2010 Bowman Sterling Baseball Refractor Rainbow
By Brett Lewis
From the ultra rare 1/1 red refractor to the most populous regular refractor /199, we provide a simple explanation of how 2010 Bowman Sterling Baseball’s refractor system works.
Archive for February, 2011
2010 Playoff Contenders Football Review
By Brett Lewis
Sharp set design, short print madness, variations and the all-new 1/1 Golden Ticket collide to make the latest incarnation of Contenders the first must break product of the 2010 football card season. If you have any interest in football cards whatsoever, this product won’t disappoint.
2010 Super Bowl Championship Football Cards: Green Bay Packers
By Brett Lewis
Rookie card checklist for every member of the 2010 Green Bay Packers Roster. From Aaron Rodgers to Greg Jennings to James Starks to B.J. Raji to Clay Matthews to Charles Woodson, this is a team set on steroids!
2010 Topps Supreme Football Review
By Brett Lewis
2010 Topps Supreme Football features a solid checklist, intriguing card design and the potential for high quality hits, but falls short when it comes to delivery – each $80-$90 box delivers a total of four cards, of which only one is a hit. I would recommend seeking singles over buying a box, but if you have an itch to rip, you could do far worse than Topps Supreme.
2010 Topps Tribute Football Review
By Brett Lewis
If we were talking about a product that carried a box price of around $180, this would be an excellent product. Seeing as how the actual box price is between $275-$325, Tribute simply doesn’t deliver enough bang for your buck for a high-end product.
2010 Upper Deck World of Sports Review
By Brett Lewis
2010 Upper Deck World of Sports features an intriguing checklist that includes a multitude of stars spanning the sports spectrum. Unfortunately, an idea is only as good as it’s execution and World of Sports is a poorly executed product.
2010-11 SPx Hockey Review
By Brett Lewis
2010-11 SPx Hockey returns with simpler card design and unlike past years, isn’t the first product of the year to deliver rookie autographs. Overall, it’s an above average offering that will appeal to hardcore SPx fans.
2011 Leaf Metal Draft Football
By Jennifer Smeth
2011 Leaf Metal Draft is set to hit the hobby scene in late March, giving collectors a chance to grab the first autographed cards featuring Cam Newton, A.J. Green, Jake Locker and other big names from April’s 2011 NFL Draft.
2011 Leaf Muhammad Ali
By Brett Lewis
Leaf attempts to capture the legend of the one and only Muhammad Ali on cardboard. 2011 Leaf Muhammad Ali features cards that chronicle the career and moments that defined the boxing great in addition to autographs of Ali fans, opponents and associates. Each 1-pack hobby box delivers a total of 5 base cards, 1 insert and 2 autographs.
2011 Press Pass Football
By Brett Lewis
Press Pass returns for another season of pre-draft football card prospecting. Blaine Gabbert, Ryan Mallet, Cam Newton, Jake Locker, A.J. Green and Julio Jones highlight the early checklist. 2011 Press Pass Football is scheduled to release on March 30th, with each $80-$100 hobby box delivering 28-packs and 5-autographs.
2011 Prestige Football
By Jennifer Smeth
Panini’s Prestige returns for another season of post-draft gridiron prospecting. The latest installment of Prestige features a sleeker card design than past years as well as several new inclusions highlighted by NFL Passport inserts and autographs. 2011 Prestige is set to release on May 11th, with each $80-$100 hobby box delivering 4 hits, 24 rookies and 23 additional inserts and parallels.
2011 Topps Attax Baseball
By Brett Lewis
Attax returns for another season of strategy based baseball card fun. 2011 Topps Attax features new card design, new packaging and a revamped and expanded game format that now includes base hits, base running, fielding and bag swiping. Attax is currently slated to release in late April of this year.
2011 TriStar Pursuit Baseball
By Brett Lewis
Pursuit returns this April for another season of baseball card prospecting. Early names on the checklist include Mike Trout, Manny Machado, Jameson Taillon and Wil Myers. Each $75 hobby box delivers 6 autographs, 5 numbered cards, 5 short prints and 2 Obak Preview cards.
Buying Trading Card Sleeves for Thick Cards
By Brett Lewis
Ultra Pro’s Vintage card sleeves offer collectors the ideal level of protection for the modern memorabilia card. The sleeves were designed for oversized vintage cards, but work perfectly for 90% of today’s hits and thicker stocked cards.
Cam Newton Signs NFL Rookie Record Endorsement Deal With Under Armour
By Brett Lewis
Decorated college QB signs NFL rookie record endorsement deal with Under Armour. The deal will finally make Cecil Newton a rich man, or at least the father of one. Nike and Under Armour reportedly went toe to toe for the projected top 10 pick.
Hank Aaron, Frank Thomas to Promote Topps Diamond Anniversary
By Brett Lewis
Big Hurt and Hammerin Hank become pitchmen for Topps’ 60th Diamond Anniversary tour. The highlight of the promotional tour will be Hank’s appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday night.
How to Best Package Your Sports Card Singles
By Brett Lewis
Whether it be a top loader, magnet case, snap case or hinged box, painter’s tape offers the perfect amount of protection when it comes to sending sports cards through the mail, more importantly, it’s easy to remove and doesn’t leave behind residue.
PSA/DNA’s Invisible Ink to Certify Super Bowl XLV Memorabilia
By Brett Lewis
During Super Bowl XLV, PSA/DNA will continues it’s fight against fakes and forgeries in the world of sports memorabilia by using invisible ink and lasers to certify the authenticity of game used footballs, pylons and even the coin used for the coin flip.
Top 10 eBay Football Card Sales: Aaron Rodgers
By Brett Lewis
Top 10 highest recorded Aaron Rodgers single card sales since the Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl XLV. The list is topped by a one-of-one 2005 SP Authentic NFL Shield Logo Autograph which sold for $8,600!
Top 25 NFL Jersey Sales From 2010 Season: Polamalu, Tebow, Cowboys
By Brett Lewis
Troy Polamalu, Drew Brees, Tim Tebow, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Michael Vick, Aaron Rodgers, Peyton Hillis, Dallas Cowboys among the top 25 best selling jerseys from the 2010 NFL Season. Complete 25 list with bonus pictures!
Topps Diamond Giveaway Website Goes Live
By Brett Lewis
The code entering phase of Topps’ Diamond Giveaway promotion officially begins. Each Diamond Giveaway code card unlocks one 1952-2009 Topps card and gives collectors one “dig point”, which is used to search for buried prizes on a virtual baseball field. Code cards are seeded in packs of 2011 Topps Series 1 Baseball.
Trading Card Sell Sheets of Yesteryear
By Brett Lewis
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.
Virtual Card Show: Joe Mauer Baseball Cards
By Brett Lewis
From his mythical 2002 Bowman Chrome Facsimile Auto to a 2011 Topps Baseball One-of-One All-Star Game Letterman, we present 55 of the coolest cards to have recently passed through eBay featuring the face of the Twins, who will also be the face of MLB 11:The Show (2-peat).
Virtual Card Show: Taylor Hall Hockey Cards
By Brett Lewis
27 random Taylor Hall hockey card pictures from 2010-11 SPx, 2010-11 Certified, 2010-11 Limited, 2010-11 Upper Deck, 2010-11 SP Game Used, In the Game, 2010-11 Donruss, 2010-11 Score and more!
