In more normal times, this would be opening week in the 2020-21 NBA season. Normal, we ain't right now. It took nearly a full calendar year to finish the '19-20 season, the draft is still four weeks away and next season isn't likely to start until mid-January. With logistical details presumably still being worked out and the next few months abnormally … [Read more...]
Panini Releasing Lakers Championship Trading Card Set
The NBA’s longest season will include a trading card set honoring the team that persevered through all 12 months to take home the title. Panini America will produce a 30-card Lakers championship boxed set that’s already being offered on pre-order. Much like similar sets issued in the past, the set comes in a blaster style box. There are no autograph cards … [Read more...]
Sports Card Release Calendar 10/14/20 – 10/30/20
Here's a roundup of some of the sports card boxes heading to your favorite hobby shop or online store in the coming days. 10/14 2020 Topps Gold Label Baseball Pushed back from its original pre-Labor Day release, Gold Label arrives in the heat of the MLB playoffs. Each box will have seven packs of five cards and you should pull one autograph. Boxes are … [Read more...]
2019-20 Clearly Donruss Basketball Puts Acetate Touch on Familiar Brand
If you like the old school brand and its slicker cousin, Panini is hoping you’ll really like 2019-20 Clearly Donruss. The new brand makes its debut this fall, putting a see-through spin on NBA cards from the previously released Donruss and Optic sets. While Optic took Donruss and gave it a chrome look, Clearly will be done entirely on acetate stock. Each box … [Read more...]
Hottest Ja Morant Rookie Cards As Young Sensation Hits His Stride
While the number two pick in the 2019 NBA draft has been somewhat overshadowed Zion mania, the small town talent has clearly proven he belongs and collectors and prospectors are now clamoring for the best Ja Morant rookie cards on eBay. Haven't seen him play that much? You might look online just to catch an aerial display of the Dalzell, South Carolina native's … [Read more...]
What’s Hot: Return of Sports Helping Boost an Already Strong Market
I was working at my shop on Monday and I realized that on one day, I was going to be able to watch the Nuggets play their first playoff game of the year, the Avalanche were taking a 2-1 lead into their playoff game against the Coyotes and the Rockies were starting a series with the Astros. We have come a LONG way since we were happy watching Russian non-contact hockey, … [Read more...]
2019-20 Panini One and One Basketball Preview
Panini America will debut a new basketball card product during this elongated season's NBA playoffs--but it's not an entirely new brand. 2019-20 One and One basketball appears to be the hoops version of Panini One football. 2019-20 Panini One and One Basketball Configuration One and One is obviously a nod to hoops, bumping the quantity of cards per box from one to … [Read more...]
Sports Card Release Calendar 7/22/20 – 7/31/20
No games just yet, but the sports card products continue to roll out. Baseball, football, basketball and hockey releases are set to arrive over the last ten days of July. Here's a roundup of what's hitting the market and when. Topps Sterling Baseball (7/22) Back after a ten-year hiatus and not to be confused with the Bowman issue, … [Read more...]
2019-20 Immaculate Collection NBA Preview
Normally, the season would be in the bag and the next season's training camp would be right around the corner, but in a sports year like any other, one of the year's high-end hoops products will arrive at playoff time. 2019-20 Immaculate Basketball has a release date of September 11. Immaculate has been around for a while now and the formula has stayed … [Read more...]
Notes: Ben Baller Set Coming; Amazon’s Top Sellers; Name Change=More $; Elite Goes eCommerce; Jacksonville Show
If you like Ben Baller's cards in the Topps Project 2020 series, you might be interested to know you'll soon be able to acquire some fresh material outside that arena. Baller (real name: Ben Yang) tweeted Tuesday that he's agreed to a deal with Topps for his own Chrome-branded baseball set. No details have been released yet. I am very proud to announce that I … [Read more...]