Collectors looking for Joe DiMaggio cards often have a tough time finding 1940s issues at an affordable price. For one thing, World War II helped to halt baseball card production in that decade. That means the number of DiMaggio cards (and cards of other players, for that matter) are just pretty scarce. And for another, the Hall of Famer continues to be a wildly popular target … [Read more...]
Panini Reveals First Wave of 2019 Contenders SPs, SSPs
Panini is once again peeling back the curtain to reveal which autographs are the rarest in its recently released 2019 Contenders football product. On Wednesday, the company released a partial list of some of the SP and SSP print runs from Rookie Tickets (team logo), Rookie Ticket variations (team helmet) and Veteran tickets. An SP designation means 250 or less of that … [Read more...]
5 Top Larry Walker Rookie Cards
Larry Walker once famously tagged up and ran from first to third on a fly ball when he was a minor leaguer. As a major leaguer, he handed a baseball to a young fan, believing his catch was the third out of an inning during a 1994 game. It wasn’t. Those mistakes were few and far between. On Tuesday, Walker became the second native-born Canadian to be elected to the Baseball … [Read more...]
1959-60 Parkhurst: Two Solitudes on Cardboard
Back in 1945, respected Canadian author Hugh MacLennan wrote a novel entitled Two Solitudes and it addressed the tensions between French and English Canadians through a mythological lens. A decade-and-a-half later, those tensions were readily apparent on the ice as the Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs battled for NHL supremacy - a rivalry which … [Read more...]
Sports Card Release Calendar: 1/23/20 – 2/11/20
The first 2020-branded baseball products will arrive in the coming days, but they won't be alone. Here's a look at the sports card releases arriving soon. 2019-20 Panini Crown Royale Basketball 1/29 With a history that dates back to the 1990s, Crown Royale offers eight cards per box, including an autograph, memorabilia card and two parallels or … [Read more...]
Mysteries Still Surround the Rare T217 Mono Cigarettes Set
The T217 Mono Cigarettes set is one of the rarest 20th century tobacco baseball card issues. Despite a relatively small checklist, completing this rare tobacco set is extremely difficult . And in the case of assembling a fully complete set, that may be impossible. About the T217 Mono Cigarettes Set If obscure baseball players is your thing, the T217 Mono Cigarettes set has … [Read more...]
Panini-Fanatics Partner on 2019-20 Donruss Optic Factory Set with Rookie Parallels
Hobby boxes will be here in February but there's a new twist for one of the hobby's increasingly popular basketball issues. There's a 2019-20 Donruss Optic basketball factory set in the works, with some exclusive content. Panini America has partnered with Fanatics for the set, which won't differ much from the standard Optic base set, offering the same 200 cards (150 … [Read more...]
Patrick Mahomes Rookie Cards Soaring
Whether it’s a record-setting collection of touchdown passes, a late rally in a hostile environment or an improvisational toss with his opposite hand, there’s not much mystery behind the strong interest in Patrick Mahomes rookie cards. In his first three games as the Kansas City Chiefs' starting quarterback in 2018, Mahomes tossed 13 touchdown passes while completing 67% of … [Read more...]
10 Underrated Hockey Rookie Cards of the 1960s
The game of hockey was aiming to grow in the 1960s and as the NHL was ready to move from the Original Six era to a 12-team league. Before expansion, it was tough to crack a roster and it was tough for a special talent to make it up - even for a few games. Sometimes, these players might have found themselves a hockey card, too. However, even the stars can become forgotten … [Read more...]
2020 Topps Stadium Club Preview
It was the center of the sports card universe when it made its debut back in 1991 and the focus on unique imagery hasn’t changed. 2020 Topps Stadium Club marks the seventh year of the brand’s reincarnation with photography a big part of the allure once again. The reality, though, is that hits are almost a must in any baseball card product and TSC does try to deliver … [Read more...]