Collectors Universe and Topps Team Up to Offer Authenticated Single Signed Baseballs

Due to these and other possible
uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
the forward -looking statements contained in this news release, which speak
only as of its date, or to make predictions about future performance based
solely on historical financial performance.

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S.com to view a picture of this 1913 Liberty Head
nickel. The Company also compiles and publishes authoritative information
about collectible sports cards and sports memorabilia, United States and world
coins, and entertainment memorabilia.

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"Topps, one of the
largest distributors of sports collectibles, recognizes this demand for
different, unique and personalized items, and the need for the consumer
confidence provided by authenticity services from PSA/DNA. The Collectors Universe brands are among
the strongest and best known in their respective markets.

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15 million, the second highest price paid for any coin. is a leading provider of value added services to
the high-value collectibles markets.

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The PSA/DNA
authenticated baseballs will be distributed and sold by Topps through Sam's
Clubs around the United States. The Company authenticates and grades
collectible coins, sports cards, autographs and stamps., bought it from a collector in Merrimack, N.

Contacts:

Mike Lewis
Chief Financial Officer
Collectors Universe
949-567-1375
Email: mlewis@collectors.

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, Collectors
Universe, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLCT), a leading provider of value-added
authentication and grading services to dealers and collectors of high-value
collectibles, announced today its agreement with The Topps Company, Inc.H.

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1913 Liberty Head nickel which was
recently sold for $4. The Company
authenticates and grades collectible coins, sports cards, autographs and
stamps.

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This coin is only one of five known to exist.

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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.com, and is also published in print. We also disclaim any obligation to update
forward-looking statements contained in this news release. The sale of the coin was
prominently mentioned in various news outlets earlier today. Forward-looking
statements can be identified by the use of words such as "believe," "expect,"
"anticipate," "intend," "plan," "estimate," "project ," or future or
conditional verbs such as "will," "would," "should," "could," or "may. We also disclaim any obligation
to update forward-looking statements contained in this news release or in our
Prospectus dated February 16, 2005.com

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Those risks and uncertainties include, but
are not limited to: the possibility of changes in general economic conditions
or conditions in the collectibles markets , such as a possible decline in the
popularity of some high-value collectibles, which could result in reductions
in the volume of authentication and grading submissions and, therefore, the
fees we are able to generate; a lack of diversity in our sources of revenues
and our dependence on coin authentication and grading for a significant
percentage of our total revenues, which makes us more vulnerable to adverse
changes in economic and market conditions, including declines in the value of
precious metals or recessionary conditions, that could lead to reduced coin
and other collectibles submissions, with a resultant reduction in our revenues
and in our income; our dependence on certain key executives and collectibles
experts, the loss of the services of any of which could adversely affect our
ability to obtain authentication and grading submissions and, therefore, could
harm our operating results; increased competition from other collectibles
services companies that could result in reductions in collectibles submissions
to us or could require us to reduce the prices we charge for our services; the
risk that we will incur unanticipated liabilities under our authentication and
grading warranties that would increase our operating expenses; the risk that
new service offerings and business initiatives that we may undertake will not
gain market acceptance or will increase our operating expenses or reduce our
overall profitability or cause us to incur losses; the risk that our strategy
to exit the collectibles sales business and focus substantially all of our
resources on our authentication and grading businesses will not be successful
in enabling us to improve our profitability over the longer term or to grow
our existing businesses or expand into new collectibles or high value asset
markets; and. A coin dealership in Lincroft,
N.collectors.com,
and is also published in print. Those risks
and uncertainties include, but are not limited to:
* possible changes in general economic conditions or conditions in the
collectibles markets , such as a possible decline in the popularity of
some high-value collectibles, which could cause a reduction in
authentication and grading submissions and, therefore, also in the fees
we are able to generate;
* a lack of diversity in our sources of revenues and our dependence on
collectible coin authentication and grading for a significant
percentage of our total revenues, which makes us more vulnerable to
adverse changes in economic and market conditions, including declines
in the value of precious metals or recessionary conditions , that could
lead to reduced coin and other collectibles submissions, with a
resultant reduction in our revenues and income;
* our dependence on certain key executives and collectibles experts, the
loss of the services of any of which could adversely affect our ability
to obtain authentication and grading submissions and, therefore, could
harm our operating results;
* increased competition from other collectibles services companies that
could result in reductions in collectibles submissions to us or could
require us to reduce the prices we charge for our services;
* the risk that we will incur unanticipated liabilities under our
authentication and grading warranties that would increase our operating
expenses;
* the risk that new service offerings and business initiatives that we
may undertake will not gain market acceptance or will increase our
operating expenses and reduce our overall profitability or cause us to
incur losses;
* the risk that our strategy to exit the collectibles sales business and
focus substantially all of our resources on our authentication and
grading businesses will not be successful in enabling us to improve our
profitability over the longer term or to grow our existing businesses
or expand into new collectibles or high value asset markets; and
* the risk that we will not be successful in integrating into our
operations any new businesses we might acquire or commence or that
those businesses will not gain market acceptance or that our business
expansion may result in a costly diversion of management time and
resources and increase our operating expenses and, therefore, hurt our
profitability.

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We believe Topps has
entered a market with an excellent product with PSA/DNA authenticated single
signed baseballs and we believe that we can continue to grow this relationship
with other PSA/DNA authenticated products.

Forward Looking Information
This news release contains statements regarding our expectations about our
future financial performance which are "forward-looking statements" as defined
in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 .

Collectors Universe Division Certified Rare $4.15 Million 1913 Liberty Head Nickel

About Collectors Universe
Collectors Universe, Inc.

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Due to the above-described risks and uncertainties and those described in
that Prospectus, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the
forward-looking statements contained in this news release, which speak only as
of its date, or to make predictions about future performance based solely on
historical financial performance.

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if we grow our business by acquiring any existing or commencing
any new authentication and grading businesses , the risks that we will be
unable to successfully integrate those businesses into our operations , that
those businesses will not gain market acceptance; and that business expansion
may result in a costly diversion of management time and resources and increase
our operating expenses. Additional information regarding these and other
risks and uncertainties to which our business is subject is contained in our
Prospectus dated February 16, 2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
The recently sold $4 .com

Brandi Piacente
Investor Relations
The Anne McBride Company, Inc.

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This co-branded
offering brings together two superb sports brands in Topps and PSA/DNA to
address what we believe is a very large market that up until now could only be
satisfied with look-alike logo apparel., Collectors
Universe, Inc.

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About Collectors Universe
Collectors Universe , Inc.
This information is accessible to collectors and dealers at the Company's web
site, http: //www."

Please visit http://www.pcgs.

Additional information regarding these and other risks and uncertainties
that could cause our future financial performance to differ from our current
expectations is contained our Prospectus, dated February 16, 2005, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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Forward -looking
statements can be identified by the use of words such as "believe," "expect,"
"anticipate ," "intend," "plan," "estimate," "project," or future or
conditional verbs such as "will," "would ," "should," "could," or "may.com

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is a leading provider of value added services to
the high-end collectibles market. NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.J.

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Collectors Universe Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains statements regarding our expectations about our
future financial performance which are "forward-looking statements" as defined
in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

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collectors. (Nasdaq: CLCT), the leading provider of value-added grading and
authentication services to dealers and collectors of high-end collectibles,
announced that the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS), a division of
Collectors Universe, certified the U .

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(NYSE: TOPP) to authenticate single signed baseballs through a Collectors
Universe division PSA /DNA Authentication Services, or PSA/DNA."
Our financial performance in the future may differ , possibly materially,
from our current expectations as set forth in this news release due to a
number of risks and uncertainties.
949-567-1375 212-481-2050
Email: brandi@thepiacentegroup." Our
financial performance in the future may differ, possibly materially , from our
current expectations as set forth in the forward-looking statements contained
in this news release, due to a number of risks and uncertainties.

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212-983-1702 x208
Email: bpiacente@annemcbride .

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PSA President Joe Orlando commented, "We are quite pleased that Topps, our
long time friends in the sports card market, have expanded their offerings to
include autographed items authenticated by PSA/DNA."
"Genuine and authentic autographed sports merchandise is a product line
that can satisfy huge demand by collectors and sports fans," stated Michael
Haynes, Chief Executive Officer of Collectors Universe.
Contacts:

Mike Lewis Brandi Piacente
Chief Financial Officer Investor Relations
Collectors Universe The Piacente Group, Inc.15 million nickel will be on display through Saturday
at a coin show in Long Beach, California.

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These new owners had the confidence
to make this acquisition and become the latest in the chain of custodians of
this important and historical asset for the benefit of future generations. This information is accessible to
collectors and dealers at the Company's web site , http://www.

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The Company also
compiles and publishes authoritative information about United States and world
coins, collectible sports cards and sports memorabilia and collectible stamps.

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Furthermore , it was the PCGS division that earlier certified a previously
unknown 1913 Liberty Head nickel that was only discovered two years ago after
disappearing for more than forty years.
Chief Executive Officer, Michael Haynes, commented, "We are always pleased
to hear of high value items that we have authenticated and graded, such as the
1913 nickel, trading in the marketplace.