After graduating from the University of North Dakota in 2008, Cole worked as an advertising copywriter until shifting to print journalism a few years later. Managing three weekly newspapers in the Dakotas, Cole won numerous awards from the North Dakota Newspaper Association including Best of the Dakotas and, their top award, General Excellence. He returned to collecting in 2021 and has since combined his passion for writing with his love of cards. Cole also writes for the Sports Cards Nonsense newsletter and has made guest appearances on multiple sports card collecting podcasts including Sports Cards Nonsense, and the Eephus Baseball Cards Podcast.
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On January 1 Topps again promoted the #1of1Day trend on social media. Sparking a trend across the hobby to show their one-of-one cards in their collection.
Topps announced that just like their basketball and baseball products, collectors will be able to find ultra-rare debut patch autographed cards of F1 drivers.
Topps has made the release of Topps Chrome Basketball and the reveal of the NBA Gold Logoman, getting some famous collectors and stores and hobby shops worldwide to change their profile photo for the next 24 hours.
The well known collectibles company Beckett has been acquired by Collectors, the parent company to PSA. The announcement was made via a press release on the Collectors' website.
