Sports Collectibles Industry News, Commentary and General Hobby Resources.
This month we look at an “Oh Yeah, Hot Dam” must have John Wall Prestige Auto, vintage football gear worn by the seller at the gym, a 1990 Donruss two-cent two-fer, vintage Pizza Hut jacket and spotlight one eBay’s creepiest stores!
Earlier today, Barry Bonds was found guilty of misleading and evading testimony in a 2003 steroid probe. The verdict means that baseball’s single season and all-time home run leader is now a convicted felon.
As everybody knows, the #1 card in The Dmitri Young Collection is indeed the PSA 10 Hank Aaron rookie card but who’s #2?
My trip to The National Sports Collectors Convention last year in Baltimore was my first time going to the Wrestlemania of card conventions and it was everything I hoped it would be. After speaking to those who attend every year, I wasn’t sure what to actually expect from the show.
The folks behind 2010 Prestigous Lineage Football return with a product that could redefine the modern era of trading cards as we know it. With their latest Prestigous offering, Lineage tackles the world of high-end baseball cards, packing 15 cases worth of Triple Threads into a single master tin.
2007 PBA, Battlefield Earth, Scooby Doo 2, The Blair Witch Project and other premium trading card product previews from years that are no longer with us. Plus a bonus proposition you’d be hard pressed to turn down from recovering rip-aholic and peddler of fake Pro Bowl Memorabilia, the one and only Cornelius.
Recently Blake Griffin’s basketball cards saw a 200%-400% boost in value due to an injury that cost 2009′s top pick his entire rookie season. The search for the hobby’s next Griffin may very well be hidden in the same draft, that being the #5 overall pick Ricky Rubio, who has yet to play an NBA game, but soon could capture the imaginations of collectors everywhere with his Pistol Pete skill set.
In the decade of sports card excess, there was no book value, only comedic value.
After 20+ hours of putting this list together (I was in too deep before I reallized what I had gotten myself into), I present to you the 100 rookies and prospects that defined the 2010 trading card season! Due to the NHL and NBA’s carry over into multiple years, rookies from both 2009-10 and 2010-11 [...]
Sam Bradford, Tim Tebow, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Jason Heyward, Cliff Lee, Wayne Gretzky highlight our fictional multi-sport trading card offering 2010 Exquisite Collection Platinum.
Weekly sports card column that exposes shady and unsavory characters from the world of eBay! This week’s eBay idiot is a slick salesman who uses his mastery of catchy words to turn Prestige into Exquisite.
Cardboard Connection’s “Best of 2010″ features some of the site’s most popular articles from the year that was. 2010 Topps Sideline (fictional product preview) was originally published on July 10th, 2010. 2010 Topps Sideline is a fictional product that captures the Coaches who have shaped the game of “modern gladiators”.
Proof that not all World Baseball Classic cards are worthless, Carl escapes the Tampa humidity, a Buenos Aires big man breaks out, the new “Round Mound of Rebound”, Jim Starks, Ivory’s Gridiron Gear Redemption, Couture’s Cup and the biggest breakout cards from the week that was!
Card companies need to make a commitment to product release dates and understand that the card company itself isn’t the only one effected by poor planning. Both collectors and hobby shops pay the price for a problem only the card companies themselves can commit to solving.
Weekly sports card column that exposes shady and unsavory characters from the world of eBay! This week features an idiot of Epix proportions who takes it upon himself to improve the patch quality of football cards.
Weekly sports card column that exposes shady and unsavory characters from the world of eBay! This week’s idiot tries to get 5-6 times the going rate on a “mint” condition Demaryius Thomas redemption.
Weekly sports card investment tips and recommendations. Arian Foster Bowman Autos, Roddy White SP Authentic Patch Auto RC and Antonio Gates’ 2003 Upper Deck Finite SP RC highlight Larry’s investment opportunities of the week!
Weekly sports card investment tips, recommendations, and advice. 2010 Topps Chrome Baseball Rookie Autographs and 2010 Donruss Elite Extra Edition Boxes/Cases highlight Larry’s latest investment opportunities!
