High-end baseball and basketball join new NFL and NHL products as the trading card manufacturers try to keep everyone happy with their latest releases. Courtesy of The Break Exchange, here's a roundup of six fresh releases scheduled to hit the market in the second half of May. 2018-19 Panini Spectra Basketball (5/17) If you think this is a rerun, you're right (sort … [Read more...]
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Upper Deck-Canadian Tire Team Up for “OPC Coast-to-Coast” Set
It’s getting late in the season, but the 2018-19 Canadian Tire hockey card promotion is back. Exclusive to the retail giant, the product is called O-Pee-Chee Coast-to-Coast Hockey with the cards again being produced by Upper Deck. This marks the second year of the promotion, which puts exclusive packs in CanTire stores nationwide beginning April … [Read more...]
2018-19 Upper Deck Ice Brings the Acetate
2018-19 Upper Deck Ice is set to return as the NHL season shifts into playoff mode. While the product isn’t all about the autographs, Upper Deck is again promising all on-card signatures inside this acetate-heavy product. Ice boxes will have six packs with five cards in each. Boxes promise one autograph, two Ice Premiere rookie cards and one memorabilia or … [Read more...]
Notes: Frank Owen Errors; Jerry Hersh Passes; Signed Humboldt Jerseys; Upper Deck Touts Zero Redemption Streak
Frank Owen certainly deserved to appear on baseball cards during the first decade of the 1900s. He was the first American League pitcher to win more than 20 games in three straight seasons and the first to pitch a pair of complete game victories in one day. He got no respect it came to baseball cards, though. Owen was misidentified twice, according to researcher Tom … [Read more...]
2018-19 Upper Deck Clear Cut Hockey Preview
This year’s flagship hockey card set is getting the acetate treatment. Set to arrive during the off-season, 2018-19 Upper Deck Clear Cut will be the latest in a string of products that feature just one autographed, encapsulated card per box. Every box contains a hard-signed autograph and a sealed one-touch case. The checklist will be based on the cards that were issued in … [Read more...]
Diamond Relics, 1/1 “Draft” Part of Upper Deck’s 30th Anniversary Plans
It all started with a newfangled “foil” pack, high-gloss cards and Ken Griffey Jr.’s first rookie card. After that came the hobby’s first autographed insert cards, first game-used jersey and bat cards and sketch cards. Upper Deck is no longer producing MLB, NFL or NBA trading cards but they’re celebrating their 30th anniversary this year with a special card set and … [Read more...]
2018-19 Upper Deck Premier Gets Configuration Change
Once again packed in a tin box, 2018-19 Upper Deck Premier hockey will make its return later this season. It’s also getting a slight makeover, according to Upper Deck. There's one less card per box but the price point is also coming down. Look for the single six-card pack inside to contain at least two serial numbered rookie cards (no higher than 299); one Acetate … [Read more...]
Sports Card Release Calendar: 2/13/19 – 3/1/19
It'll be a busy time for sports card manufacturers with every company releasing at least one product as February winds down and a new month begins. The Break Exchange will be breaking boxes of some of these products. Check out their breaks here. 2018 Panini Plates and Patches Football (2/13) Plates and Patches offers one autograph, one memorabilia card, one printing … [Read more...]
Sports Card Release Calendar 1/30/19 – 2/13/19
Topps is getting most of the online buzz as it kicks off the baseball card year with the annual release of Series 1 baseball but if you're not a baseball guy (or girl), you've got your pick of new boxes to buy. Other companies will hope to steal a little of Topps' thunder with their own releases. Here's a rundown of some of the top products hitting the market, courtesy … [Read more...]
Upper Deck Chronology Hockey Debuts In May
It’s a name that’s a blast from the past, but this time around the sport is different. Pro basketball collectors will remember Upper Deck’s Chronology product slightly more than a decade ago. Upper Deck, which lost its NBA licensing agreement but now has one with the NHL, brings the Chronology brand to hockey. The 2018-19 Chronology Vol. 1 product will be available in … [Read more...]
