Top 10 2011 NBA Rookies
By Trey Treutel Jul 05, 2011
We rank the top 10 rookies for the 2011 season based on their hobby potential.
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10 Best 2011 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions Autograph Cards
By Ryan Cracknell Jul 04, 2011
2011 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions is filled with interesting and unique cards. We count down the 10 most memorable autograph cards in the set based on appearance.
How To Move and Set Up Your Man Cave
By Rob Bertrand Jul 01, 2011
As a collector, one of the most daunting undertakings you can face is relocating your precious accumulation of cardboard and memorabilia treasures to a new address. While some of what is detailed below might seem rudimentary, it’s often the simple and obvious details that make the difference between a successful move and a painful headache. [...]
Undervalued Sports Card Sets: 1995 Action Packed Hall of Fame Basketball Autographs
By Jeff Arends Jun 30, 2011
With a lot of cards selling at less than ten percent of their book value, it’s nice to come across a set that has held its value and even exceeds published values regularly. My undervalued set of the month is 1995 Action Packed Hall of Fame Basketball Autographs. Originally available through redemption, this set consists [...]
Baseball Rookie Card Report: Baseball’s Hottest Prospects
By Jimmy Graham Jun 29, 2011
Here’s a look at some of the hottest minor league prospects in baseball as well as a list of the top cards currently available. Jonathan Singleton, LF Philadelphia Phillies (D.O.B. 9/18/91) Despite entering the season as one of the game’s top prospects, Jonathan Singleton started 2011 off ice-cold. Part of it may have been that [...]
Possible Legal Ramifications of Upper Deck’s New Distribution Policy
By Paul Lesko Jun 28, 2011
In March, Upper Deck announced a new distribution program. Sounds boring, right? Once you look beyond the legalese, you’ll see that Upper Deck might have just declared war against the Internet. Stick with me for a bit. It’s important because it could affect prices of Upper Deck cards. And I’ll translate the legalese, so don’t [...]
Dealing With Bad Sports Card Box Breaks
By Brad Campbell Jun 28, 2011
It happens to all of us from time to time. You did everything right, yet it went all wrong. It happened to me on Saturday. I went to my local card shop and bought, what I believed, to be THE box to break. I was feeling awesome, the sun was shining and I looked good [...]
2011 NHL Draft Exclusive Hockey Cards and Collectibles
By The Cardboard Connection News Team Jun 27, 2011
Both Panini and Upper Deck were at the 2011 NHL Draft in Minnesota, offering collectors exclusive hockey cards, autograph signings and other swag. Of particular note was Upper Deck’s Saturday autograph appearance with Brent Burns. Burns, a member of the Wild, was traded the previous day to the San Jose Sharks. This made the signing [...]
The Cardboard Connection Acquires Card Corner Club
By Mike Smeth Jun 23, 2011
Two of the most popular online sources for trading card and memorabilia information, The Cardboard Connection and Card Corner Club, finalized an agreement that will have the Card Corner Club merge into The Cardboard Connection.
Baseball Rookie Card Report: Prospects with Big Junes
By Jimmy Graham Jun 23, 2011
Here’s some highlights from baseball prospects who are heading into the official start of summer on a hot streak: Nick Castellanos, 3B Detroit Tigers (D.O.B. 3/4/92) After a tough start to 2011, Nick Castellanos has rebounded, putting together a monster month of June so far. In 17 games he’s hitting .382, to go along with [...]
The Story of the Stephen Strasburg Superfractor
By Jeremy Brannon Jun 23, 2011
The story of the Stephen Strasburg Superfractor rivals that of any card produced in the modern era.
Do Off-Field Events Influence Collecting?
By Brad Campbell Jun 22, 2011
I had a unique experience this weekend while my wife and I were visiting my parents. On Friday night, as we were leaving the local Mexican food restaurant, we happened to notice a familiar face. I took a double-take and realized it was Adrian Peterson, running back for the Minnesota Vikings. He grew up in [...]
2011 NBA Draft Best Players to Collect (Part Two)
By Trey Treutel Jun 21, 2011
Part Two This is the conclusion to the “The Top Names for Collectors to Know in the NBA Draft (Part One).” Part one can be found here. Brandon Knight Kentucky Wildcats, Freshman Age: 19 Knight is another “one and done” player that Kentucky coach, John Calipari, is famous for producing. If it were not for [...]
Autograph Collecting: Protecting Against Forgeries
By Paul Lesko Jun 21, 2011
I am an avid Illini fan, and was lucky enough to live in Missouri in 2005 when Illinois played North Carolina in the NCAA Finals in St. Louis. Needles to say, I was swept up in the Illini fervor and wanted something to immortalize the time. After walking out of the Illini’s practice session, I [...]
Collecting Base Cards, the Foundation of the Hobby
By Randy Gaa Jun 20, 2011
Before there were cards with pieces of game-used memorabilia embedded in them, before there were variations that sparkled in your eye, even before there were Super Chrome Die-Cut X-Fractor cards, there was the base card–the much maligned, often over-looked, mostly disregarded, common base card. You know, the base card that has proven to be the [...]
2011 MLB Draft Second-Generation Picks
By Jeremy Brannon Jun 17, 2011
The June 6th Major League Baseball draft didn’t have the same buzz and media frenzy as the previous drafts featuring Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper as top picks. What the 2011 draft lacked in star power was compensated for by the amount of second-generation players taken during the draft. Baseball games have long been a [...]
Baseball Rookie Card Report: Top Triple-A Prospects
By Jimmy Graham Jun 17, 2011
As the season reaches mid-June, here’s a look at the top prospects still in Triple-A. This season many teams have jumped prospects from Double-A straight to the Majors. With recent call-ups of big prospects, Mike Moustakas, Anthony Rizzo, and others, Triple-A isn’t loaded with a bunch of top prospects. Here is a look at players [...]
Enjoying Your Sports Card Collection
By Brad Campbell Jun 14, 2011
I could have been a professional athlete, in any sport. As a kid, I would visualize myself crushing a game-winning home run, catching a touchdown in overtime or hitting a buzzer-beating three. That being said, I realized very quickly that I was missing a few essentials: size, speed, strength and athletic ability, just to name [...]
