Collectors who took a long look at the 2015 Topps Chrome checklist may have noticed something they weren’t expecting: five extra cards. Word from Topps is that they hustled to print Chrome cards of five rookies who weren’t originally scheduled to be in the product, pushing the base set from 200 to 205 cards. That’s the good news. The bad news for collectors on a … [Read more...]
What’s Hot: SP Authentic Ices Up the Summer
While many collectors are beating down our doors for anything with Kris Bryant, Carlos Correa, Joc Pederson, Chris Heston and others, I have been more than pleasantly surprised by the overwhelming response to 2014-15 Upper Deck SP Authentic Hockey since it released in late June. Sure the Avalanche were out of the playoff run essentially by the All-Star game and naming a … [Read more...]
Topps Series 2 Box Break
Sometimes the baseball cards gods are with you when you create a set. Whenever there are two players off to starts such as Kris Bryant and Joc Pederson and even secondary rookies such as Mike Montgomery has two straight shutouts, you know 2015 may conclude as one of those generational years for rookies (1964, 1986, 2001 come to mind). One of the issues for Topps is their … [Read more...]
Topps 2015 Series 2 Baseball Preview, Checklist
Blessed with another highly publicized young player who reached the major leagues as the season got underway, 2015 Topps Series 2 Baseball arrives in shops Wednesday. Expect a few blaster boxes in your local big box stores before then. There will be one autograph or relic per hobby box with one auto and two relics per jumbo box. Series 2 includes cards of the newest … [Read more...]
Notes: Ferrell and NSCC Autos; Posey Talks Cards; Trout’s Gift
The most sought after cards in the latest product from Topps don’t feature an actual Major League Baseball player. They are the autographed cards of Will Ferrell. The comic actor is shown on ten cards, representing the teams he suited up for in a spring training stunt and has autographed ten copies of each. A few were pulled in the hours after release and quickly sold … [Read more...]