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2009 eTopps Baseball Card Releases – 5/18/09

2009 eTopps Baseball Card Releases – 5/18/09

Topps has announced the latest additions to their 2009 eTopps Baseball Card Set. This week’s new eTopps releases are as follows: 2009 eTopps Mat Gamel RC Milwaukee Brewers 3B Card ID #: 20 Price: $7.00 Max Issue Qty: 949 On Sale Until: 5/21/09 1:00 PM EST 2009 eTopps Pablo Sandoval San Francisco Giants 3B Card [...]

Yanks Purchase Rights to Yankee Stadium Memorabilia From City

Yanks Purchase Rights to Yankee Stadium Memorabilia From City

New York City officials have reported agreed to a deal with the New York Yankees in which they will receive $11.5 million in exchange for the rights to sell off seats, signs and other Yankee Stadium Memorabilia salvaged from the Bronx Bombers’ former MLB stomping grounds. The New York Yankees have enlisted the help of [...]

New York Officials Hope Sale of Yankee Stadium Memorabilia Will Cut Budget Deficit

New York Officials Hope Sale of Yankee Stadium Memorabilia Will Cut Budget Deficit

Want to help New York City decrease its budget deficit?  According to the New York Post, a tentative agreement has been reached between the New York Yankees and the city of New York to sell off portions of Yankee Stadium. The city will reportedly receive 5% of net sales over $16 million, 10% of sales [...]

2009 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball

2009 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball

Baseball is in the air and with the start of the 2009 MLB Regular Season right around the corner, collectors patiently await the flurry of new 2009 baseball card releases to come. Although the release of 2009 Topps Allen and Ginter Baseball is almost 3 months away, the popularity of the Allen and Ginter brand, [...]

A Presidents Day Salute, Donruss Style

A Presidents Day Salute, Donruss Style

Donruss commemorated President’s Day by taking a look back at some of the key presidential signatures that have been featured in their various products over the years. These cards, which are pictured below, include several from 2008 National Treasures Football:

Prominent Athletes Hit Hard By Bernie Madoff’s Multi Million Dollar Ponzi Scheme

Prominent Athletes Hit Hard By Bernie Madoff’s Multi Million Dollar Ponzi Scheme

A list of potential victims of the alleged Ponzi scheme run by Bernard Madoff emerged Wednesday night in a federal bankruptcy court filing in New York, and it revealed a startling list of high profile athletes and celebrities. The 162-page list included baseball Hall of Fame great Sandy Koufax, Hollywood director Steven Spielberg’s charitable foundation, [...]

2008 National Treasures Football Product Breakdown

2008 National Treasures Football Product Breakdown

2008 National Treasures Football Release Date: 1/27/09 Hits Per Box: 6 Box Configuration: 1 Pack / Box , 7 Cards / Pack Product Information Every (7) Card Hobby Box of 2008 National Treasures Contains: 3 Autographed Cards 3 Memorabilia Cards 1 Common or Parallel Card Product Highlights: On Card Autographed Jumbo Prime Patch Rookie Cards [...]

Steiner / Cowboys Partnership Ensures Texas Stadium Lives On

Steiner / Cowboys Partnership Ensures Texas Stadium Lives On

Following their embarrassing 44 – 6 loss at the hands of the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, the Dallas Cowboys disappointing 2008 season came to a screeching end. In addition to kissing their Super Bowl  hopes goodbye, the end of the 2008 seasons marked the end of an era for Cowboys fans and players who bid [...]

Drunk Lennon Recording Sold At Los Angeles Memorabilia Auction

Drunk Lennon Recording Sold At Los Angeles Memorabilia Auction

The London Telegraph reported Monday that a cassette containing a song recording made by a drunk John Lennon was sold over the weekend for more then $35,000.  The item was sold at a Memorabilia Auction in Los Angeles. The cassette, which has never been publicly aired, features Lennon singing the 1957 Lloyd Price track Just [...]

Judge Sends Stolen O.J. Simpson Memorabilia to the Auction Block

Judge Sends Stolen O.J. Simpson Memorabilia to the Auction Block

Judge Jackie Glass, the same judge who recently sentenced O.J. Simpson to 9 – 33 years in prison, has ordered the immediate sale all of the footballs, pictures and other memorabilia that was collected as evidence during Simpson’s Las Vegas Trial.  Simpson’s memorabilia will be shipped to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office where it [...]

MLB Pack of The Month Club

MLB Pack of The Month Club

For those in search of a new way to reliably purchase retail packs of trading cards, Major League Baseball has come to the rescue.  The MLB.com Pack of the Month Club ships a variety of newly released baseball card products to each of their members each month.  The packs are shipped directly from the manufacturer [...]

The World’s Weirdest Collections

The World’s Weirdest Collections

Each day, legions of diehard collectors embark upon the task of building their collections with whatever free time, and money they have available.  There are certain types of collectibles – Baseball Cards, Memorabilia, Coins, and Art to name a few – that have become so deeply ingrained in the fabric of our society that it’s [...]

Etopps Football Card Releases – Week of 12/1/08

Etopps Football Card Releases – Week of 12/1/08

Topps has announced the latest additions to 2008 etopps football. The etopps Football Card Releases for this week (12/1/08) are: Peyton Hillis 2008 Rookie Card Denver Broncos RB Card ID #: 35 Price: $6.50 Max Issue Qty: 499 On Sale Until: 12/04/08 1:00 PM EST Kurt Warner 2008 Arizona Cardinals QB Card ID #: 36 [...]

Complete Checklist of Donruss Hall of Fame Diamond King Puzzles

Complete Checklist of Donruss Hall of Fame Diamond King Puzzles

As many collectors will remember, Donruss distributed puzzle pieces in a number of their baseball cards products from the early 80′s until the early 90′s.  The most popular of these puzzle inserts were Donruss Hall of Fame Diamond King Puzzles. The Hall of Fame Diamond King puzzle line appeared in various Donruss and Leaf products [...]

Upper Deck Announces Release of Pro Shots Sports Figurines

Upper Deck Announces Release of Pro Shots Sports Figurines

Upper Deck issued a press release Tuesday announcing the debut of their latest sports figure product line, Pro Shots.  Pro Shots will feature two of Upper Deck’s most high profile spokesmen – Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan.  The Pro Shots Product Line will pay homage to these two superstars by depicting the defining moments in [...]

Donruss Announces Limited Edition NFL International Series Sets

Donruss Announces Limited Edition NFL International Series Sets

Donruss issued a press release Monday afternoon in which they announced plans to produce  two limited edition Football Card Sets to commemorate the NFL’s two 2008 Regular Season Games that were played abroad.  In the first international game of the 2008 season, the New Orleans Saints beat the San Diego Chargers to the tune of [...]

Rick Ross Launches Hip Hop Memorabilia Collection with Hollywood Collectibles

Rick Ross Launches Hip Hop Memorabilia Collection with Hollywood Collectibles

Thursday afternoon Hollywood Collectibles announced an exclusive memorabilia agreement with Hip Hop icon Rick Ross “The Boss”. The collection will start with custom framed autographed photos and move into a variety of “The Boss” autographed jerseys, caps and concert-used memorabilia.  Custom framed 8×10 photos are starting at $149, pricing for additional hip hop collectibles will [...]

Collectors Look To Cash in On Campaign Memorabilia

Collectors Look To Cash in On Campaign Memorabilia

The 2008 Presidential Campaign Race has entered its final month, and as the finish line approaches collectors are scrambling around to purchase commemorative memorabilia. “Everything’s collectible if you get it before Election Day,” said Mark Evans, the director of member services for the National American Political Items Collectors Organization. A wide range of memorabilia is [...]

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