The good news for baseball card collectors is that two of the season’s top rookies will have cards in 2018 Topps Series 2 when it arrives next week. The bad news is both will be short prints. Despite both players being called up from the minors after the start of the season, Topps was able to create cards for both Ronald Acuna and Gleyber Torres. However, … [Read more...]
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Sports Card Release Calendar: June 6-22, 2018
As spring turns to summer, a pair of new baseball card products will arrive, but they aren't the only new releases collectors will have a chance to open over the next couple of weeks. Courtesy of Maine Sports Cards, here's a look at some of what's ahead. 2018 Topps Finest Baseball (6/6) Finest ‘master boxes’ have 12 packs with five cards per pack. Each two- … [Read more...]
Panini Opulence Basketball Debuts With Wealth Of Autographs, Relics
Opulence is defined as great wealth or luxuriousness. When 2017-2018 Panini Opulence Basketball debuts the first week of August, collectors will need some wealth to buy the 10-card hobby box — but the dividends could be luxurious, with seven autographs or memorabilia cards per box with an expected cost of somewhere around $1,000. Some of the hits will include on-card … [Read more...]
A Vintage Collector Plays the Ohtani 2018 Bowman Lottery
If you've read my stories here, you generally understand that the bulk of them have a vintage and pre-war spin. Truthfully, that's really all I collect. I haven't bought packs of modern cards in years and couldn't tell you the last thing I purchased. But all of the talk about Shohei Ohtani's 2018 Bowman cards got me to thinking. Could a vintage collector play the Ohtani lottery … [Read more...]
2018 Panini Father’s Day Promo to Include Ohtani Autograph, Relic Cards
Panini’s Father’s Day promotion will return to participating hobby shops in 2018, with hobby shops offering free packs in return for purchasing certain sports card boxes beginning in stores during the weekend of June 15-17. The annual event offers retailers the opportunity to hand out incentives to customers in the form of a two-card pack of Father’s Day-branded cards. … [Read more...]
2018 Topps Heritage Minors Baseball Preview
Minor League Baseball gets the throwback treatment once again with 2018 Topps Heritage Minors set to return early this fall. Like the big league set that was released over the winter, Heritage Minors will carry a 1969 Topps theme. Each box will have 18 eight card packs that will include one autograph and one memorabilia card. There will also be a three-card box topper … [Read more...]
Sports Card Release Calendar Through June 5
The last two weeks of May have offered several new sports card products just in time for some holiday weekend ripping. Courtesy of Maine Sports Cards, here's an overview of what's just arrived and what's coming soon. 2018 Topps Tier One Baseball (Released 5/23) For those who prefer nothing but hits, Tier One returns in hobby box only form with each one-pack box … [Read more...]
Lucky 7 – Key Vegas Golden Knights Rookie Cards
After a shocking regular season debut where the Vegas Golden Knights made history by finishing first in the NHL's Pacific Division, the league's newest team is on a playoff tear as well. While most expansion teams in any sport are often mired near the bottom of the standings, the Golden Knights have come together to defy expectations and not only swept the Los Angeles Kings … [Read more...]
Rush is on for Juan Soto Baseball Cards
He’d only had 31 at-bats above the Class A level before joining the Washington Nationals but Juan Soto baseball cards have been around for a few years. Despite his youth (19 years and 208 days upon his big league arrival), the Dominican born Soto has cards dating back to 2016, a year after he signed with the Washington Nationals for a reported $1.5 million. In … [Read more...]
2018 Topps Triple Threads Set for Fall Release
2018 Topps Triple Threads baseball will return this fall. Topps won’t deviate too much from the norm with this annual release that should land at around $190-$200 per box upon release. In addition to base cards and parallels, every two-pack Master Box includes: 1 autographed triple relic card #’d to 99 or less 1 triple relic card #’d to 36 or less 1 … [Read more...]
