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...]
Bowman Sterling Football Boxes Not Lacking Hits, But Price Drops
When dealers and collectors first heard about the 2014 Bowman Sterling release, they were intrigued by having each pack guaranteed to have both an autograph card and a dual relic card in every pack. And with every card in the base set being a rookie, that guarantees some collector happiness if the 2014 draft class either starts with anyone good or the player develops into a … [Read more...]
2014 Panini Select Football Arrives Wednesday
2014 Panini Select Football will include a chance to win some bonus cards based on the results of this year’s post-season honors when it arrives in stores on Wednesday. Select returns with two five card, five pack mini boxes promising four autographs or memorabilia cards in all, along with four Select Prizm parallels and four rookie cards. One-per-case Hot Mini Boxes will … [Read more...]
Demand Grows For Odell Beckham Autographs After Legendary Leap
The New York Giants may not be playoff caliber but if the demand for Odell Beckham autographs is any indication, they do at least have a major star in the making. Beckham’s amazing catch Sunday night against the Dallas Cowboys will be one you’ll see a few hundred times—at least—over the next dozen years or so. Signed photos of Beckham’s catch were already available on the … [Read more...]
Topps Chrome Football Set Arrives
2014 Topps Chrome Football is back for another run, marking the return of one of the company’s most popular brands. The breakdown is similar to the formula Topps has stuck with for years on both the baseball and football side: four card packs with an emphasis on rookies. Topps claims it has most of the autographed cards in packs with a "less than one percent" redemption … [Read more...]
What’s Hot in the Shop? Not As Much as There Should Be
So I was sitting at my keyboard Tuesday night after enjoying a rousing episode of Z-Nation and two baseball playoff games, wondering what product I’d put at the top of the hot list and it hit me. While we’re still selling cards well at the shop, we are in a bit of a hobby black hole these days and the reasons are fairly easy to see. MLB – Every release that arrived after … [Read more...]
Topps Finest Football Box Break
We've mentioned this before, but the Finest brand actually began as a small factory set issued during the 1992 football season and featuring the stars of the time. Each master box of the 2014 product, which arrived last month, should contain either a Rookie Refractor Autograph Patch Card and an Autographed Jumbo Relic. Generally, you’ll get one or the other in a mini box … [Read more...]