After making its return after a long hiatus in 2014, one baseball product born in the 1990s has settled back in as an annual release and now also has a Bowman-branded brother (due out in August). 2018 Topps High Tek will arrive during baseball’s post-season, again offering its dizzying array of backgrounds and parallels to chase. 2018 Topps High Tek Basics Each one-pack … [Read more...]
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Fresh High-Grade Find of 1950s Cards Includes Pair of Minty Mantles
Less than a month after the revelation of a big high-grade stash of 1952 Topps high numbers and other vintage cards, another newfound pristine childhood collection is on its way to PSA. The latest find consisted of over 1,200 1950s cards, most of which were in impeccable shape including two high-grade 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle cards and a pair of valuable Jackie Robinson … [Read more...]
2018 Panini Origins Football Returns This Summer
2018 Panini Origins football will return for a third straight season just as this year’s NFL rookie class is getting its collective feet wet during the pre-season schedule. It’s a one pack box product packing three hits, including a pair of autographs. On average, each hobby box (seven cards per box, 16 boxes per case) will include one hard-signed rookie autograph, … [Read more...]
Topps Series 2 Silver Pack Checklist and Info
Just ahead of Wednesday’s release of 2018 Topps Baseball Series 2 Baseball, Topps has released the checklist and some preview images from the latest edition of the company’s Silver Pack promotion. The packs are handed out in sports card shops and via online retailers with those who buy one Hobby box receiving one of the four-card packs and Jumbo box buyers receiving two … [Read more...]
Normand Leveille: A Promising Career Tragically Cut Short
One of hockey's most heartbreaking tales involves the premature end to the career of Normand Leveille - a left winger who was showing potential for the Boston Bruins a little over 35 years ago. Leveille was the 14th overall pick in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft and was selected immediately before a future Hall of Famer in Al MacInnis. Coming off a breakthrough campaign where he … [Read more...]
Panini/Fanatics Partner for Warriors NBA Championship Boxed Set
They're the kings of pro hoops for the third time in four years and this time there's a special Golden State Warriors NBA champions trading card set. Panini and Fanatics have partnered for a 30-card set distributed in box form and available online. The Warriors completed a four-game Finals sweep of LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night, … [Read more...]
Upper Deck to Produce Capitals Stanley Cup Champions Boxed Set
It was a moment 44 years in the marking. Now, the Washington Capitals Stanley Cup Champions hockey card set can become a reality. Upper Deck will produce a special 30-card boxed set featuring 25 players from the Capitals’ 2017-18 championship team and five cards documenting memorable moments from the regular season. Due to be released July 6, the set will also … [Read more...]
1928 W502 Game Backs Cards Offered Interesting Twist
The 1928 W502 Game Backs cards are similar to the F50 ice cream/food issues as well as the E210 York Caramel set. The biggest difference, however, is found on the backs. Here's a closer look at the W502 set. W502 Game Backs Basics Classified as W502 by Jefferson Burdick in his American Card Catalog, these cards are believed to have been printed in 1928. They feature … [Read more...]
Acuna, Torres to be SPs as Topps Releases Series 2 Checklist
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...]
Five M101-4 and M101-5 Cards Under the Radar
The M101-4 and M101-5 Mendelsohn/Sporting News sets are largely known for the presence of two key cards - Babe Ruth and Joe Jackson. Plenty of other big names, such as Ty Cobb and Walter Johnson, are found, too. But the sets offer plenty of other important cards worth collecting. Here are five of them that can go a little under the radar to those not familiar with the … [Read more...]
