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Upper Deck Loses NFL License
Upper Deck announced on Wednesday that they will no longer be licensed to produce Football Cards. Over the last year and a half, Upper Deck has seen it’s fortunes change drastically: January 27th, 2009- Panini secures exclusive rights to manufacture license NBA Cards November 30th, 2009- Topps secures exclusive rights to manufacture licensed MLB Cards […]
How to Spend $100,000 on E-Bay in 15 Minutes
My dream Joe Mauer card, a 1/1 Jason Heyward Printing Plate Auto, a Ruth Rookie, and other cards I can only afford in imagination land.
2010 Topps Pro Debut Series 1 Baseball
This highly anticipated release highlights 220 Top Minor League Prospects and 2009 Top Draft Picks. It will mark the first time that many of Razor’s large crop of exclusive 2008 MLB draft picks (including Tim Beckham and Pedro Alvarez) appear on Topps cards.
2010 Topps Attax Baseball Product Review
Good:Creating a strategy trading card game is definately a step in the right direction, the cards look cool, the online features are cool, the games are short. Bad: The strategy is pretty weak, too simple, it’s more like playing war with a deck a of cards than an actual strategy game, the cards ratings are […]
5 Greatest Alexander Ovechkin Rookies
We look at some of Alexander the Great’s greatest Rookie Cards.
2009 Football: Best Sets For Set Builders
Four of the Best Sets to put together from the 2009 Football Card Season!
2009 Football Card of The Year: Brett Favre 112B
The 112B Captured the 2009 NFL Season and the Eye of Collectors
2010 Topps Tribute Baseball
2010 Topps Tribute Dynasties and Rivalries Edition takes the Topps Tribute brand in new direction by bringing together MLB’s stars of the past and present to pay homage to some of the great rivalries of the sport. Product Highlights 3 Autograph Cards per box 3 Relic Cards per box Hobby Exclusive Product Breakdown BASE CARDS […]
Matt Duchene vs. John Tavares
In the 2009 NHL Draft, there was John Tavares and everyone not named John Tavares. Tavares was without a doubt the most heralded and coveted prospect since Sidney Crosby. In fact, he was so good that he unsuccessfully attempted to enter the 2008 NHL Draft at the age of 17. For these reasons, it’s curious […]
2010 Topps Million Card Giveaway Tips
If your visiting this page, rest assured, I know that it was by error and that you have little to no interest in those stupid code cards in 2010 Topps Baseball. They are the same thing as the “Topps Attax” fillers, aren’t they? I’m actually running a recycling program for the “Million Card Giveaways”, all you […]
2010 NBA All-Star Basketball Card Teams
1st, 2nd, and 3rd All-Basketball Card Teams: First Team C- 1992-93 Stadium Club Beam Team #21 Shaquille O’Neal ($50) F- 2007-08 SP Authentic #152 Kevin Durant JSY AU /299 ($300) F- 2002-03 Finest #178 LeBron James XRC /999 ($180) G- 1996-97 Topps Chrome #138 Kobe Bryant ($275) G- 2003-04 Bowman Chrome #149 Dwyane Wade AU […]
Panini Signs Multi-Year Trading Card Deal With NHL
Today, the NHL and NHLPA announced a multi-year trading card distribution deal with Panini and Upper Deck. The terms of the agreement are not fully known, but what is known is that for the first time since 2005-06, Upper Deck will not go un-opposed in the Hockey sector of the hobby. Panini’s first 2010-11 Hockey […]
2009-10 Upper Deck Collector’s Choice Hockey Review
For years, Collector’s Choice has suffered from the same “stigma” as “First Edition”, “Kick Off”, and many other extremely “cheap” products. To my surprise, this years’ Collector’s Choice Hockey was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had opening a cheap product. I probably got close to $100 worth of cards! I would expect that type of return from a middle of […]
2010 Topps Opening Day Review
Good: Players like Roy Halladay and Curtis Granderson are on their new teams, which wasn’t the case in 2010 Topps Series 1. Kids might enjoy the Topps Attax Inserts. Bad: There is no value, it’s too similar to Topps Series 1, the inserts are pretty bad, the odds of getting an auto border on impossible, […]
Joe Mauer Tags Out the Market Size Myth
In Sports Cards, people make the common assumption that the Market you play in almost completely defines the potential book value of a players’ card. Playing in a large market can certainly improve book value, but it has very little to do with the maximum value a card ends at. Contrary to popular belief, the ceiling isn’t […]
Sports Cards I Wish Existed
The rookie card is the holy grail of sports cards. Autographed bats, balls, helmets, jerseys, pucks, and pictures all take a back seat to these kings of cardboard. A rookie card represents the first chapter in a story. It could be the story of greatness like Peyton Manning, or the story of absolute failure like Ryan Leaf. The […]
1952 Topps Mickey Mantle Might Hold the Solution to the Era of Overproduction
The 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle is a hobby legend and the circumstances that helped this card achieve collecting immortality could help fix the overproduction of the Junk Wax era.
2010 Topps Heritage Baseball Product Review
Good: Strong base set, classic design, compelling checklist. Bad: Lack of innovation. The Bottom Line: 2010 Topps Heritage certainly doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but its still an above average product that is worth checking out. Design I’m personally a huge fan of the 1961 Topps baseball set, so 2010 Topps Heritage scored big designwise for […]
