As we head toward the final quarter of 2023, it’s worth noting that one of the most ambitious sports trading card promotions had just come to an end 60 years ago. Post Cereal’s decision to use baseball cards—and at least for one year, football cards--to hook kids on the brand had turned into a three-year campaign that wrapped up in the summer of ‘63. It … [Read more...] about Newspapers Reveal Extent of Massive 1960s Post Cereal/Jell-O Sports Card Promotion
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2023 Topps Stadium Club Preview
Arriving about a month and a half earlier than last year's edition, 2023 Topps Stadium Club is set to bring its usual focus on photography. A checklist and odds for the product are at the bottom of the page. Configuration and Base Set Boxes will hold 16 packs with eight cards per pck and a guarantee of two autographs. Blaster boxes will return in '23 as … [Read more...] about 2023 Topps Stadium Club Preview
2023 Topps Update Baseball Preview
The flagship is about to reach the harbor. 2023 Topps Update marks the end of the annual trilogy of the main line of fully licensed baseball cards, with a release date of Oct. 11. That's a couple of weeks earlier than the '22 release. Configurations One thing that won't be the same is the size of the Hobby box. 2023 Topps Update Baseball will have 20 packs with … [Read more...] about 2023 Topps Update Baseball Preview
1992 Topps Football Brought Quantity Over Quality with One of Deepest Sets to Date
Collectors yearning for a comprehensive football set certainly got their wish in the midst of the junk wax era. The 1992 Topps Football set is a monstrosity, totaling 759 cards over three separate series. Cards numbered 1 through 330 constitute Series 1. Series 2 features a second round of 330 cards numbered 331 through 660. The high number series (Series 3) rounds … [Read more...] about 1992 Topps Football Brought Quantity Over Quality with One of Deepest Sets to Date
1954 Esskay Hot Dogs Orioles Set Is a Rare Bird
Excitement was brewing in Baltimore as the 1954 baseball season approached. The St. Louis Browns franchise had become the Baltimore Orioles and big league baseball was back in the city for the first time since days of John McGraw. After opening on the road, the O's played their first game in Memorial Stadium on April 15. Nothing went better with baseball than hot … [Read more...] about 1954 Esskay Hot Dogs Orioles Set Is a Rare Bird
2022 Panini Flawless Football Returns with Low Numbered Cards, On-Card Autographs
The briefcase is back. One of last football season’s latest arriving products save what many collectors feel is the best. 2022 Panini Flawless NFL is set to arrive Wednesday, with its usual array of low numbered cards, autographs and cards thick enough to serve as coasters (but don’t do that). All cards in Flawless are numbered to 25 or less and all autographs are on-card … [Read more...] about 2022 Panini Flawless Football Returns with Low Numbered Cards, On-Card Autographs
Julio Rodriguez Helps Design His New Topps Set
You can add trading card set curator to the talents of Seattle Mariners young superstar Julio Rodriguez. On the field, the 22-year-old Dominican is having another excellent season. Off it, his endorsement deal with Topps has included his own commercial video series and now a newly released Topps X product that was released on Tuesday. According to Topps, … [Read more...] about Julio Rodriguez Helps Design His New Topps Set
Brief Box Break: 2023 Panini Plates & Patches Football
The brand new 2023 Panini Plates & Patches Football hobby boxes have made their way to the shop. This product is as advertised, as you will find printing plates in metallic form coupled with eye catching patch inserts. Boxes consist of five cards, including two autographs and one memorabilia card and a few base or parallels, making it a perfect fit for the Brief Box … [Read more...] about Brief Box Break: 2023 Panini Plates & Patches Football
Remembering the Kid: 8 Great Cards of Gary Carter
Gary Carter will always be the Kid. His broad smile and enthusiasm for the game, plus his Hall of Fame career, made him a fan favorite. Carter was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the third round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft, straight out of Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California. He made his major league debut on Sept. 16, 1974, going 0-for-4 against a … [Read more...] about Remembering the Kid: 8 Great Cards of Gary Carter
1910 American Caramel Honus Wagner a True Hobby Rarity
The T206 Honus Wagner may be the ‘holy grail’ for card collectors but there are numerous Wagner cards that are far rarer. Case in point: the E125 1910 American Caramel die-cuts. One of only six graded Wagner cards showing the Flying Dutchman in a batting pose is among thousands of cards being offered in the Heritage Auctions Fall Sports Catalog Auction. Measuring … [Read more...] about 1910 American Caramel Honus Wagner a True Hobby Rarity