Redemption cards have always been a hot button issue between trading card makers and those who buy their products. When players don’t send their cards back in time for release, the manufacturers still what’s essentially an IOU in the product for that particular autograph. Sometimes it’s fulfilled quickly. Other times, it can drag on for months—or even years. … [Read more...]
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Help Wanted: PSA Tries to Keep Up With Demand as Revenue Soars
PSA has moved to new offices and brought in newly hired help but the grading and authentication arm of Collectors Universe is still trying to decrease the backlog of submissions for autographs and trading cards. The news goes hand-in-hand with another record-setting financial quarter for the Southern California-based company. Collectors Universe released its financial … [Read more...]
Panini Offers Patriots Super Bowl 53 Card Set
Panini America wasted no time creating a football card set for the Super Bowl champs. The 36-card Patriots Super Bowl 53 Champions boxed set is already in production. It will feature key players and highlight images from New England's 13-3 win over the Los Angeles Rams in Atlanta. Each card will focus on the Patriots, with key players including Tom Brady and … [Read more...]
Demand for Tom Brady Autographs Still Growing
He was popular after winning his first Super Bowl back in 2001. Who could have imagined he'd win five more--and still be playing into his 40s? If you added a few Tom Brady autographs to your collection back then, it's proven to be a shrewd investment. Whether you're a New England Patriots fan or not, there's no dismissing his status now. Brady is the … [Read more...]
Rookie Cards of the 2019 Pro Football Hall of Famers
This year's list of newly-elected Pro Football Hall of Famers has a definite 90s feel to it. Four of the players selected for enshrinement have rookie cards during that explosive decade of sports cards. Another first appeared on a trading card way back in 1961. Here's a quick roundup of each player's rookie year cardboard. Johnny Robinson Safety Johnny … [Read more...]
Sign of Spring: 2019 Topps Baseball Arrives on Winter’s Coldest Day
The temperature early Wednesday morning in Roseville, Minnesota was 26 degrees. That’s 26 below zero. A strong breeze made it feel like -50. It’s the kind of bitter, crazy cold that can freeze your locks and sear your lungs with every breath. It would warm up by afternoon—to a high of about 13 below. If there ever was a day when collectors in … [Read more...]
Notes: Big $ for Modern Cards; Card Show Autograph Stories
It’s been quite a ride for Tom Brady…and for his football cards. No player’s rookie cards have increased in value as much as the five-time Super Bowl winner who could make history with a sixth title if the Patriots can beat the Rams on Sunday. One of the 100 autographed 2000 Playoff Contenders Brady cards (this one graded 9 by BGS) is on the auction block … [Read more...]
2019 Topps Series 1 Baseball Checklist Released
Some changes are coming with 2019 Topps baseball cards. Expect to pay a little more for a little less. After many years of putting 36 ten-card packs into a hobby box, Topps will give collectors 14 cards in a pack but there will be only 24 packs per box. Jumbo boxes are moving from 50 cards per pack to 46. The net result is a loss of 24 cards per hobby box … [Read more...]
2019 Topps Finest Preview
Nolan Ryan was still pitching. George Brett was still hitting. Sparky Anderson was still managing. Yes, it's been a long time since the first edition of Topps Finest baseball cards was introduced. Twenty-six years later, the latest edition of the long-running brand will arrive June 5. 2019 Topps Finest will be released in the now … [Read more...]
Second 1959 Topps Baseball Cello Box Coming to Auction
Purchased as part of a business liquidation 55 years ago, more unopened Topps trading card boxes from the 1950s are about to enter the market. The gem of the bunch is a 1959 Topps baseball cello box, with 24 pristine unopened 4th series packs that's likely to fetch at least $50,000 when Heritage Auctions puts it on the block next month. Also up for grabs will be a 1956 … [Read more...]
