Half Cash, Half Stock

Good morning, Collectors. GameStop’s reported $56B bid to acquire eBay catapulted the collectibles industry to business news primetime earlier this week. And given eBay remains the hobby’s primary marketplace, what happens next could impact the whole ecosystem.

That said, analysts remain skeptical about the deal’s feasibility, especially after GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen’s CNBC interview quickly turned into a meme with his ‘half cash, half stock’ answer to how GME would finance the acquisition. Can GameStop pull off the deal? Or was this all a ploy for Cohen to drive traffic to his personal eBay store to help him unload his PSA 10 1990 Larry Walker Score Young Superstars RC ?

Color us intrigued. Mantel: The Willy Wonka Topps Chrome Ticket: A Family’s Life-Changing Pull An Arizona grandmother and her three grandsons pulled the Josh Allen 1-of-1 Gold Shield Auto redemption from a box of Topps Chrome Football after waiting all day to open packs together. The family plans to consign the card through Fanatics Collect and split the proceeds evenly among the boys (as any grandmother would do).

We’re hoping the card nets a big number, and then the boys use some of the cash to buy grandma a little something. NYT: Ken Griffin Acquires Second Original Printing of the Constitution Ken Griffin has acquired a second rare first printing of the U. S.