For obvious reasons, Jimmy Garoppolo rookie cards weren't exactly soaring across hobby hot lists during the course of his first three NFL seasons. But then again, Garropolo isn't your average NFL story. After being drafted in 2014, he waited quietly on the bench behind one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, the seemingly ageless Tom Brady. With the exception of a … [Read more...] about Jimmy Garoppolo Rookie Cards No Longer On The Bench
2014 football cards
What’s Hot? NT is IT
Hello fellow card maniacs! (that’s how I start my weekly email to customers that’s been going out for 10+ years). It was a banner week for high-end collectors last week with Panini National Treasures NFL, Upper Deck Exquisite NFL, Topps Five Star NFL and Topps Museum Collection MLB hitting in a three-day span. While I did not break my UPS carrier’s back, my credit card got … [Read more...] about What’s Hot? NT is IT
2014 Topps Supreme Football Box Break
How many of you have heard of that old adage, "If you have nothing nice to say, then don't say anything at all"? I have to admit when I opened the 2014 Topps Supreme Football box, that’s how I felt. Boxes contain four cards, with one hit--not guaranteed to be an autograph. It retails at my local card store (Triple Cards, Plano TX) for $100 and sales have been painfully slow. … [Read more...] about 2014 Topps Supreme Football Box Break
2014 Topps Museum Collection Box Break/Review
The NFL season has been over for more than seven weeks but that doesn’t stop the football card product train. 2014 Topps Museum Collection Football arrived recently with master boxes of four packs containing a quad relic, a jumbo relic, one on-card autograph and an autograph relic card among the 20 total cards. Each mini-box also usually contains one parallel card among the … [Read more...] about 2014 Topps Museum Collection Box Break/Review
2014 Topps Mini Chrome Football Review
Do you know what one of biggest costs of producing a base card is for card companies? In reality, it is procuring photos for their sets. The cost of images is not usually considered by collectors but as anyone who lived through the 1982 Fleer set and some of the arguably terrible photographs used in that set (Tommy John is a great example), if you have a lot of bad photos, you … [Read more...] about 2014 Topps Mini Chrome Football Review
What’s Hot: Panini Immaculate NFL Rocking In Rookie Season
After the unimpressive performance of products from the 2013 NFL season, there was some hesitancy going into the 2014 collecting year. Many shops lost significant dollars on last year’s releases or at best, broke even on many of the higher-end offerings instead of getting fat like we did in 2012. 2014 Panini Flawless NFL gave many shops the hope that Panini would be able to … [Read more...] about What’s Hot: Panini Immaculate NFL Rocking In Rookie Season
2014 Topps Fire Box Break-Review
Topps, as well as every card company both large and small, continues to look for new products for their collectors. Some are fine sticking with the basic and/or well-known releases, but there’s a large group of collectors who not only want but need to have new items to maintain their interest. Thus comes the inaugural edition of Topps Fire NFL 2014. Johnny Manziel was a hot … [Read more...] about 2014 Topps Fire Box Break-Review
Immaculate Makes Football Debut
Panini brings one of its high-end brand names to football Wednesday with the arrival of 2014 Immaculate Football. The premium set is known for large memorabilia patches and a variety of on-card autographs. Also produced for baseball and basketball, this is the first time Immaculate will feature the cards of the National Football League. Immaculate cards feature a white … [Read more...] about Immaculate Makes Football Debut
Young Aussie’s Designs Behind Topps Fire Football
You may have seen Tyson Beck’s artwork without realizing it – at NBA games, on ESPN’s SportsCenter – and now they are on Topps trading cards. Topps Fire Football released last week with the Australian artist’s creations throughout the set. “Football cards are modern and progressive,” said Topps Football Brand Manager Kevin Eger. “We wanted something that captured that. … [Read more...] about Young Aussie’s Designs Behind Topps Fire Football
Panini Producing Super Bowl, NBA All-Star Sets
Panini America will debut a special 10-card 2015 All-Star Game exclusive set Tuesday when NBA House opens its doors ahead of Sunday’s contest at Madison Square Garden. NBA House, an interactive fan fest, will be located in Skylight at Moynihan Station in Manhattan (Feb. 10-16) and at LIU Brooklyn Paramount Theatre (Feb. 11-15). Collectors who make any purchase of Panini … [Read more...] about Panini Producing Super Bowl, NBA All-Star Sets