The clock turns back --or should we say forward-- when 2019 Topps Heritage Baseball once again pays tribute to one of its vintage sets. An annual late winter staple, the next edition of Heritage is all about 1970. A checklist at the bottom of this post. Set for release the week of February 27, Heritage hobby boxes will have 24 packs and again offer one autograph … [Read more...]
What’s Hot: Industry Events X 3 and a Market When Product Trumps Cash
Hello again, fellow card maniacs. I know it has been a bit since we chatted (granted it is really a one-sided conversation) but the last several weeks have been a whirlwind. I recently came back from a trip to Dallas where I attended the third and final industry event of the first quarter. First there was Upper Deck in Orlando, Topps in Phoenix and most recently … [Read more...]
Baseball Card Sorting Robot Could Be Wave of the Future
Fifteen years after giving up baseball card collecting, Jim Parker caught the Topps Heritage baseball card bug in the early 2000s when he saw Kerry Wood, a pitcher for his beloved Chicago Cubs, pictured on a 1953-style card. He has since amassed about a quarter million Heritage cards through buying collections and direct purchase of cases. Over the last decade, he has dealt … [Read more...]
Topps Heritage 2018 Baseball Preview, Checklist
It was the last year that baseball card packs sold for a nickel. Man walked on the moon. There were four MLB divisions instead of two. And the tumultuous 1960s were about to slide into history. 2018 Topps Heritage Baseball will harken back to a monumental year when the annual throwback product arrives as the calendar turns from February to March. It's all about … [Read more...]
Burlap Is Back: Topps’ Heritage Minor League Set Copies ’68 Design
The retro burlap design from 1968 is back with the sneak peek at the 2017 Topps Heritage Minor League baseball set, which will be released on October 18. As usual, the Heritage minor-league design mirrors the major-league version that came out in March, and this product — a hobby exclusive, just like 2016 — also will contain variations and low-numbered … [Read more...]
2017 Topps Heritage High Number Preview, Checklist
Sales for the flagship set have been strong but Heritage fans will have a secondary product to collect this summer with the arrival of 2017 Topps Heritage High Number baseball. The annual follow-up will return in pack form this year, with nine cards per pack and 24 packs per box at a cost that will likely be around $70. Each box will have one autograph or relic card … [Read more...]
Pops on Topps: 2017 Topps Heritage Box Break
In a world made up largely of hit chasing products, Heritage baseball is decidedly different. Open a box and you may not receive even one autographed card but you'll definitely hit some nostalgia. This year's product design in the long-running shout out to past Topps baseball sets is centered on 1968. Current cards are more shiny, of course, and there are … [Read more...]
What’s Hot: Season’s Over but Football Still Driving the Card Bus
The last time we talked (fine, I typed and you read) shop owners, including me, were getting ready for Upper Deck’s National Hockey Card Day. Well, it was a monster success as I went through an insane amount of 2016-17 Series 2 and other previously released products. I figured I’d share some thanks to UD for coming up with a program that did not involve autographs … [Read more...]
2017 Topps Heritage Baseball Checklist Released
Collectors will flip their clocks back to burlap border time when 2017 Topps Heritage Baseball arrives on March 1. Due out one month after the release of 2017 Series One Baseball, Heritage will continue the ongoing annual salute to baseball card sets of the past, with 1968 Topps next on the agenda. The 2017 Heritage set will again include 24 packs per box with … [Read more...]
Topps to Launch Multi-Product Buyback Program in 2017
The buybacks are back. Topps has told wholesalers and dealers that it’ll make a big promotional push for its 2017 ‘Rediscover Ultimate Card Giveaway’ program. The company has acquired two million cards from past releases, including some from the early 1950s, and will be putting them inside several different products next year. These limited edition cards will be inserted … [Read more...]