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2009 Topps Football
2009 Topps Football Release Date: Now Available Hits Per Box: 1 (Hobby), 3 (HTA Jumbo) Box Configuration: 36 Packs Per Box / 10 Cards Per Pack (Hobby), 10 Packs / 50 Cards Per Pack (HTA Jumbo) Product Information 2009 Topps Football features a checklist of 110 Rookies from this year’s NFL Draft Class. This is […]
Celebrating New MLB Hall of Famers Rickey Henderson, Jim Rice, and Joe Gordon
The Baseball Hall of Fame has inducted its most recent class, and the two men elected for 2009 (along with Veterans’ selection Joe Gordon) took very different paths. All-time basestealing king and feared leadoff hitter Rickey Henderson made it in on his first try, while Red Sox power hitter Jim Rice had to wait until […]
Ohio Woman Shows Off Father’s Collection of Vintage Photos of Baseball Legends
Imagine having high quality photographs of some of the greatest players in Major League Baseball history, names like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Rogers Hornsby and Jimmie Foxx. For good measure, let’s say some of them are autographed as well. Ohio native Julia Whitaker doesn’t have to daydream about a collection like that, because it’s exactly […]
Mark Buehrle Cards, Collectibles for All Kinds of Budgets
The most common and affordable way to start a Mark Buehrle collection would be with his rookie cards, which come from products released in 2000.
2009 Donruss Gridiron Gear Football
2009 Donruss Gridiron Gear Football card set information, product reviews, and price comparisons.
Interview with Joe Rubinstein
The Cardboard Connection’s Jay Ghazaleh sat down with legendary Comic Book and Sketch Card artist Joe Rubenstein to talk about life, art, and the pursuit of Triple D’s.
2009 Topps Series 2 Baseball Set Checklist
2009 Topps Series 2 Baseball Base Set Checklist (331-660) Card# Player Name Team Other Info 331 Luke Scott Baltimore Orioles 332 Chone Figgins Angels 333 Jeremy Sowers/Aaron Laffey Cleveland Indians 334 Blake DeWitt Los Angeles Dodgers 335 Chris Young Arizona Diamondbacks 336 Jordan Schafer Atlanta Braves Rookie Card 337 Bobby Jenks Chicago White Sox 338 […]
Interview With Brian Kong, The King of The Sketch
The Cardboard Connection’s own Jay Ghazaleh sat down with sketch card super artist Brian Kong to find out more about the man behind the masterpieces.
2009 Upper Deck Draft Football
2009 Upper Deck Draft Football Product Profile Release Date: 5/26/09 (Delayed from original date of 5/5) Hobby Configuration: 12 Boxes Per Case / 16 Packs Per Box / 10 Cards Per Pack Product Information 2009 Upper Deck Draft Football Product Highlights (5) rookie autographs per box on average All individual autographs are signed on-card (1) […]
2009 Topps Series 2 Baseball Variation Checklist
With the May 20th release date for 2009 Topps Series 2 Baseball inching closer and closer, many collector look forward to soon being able to complete their 2009 Topps Baseball Card Sets. The second installment of what many consider to be the best Topps Baseball base set of the last decade will look to continue […]
2009 Bowman Draft Picks Football
2009 Bowman Draft Football is a big step up from Topps’ first attempts at preseason rookie-packed football card products, Topps Progression and Topps Draft Picks and Prospects. One of the high points of this set is that 75% of the autographs seeded in it feature on-card autographs – always a nice touch in this […]
2009 Topps Baseball Card Retail Variation Guide
2009 Topps Baseball Walmart and Target Retail Exclusive Variation set guide.
2009 Bowman Baseball Set Checklist
The complete checklist for 2009 Bowman Baseball and 2009 Bowman Chrome Baseball.
2008-09 Upper Deck Lineage Basketball Buy Back Autograph Redemption Set Checklist
Player Set Card # Description Quantity B.J. Armstrong 1991-1992 Upper Deck 184 Regular 10 B.J. Armstrong 1992-1993 Upper Deck 157 Regular 10 B.J. Armstrong 1993-1994 Upper Deck SE 95 Regular 5 Bard Daugherty 1991-1992 Upper Deck 364 Regular 15 Brad Daugherty 1991-1992 Upper Deck 76 Team Checklist 15 Brad Daugherty 1991-1992 Upper Deck 461 All […]
2009 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball Insert Set Checklists
Please note that these checklists are subject to change by Topps any time between now and late June when 2009 Topps Allen and Ginter Baseball is released. More then likely, Topps will add a few additional cards to these preliminary checklists. 2009 Topps Allen and Ginter Baseball Autograph Checklist Card # Player AGA-AC Alexi Casilla […]
2009 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball Cards
Topps’ Allen and Ginter baseball has become one of the most popular baseball card products on the market, since reentering the brand reentered the hobby under the Topps Brand name in 2006. Topps Allen and Ginter is one of the rare products that seems to appeal to almost every type of baseball card collector. Topps […]
2009 Sage Hit Low Series Football Checklist
2009 Sage Hit Football Low Series Base Set (1-50) ***Autographed Parallels Include Base Auto, Silver Auto and Gold Auto (#/250) Card # Player Name Team – Position 1 Patrick Turner USC-WR 2 Malcolm Jenkins Ohio State – CB 3 Eugene Monroe Virginia – OT 4 D.J. Boldin Wake Forest – WR 5 Michael Crabtree Texas […]
2009 Topps Heritage Baseball Short Print Checklist
Topps has announced the official list of short printed base cards in 2009 Topps Heritage Baseball. The set features a total of 75 different short prints (#426 – #500). 2009 Topps Heritage Short Prints were seeded at a rate of 1:3 packs: Card # Player Team 426 Scott Rolen Toronto Blue Jays 427 Ben Francisco […]
