Steve Cohen-led group buys sports card company Collector’s Universe

(ZEROHEDGE) – Apparently, Steve Cohen is on a sports kick. As if buying the New York Mets – and then purging the organization's entire front office, as we noted weeks ago – wasn't enough, Steve Cohen is now buying collectibles-grading company Collectors Universe.

The company provides "authentication and grading services to buyers and sellers of memorabilia, including sports cards, coins and vintage autographs."

The $700 million deal to take the company private is being done in conjunction with Dan Sundheim’s D1 Capital Partners and sports card collector Nat Turner, according to Bloomberg.

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