NFT breaking the circle is unstoppable. Compared with the fashion and art world,This time, I rushed into the more popular sports world with higher fan stickiness, especially baseball, one of the most popular sports. Baseball has appeared one after another since 1882. After that, professional teams were formed to start playing games, and gradually formed the Major League Baseball MLB, which is well-known in the United States.Watching and playing games with the whole family is almost a must-do in every family life, and thus passed down from generation to generation and spread throughout the world.
With the rise of baseball, baseball card manufacturers were born, and collecting baseball cards has become a fond memory of many American students. The earliest baseball card maker, Bowman, was founded in 1927 and was acquired by Topps in 1956.Today Topps has become the world's largest MLB player card manufacturer and distributor.
It was Topps who hit the NFT this time, they will launch the 2021 Topps Series 1 professional baseball NFT collectible card on the WAX blockchain at 1 AM on April 21, Beijing time.This MLB digital collectible includes 1,986 unique player cards, the card pack is divided into two specifications, the standard card contains 6 digital cards, and the advanced card contains 45 digital cards, all cards will be generated in advance before unpacking.Cards are divided into 10 rarities, from the most basic "common" level to the rarest "legendary" level, the card design styles are diverse, ranging from cool dynamic graphics to classic traditional designs.
In fact, Topps MLB baseball cards have a long history of collection, and their preservation value and appreciation space have been recorded. There's a Topps 1964 Pete Rose player card on eBay just this monthSold for $31,500, and this is still far from the historical peak price.
The most expensive baseball card ever sold, and the most expensive player card in all sports, is the Topps 1952 Mickey Mantle player card,Sold for $5,200,000 Jan 2021. Topps has tested the water many times before releasing MLB, and successively released NFT series of multiple IPs on the WAX blockchain, including monster images of Godzilla, Hollywood movie stars, and personal collection cards of Star Trek captains.
Therefore, under the general trend of digital assets becoming more and more popular, it is not difficult to understand that Topps brought MLB into the blockchain ecosystem. As WAX co-founder William Quigley said, MLB's entry into the blockchain ecosystem will bring tokenized digital collection cards to a new generation of collectors,This is definitely a new way to collect for MLB fans, I believe that these new collectors will generate more trading and circulation scenarios and gameplay.
