Blog and guides
The DL Sports Card blog - guides, reviews and news from the world of collectible cards.
- Where do you buy trading cards in Israel? The complete guide
Everything worth knowing before you buy a box of cards or a single card here - how to spot an authentic product, the difference between Hobby and Blaster, what it costs, and how a break works. - Refractor, numbered cards and 1/1: the dictionary of card collecting
RC, Refractor, Parallel, SSP, On-Card, RPA and 1/1 - all the terms of the card collecting world in one place, in plain language. - Soccer cards for beginners: how to start collecting and what to buy
Want to start collecting soccer cards and don't know where to begin? What is inside a box, which set to choose, Hobby or Blaster, and how to look after your cards from day one. - NBA basketball cards: the collector's guide - rookies, parallels and autographs
Everything worth knowing about NBA basketball cards: the Topps and Panini sets, why rookie cards are worth so much, what a numbered parallel is and how to choose a box. - Topps Chrome or Panini Prizm - what's the difference and which should you pick?
The two biggest sets in card collecting: the difference between Topps Chrome and Panini Prizm, what a Refractor is and what a Silver Prizm is, and which box suits you. - Which soccer card box should you buy in 2025/26? A guide by budget
A Blaster at 200 shekels or a Sapphire at 5,700? A buying guide to Topps and Panini soccer boxes by budget: Champions League, Premier League and the 2026 World Cup - who each box is for and what is... - A Kobe Bryant card sold for $3.15 million - and the buyer is Israeli
Israeli entrepreneur Lior Avidor bought the most expensive Kobe Bryant card ever sold: a 1997 Precious Metal Gems Green, one of only ten. What makes a card worth more than an apartment in Tel Aviv? - The LeBron James rookie card that matched the all-time record
$5.2 million for a single card: the story of LeBron James' Exquisite rookie, with an autograph and a piece of game-worn jersey, which matched Mickey Mantle's historic record. Plus the list of the w... - Hobby or Blaster: the difference, and which box suits you
Same set, same cards, a completely different price. What you are actually buying with a Hobby box, what you get in a Blaster, and who each one is for. - What PSA grading is and how it changes a card's price
The very same card can sell for 200 shekels or 2,000, and the only difference is a number on a label. A short guide to grading: what gets checked, who the companies are, when it's worth it and how... - How to store your cards so they keep their value
One crushed corner drops a card from PSA 10 to PSA 7, and the price with it. A simple guide to storing cards properly: what to buy, how to store, and what never to do. - What a break is and how ours work
Opening a box worth thousands without paying for all of it: that's a break. What it is, the different types, how the draw runs on our live stream, and what to know before you take a spot.