An earlier than usual baseball release, basketball and hockey products and a familiar high-end NFL issue are among the new sports card arrivals over the latter half of March. Here's a roundup of what's heading to market. The Break Exchange will be breaking some of these products as they come to market in the weeks ahead. You can follow their break schedule here. 2019 … [Read more...]
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Hottest Baker Mayfield Rookie Cards
They hadn't won a game in 635 days. Nineteen games, nineteen losses. Then came Thursday, September 20, 2018. Since that 21-17 comeback victory that set Cleveland ablaze with hope, Baker Mayfield rookie cards have been among the hobby's hottest. The Baker Mayfield File Like Brett Favre for the 1992 Green Bay Packers, it took an injury for Mayfield's pro … [Read more...]
Griffey Jr. Autographs Part of 2019 Panini Stars & Stripes Baseball
It's the red, white and bluest product you'll see this year--and maybe one to stick away for a rainy day. 2019 Panini Stars & Stripes Baseball arrived Wednesday, marking the seventh year of the company's partnership with USA Baseball. 2019 Panini Stars & Stripes Basics Each box of Stars & Stripes again carries five eight-card packs with a pretty good … [Read more...]
Grading Companies Give Much Needed Boost to Junk Wax Era
Broadly defined as baseball cards produced from the late 1980s through the early 1990s, the "Junk Wax Era" is often cited as a primary reason for the crash of the industry felt in the late 1990s. The gist is that cards produced during that time were usually printed in far greater quantities than many collectors believed. As a result, supply became much greater than demand. That … [Read more...]
Hanes Offering Michael Jordan 30th Anniversary Set
There’s a new set of Michael Jordan cards hitting the market but you won’t find packs at your local hobby shop. You’ll have to grab some underwear to get a pack. Hanes and Upper Deck have partnered for a 170 card set, distributed in packs of men’s undies. Produced under the old Fleer brand name, the cards don’t show MJ on the court. The images were taken from … [Read more...]
2018-19 Upper Deck Clear Cut Hockey Preview
This year’s flagship hockey card set is getting the acetate treatment. Set to arrive during the off-season, 2018-19 Upper Deck Clear Cut will be the latest in a string of products that feature just one autographed, encapsulated card per box. Every box contains a hard-signed autograph and a sealed one-touch case. The checklist will be based on the cards that were issued in … [Read more...]
Bowman Sterling Returns As Standlalone Product After 5-Year Absence
Call it coming out of semi-retirement. 2019 Bowman Sterling baseball will mark the return of a familiar Topps brand as a singular product. In February, Topps announced at its industry conference that Sterling would be replacing Bowman High Tek on its release calendar, and according to preview material from the company, it's coming back with plenty of autographs of … [Read more...]
1991-92 Rookie Card Recap: Prospects Gone Wild!
Hockey cards went mainstream during the 1990-91 season, but manufacturers were looking to sustain the effects of the hobby boom in 1991-92 and dug deeper to compete for collector attention and dollars. Naturally, this meant getting every possible rookie card into their releases and those that were collecting at the time had plenty of options to consider when breaking boxes … [Read more...]
Sports Card Release Calendar 3/6/19 – 3/15/19
Two new baseball products and a high-end football release are just part of what's coming out during the first half of March. Below is a roundup of sports card products to look for, courtesy of The Break Exchange. 2018-19 Panini Select Basketball (3/6) Select will have 12 packs of five cards in each box with three autograph or memorabilia card hits inside. It’s … [Read more...]
2000 Tom Brady Contenders Autographed Rookie Card Sells for $400,100
The record for the highest priced modern trading card ever sold at public auction didn't even last a week. A 2000 Playoff Contenders Championship Rookie Ticket Autograph card, one of only 100 produced and rated 9 by Beckett Grading was listed as sold for $400,100 in a 10-day eBay auction that ended Monday night. It's the most ever paid at auction for a football … [Read more...]
