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...]
Sports Card Release Calendar 7/1 – 7/15
There are obstacles a'plenty but at least for now there's some optimism that we might actually see some regular season competition in at least two major sports by the end of July. Regardless of what happens, the appetite for trading card products has remained strong since the hiatus began in March. At least for now, card companies are back to meeting most release … [Read more...]
2019-20 Contenders Optic Basketball Preview
Normally, it would be considered an off-season release but this season has been anything but normal. 2019-20 Contenders Optic basketball has an August 26 release date that falls in the early stages of the post-season. Optic is, of course, a spin-off of the regular Contenders product that came out at the beginning of this calendar year. Each Optic box will have one pack of … [Read more...]
$500,000 Bounty Offered on 1/1 Zion Rookie Card as More National Treasures Cards Surface
2019-20 National Treasures basketball is on the market and the hunt is on for what’s considered the holiest of holy grail cards in the product. Blowout Cards is offering to pay $500,000 for the “Logoman” version of Zion Williamson’s Rookie Patch Autograph (#108). There’s only one hiding somewhere in one of the thousands of hobby boxes produced by Panini. The card … [Read more...]
2019-20 Panini Encased Basketball Preview
It's back for a third year but this time, it'll be on the market during the season. 2019-20 Panini Encased basketball has a release date of September 2, just about the time the delayed NBA regular season will be heading toward the finish in Orlando, FL. Encased offers five cards per box including one BGS-graded on-card autograph, one additional autograph … [Read more...]
2019-20 National Treasures Basketball Preview, Checklist
It was supposed to release in mid-April, but the delay isn’t affecting the interest in 2019-20 National Treasures basketball. The brand that’s among Panini’s long-running favorites is set for release Friday, June 12, with its usual array of autographs and autograph relics. The suggested retail price is $700 per box, but in an off the charts basketball market, you … [Read more...]
New Sports Card Release Calendar: 5/27/20 – 6/11/20
The supply chain is getting back to normal and the sports card release calendar is starting to look a little more normal as May gives way to June. In fact, it's getting a little crowded. The first week of June will see four new products alone. 2019-20 Panini Noir hit the market Wednesday. From here on out, it's a mix of more basketball, baseball, … [Read more...]
Notes: Blazer Fan’s Collection; Big $ for Dale’s Car; The Athletic on the Hobby; Mosaic Sell Out; Signed NBA All-Star Jerseys
You won’t find a bigger fan of the Portland Trailblazers—or a more avid collector of Blazers memorabilia—than Steve Davies. The Oregon man has been all about hoops for 50 years. His stash was worth a lot of money but now he’s turned some of it back over to the team, which knew he was the go-to guy for its history. KGW-TV got a tour of what he still has and what it … [Read more...]