With the National Sports Collectors Convention approaching, sports card makers are trying to make sure collectors have plenty of new material to open in Chicago--or if they're following from afar. More than a dozen new products are set to arrive by the start of the convention. Here are just a few of the new boxes licensed manufacturers are trotting out. … [Read more...]
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2019 Bowman’s Best Baseball Preview
Collectors will have the chance to find a fresh box of baseball cards under their tree this holiday season. 2019 Bowman’s Best baseball is set to arrive December 18, packing four on-card autographed cards per master box. The Bowman’s Best checklist (linked below when it becomes available in December) will be a mix of veterans, rookies, prospects and draft picks … [Read more...]
2018-19 Opulence Basketball Brings the Booklets
The season is over but the hoops keep coming later this week with the arrival of 2018-19 Panini Opulence basketball. The high-end product is nearly all low-numbered hits with all autographs signed on card. Each one pack box contains eight cards (there were ten last year), with three boxes per case. Seven of the eight cards are hits with all cards in the product … [Read more...]
2019 Panini Spectra Football Preview
The week after the NFL kicks off its regular season, 2019 Panini Spectra football will arrive, bringing its chrome look, a limited base set and some cards honoring last season's champs. 2019 Panini Spectra Configuration Spectra is a hit-oriented product with four packs per box, each holding four cards. Of those 16 cards, ten will feature either an autograph or … [Read more...]
Upcoming Sports Card Releases 7/10/18 – 7/23/18
Wow. Buckle your seatbelt. July continues to be a busy month for new sports card products. No matter what you collect, there's probably box coming down the line. Here's a rundown of what's arriving through July 23. Just click the links to read more about each product. Baseball 2019 Topps Archives Signature Series (7/10) - Boxes contain a single, … [Read more...]
Astro-nomical Start: Yordan Alvarez Pre-Rookie Card Guide
A hot start by a rookie often gets collectors salivating over their baseball cards and Houston Astros freshman Yordan Alvarez is no exception to this trend. A native of Las Tunas, Cuba, Alvarez was originally signed as an international free agent by the Los Angeles Dodgers in June, 2016 and was traded to the Astros within two months of inking a deal. By 2018, he was regarded … [Read more...]
2019 Panini XR Football Preview
August and September promise to be busy times for those who like to rip football cards. Several products are in the pipeline for the start of a new season including 2019 Panini XR. Back for a third straight year, XR’s content is pretty straight forward. Each box (around $100) has two packs of seven cards. On average, each box should have two … [Read more...]
A Look Back at Some of 1989’s Coolest Base and Update Cards
Thirty years ago, lots of things were happening in the baseball card industry. Topps brought the Bowman label back from the dead while Upper Deck entered a market that was starting to become a little crowded. Add it all up, and it was a pretty revolutionary year for the hobby. Inserts are often the cards collectors want the most these days. But lost in the shuffle is that … [Read more...]
2019-20 Upper Deck Series 1 Hockey Preview
Training camps will open in just over two months and now we’ve got details on 2019-20 Upper Deck Series 1 hockey. The annual flagship issue returns this fall with a much-anticipated rookie class. 2019-20 Upper Deck Series 1 Hockey Configuration Each box will have 24 packs with eight cards per pack. Every box should once again yield six of the popular Young Guns rookie … [Read more...]
2019 Donruss Football Preview
What's become the flagship NFL trading card product returns during training camp. 2019 Donruss football leans on a sizeable base set, plenty of rookie cards and a boatload of inserts and parallels. 2019 Donruss Football Release Date, Configuration and Base Set With a release date of August 7, Panini will put ten cards in each pack and 18 packs in each Donruss box. … [Read more...]
