145 ▦ All grades

Basketball Michael Jordan 1986 FLEER #57 PSA Authentic Rookie Card PlayerMichael Jordan Set1986 Fleer Basketball Card number#57 VariantBase Market information 7 day sales · all grades 57 30 day sales · all grades 196 Latest PSA 10 price $384,000 ⚖ Fair market value B PSA 10 $384,000 $362,825 – $405,175 ▦ All grades

2025 PANINI PRIZM #332 JAXSON DART WHITE DISCO

Football Jaxson Dart 2025 PANINI PRIZM #332 WHITE DISCO PSA 10 Rookie Card Disco PlayerJaxson Dart Set2025 Panini Prizm Football Card number#332 VariantWhite Disco Market information 7 day sales · all grades 22 30 day sales · all grades 74 Latest PSA 10 price $404 ⚖ Fair market value B PSA 10 $450 $423 – $477 ▦ All grades

2000 PLAYOFF CONTENDERS #144 TOM BRADY AUTOGRAPHED

Football Tom Brady 2000 PLAYOFF CONTENDERS #144 AUTOGRAPHED PSA Authentic · Auto 9 Rookie Card · Autograph PlayerTom Brady Set2000 Playoff Contenders Football Card number#144 VariantBase Market information 7 day sales · all grades 2 30 day sales · all grades 2 Latest PSA 8 price $1,113,250 ⚖ Fair market value B PSA 8 $1,170,822 $1,102,329 – $1,239,314 ▦ All grades

2019 TOPPS CHROME BUNDESLIGA #72 ERLING HAALAND REFRACTOR

Soccer Erling Haaland 2019 TOPPS CHROME BUNDESLIGA #72 REFRACTOR PSA 10 Rookie Card Refractor PlayerErling Haaland Set2019 Topps Chrome Bundesliga Soccer Card number#72 VariantBase Market information 7 day sales · all grades 10 30 day sales · all grades 93 Latest PSA 10 price $926 ⚖ Fair market value A PSA 10 $900 $856 – $944 ▦ All grades

2024-25 PANINI SELECT LA LIGA AUTOGRAPHED MEMORABILIA #AMLY LAMINE YAMAL

Soccer Lamine Yamal 2024-25 PANINI SELECT LA LIGA AUTOGRAPHED MEMORABILIA #AMLY PSA 10 Rookie Card · Autograph · Patch Selected product preview Market information available with invited access. Full card-level market context is reserved for invited access.

Editorial & Media

Meet the people and platforms reshaping the sports card market.

In partnership with Mantel and Yahoo Sports, SOMOS reports on the founders, operators, and businesses changing how collectors discover, buy, sell, and connect.

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THE SOMOS MODEL

From the athlete to the evidence.

Built for new and experienced collectors seeking clearer, more efficient research.

01 · PRODUCT DISCOVERY The athlete is only the beginning.

SOMOS connects player stories with cards distinguished by year, set, significance, rarity, grade, and defining product features. Discovery reflects product evidence and collector relevance—not inventory volume alone.

02 · THE MARKETPLACE Research continues into the listing.

SOMOS marketplace listings connect selected cards with player context, verified product attributes, and available market information. The research path that begins with a sports story continues through the sport, the player, and the product.

03 · PRICING CONTEXT The asking price is one part of the evidence.

SOMOS places available pricing context beside the product. No single price or sale establishes complete card value. Private access extends the public preview with deeper product and pricing information.

04 · CURATED COMMERCE Not every card belongs in the SOMOS marketplace.

SOMOS evaluates the athlete, year, set, collector demand, documented rarity, product features, condition, grade, and available market evidence. Selection reflects the complete card—not a single headline, price movement, or cycle of attention.

THE SOMOS WEEKLY The week's headlines. The market forces behind them.

The SOMOS Weekly connects important sports news and cultural stories with the sports, players, and products they may affect.

SOMOS Index provides directional market context. It is not an appraisal, a price guarantee, or financial advice. Sport-level movement is not player value. Player-level movement is not card value. Card-level conclusions require verified product identification and grade-specific evidence.

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Where sports culture is catalogued and collected.

Market overview

Key insights

Category breakdown

Overall outlook

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