The third piece of the annual baseball card trilogy makes its return Wednesday with 2019 Topps Update baseball. The format remains much the same, with the much-anticipated arrival of official rookie cards along with updated cards from players who have changed teams and some special inserts. Fans of the Silver Pack promotion will be interested to know … [Read more...]
2019 Topps Factory Sets Top Sports Mem’s List of Best Sellers
If you think set collecting is dead, think again. Judging by the list of best sports card sellers at the largest online retailer in July, it's still a big deal for a lot of collectors. SportsMemorabilia.com reports that the retail version of the 2019 Topps baseball factory sets outsold the other 14 best selling items combined. While the company's clientele … [Read more...]
Topps Unveils 2020 Flagship Set Design
The current season still has about three months to run but production schedules mean Topps' baseball card team has to think about six months ahead. On Thursday afternoon, the company offered a sneak peek at the design of its 2019 flagship set (Series 1, 2 and Update). The cards will feature a borderless look with the subject's name, position and team … [Read more...]
Notes: Post Cereal’s 1961 Newspaper Apology for “Goof” on Baseball Card Set
If you've ever collected 1961 Post Cereal baseball cards, you know there's a curious error/variation across the set. When the Washington Senators moved to Minnesota, it sent Post into a bit of a scramble. Someone thought they'd be called the "Minneapolis Senators" and so cards found on millions of boxes of cereal that spring and summer carried "Minneapolis" on the front … [Read more...]
2019 Topps Clearly Authentic Preview, Checklist
Back for a third year as a standalone product, 2019 Topps Clearly Authentic baseball will arrive in October. It had originally been slated for release in July. Born of a Topps Strata insert of the same name with a configuration that grew out of the Topps Archives Signature Series line, Clearly Authentic will draw on a couple of all-time classic sets for some of its … [Read more...]
Donruss Football Tops List of Top Selling Boxes at SportsMemorabilia.com
Panini's flagship football product is outselling the other top four selling boxes combined on the website of one of the sports collecting hobby's online retail giants. SportsMemorabilia.com says 2018 Donruss football remains the top selling trading card product in March, nearly two months after the end of the NFL season and seven months after it was … [Read more...]
What’s Hot: Top 5 Sellers Heading Into National Hockey Card Day
It's been a fun month or so, fellow cardboard maniacs. Topps Series 1 kicked off the MLB season with style. Luka Doncic has proven that 6' 7" Slovenians can salvage an entire NBA season rookie crop. Something insane has happened to seemingly every post season NFL release. Don't forget the NHL and Elias Pettersson giving hope to a season that was … [Read more...]
Sign of Spring: 2019 Topps Baseball Arrives on Winter’s Coldest Day
The temperature early Wednesday morning in Roseville, Minnesota was 26 degrees. That’s 26 below zero. A strong breeze made it feel like -50. It’s the kind of bitter, crazy cold that can freeze your locks and sear your lungs with every breath. It would warm up by afternoon—to a high of about 13 below. If there ever was a day when collectors in … [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...]
2019 Topps Series 1 Baseball Checklist Released
Some changes are coming with 2019 Topps baseball cards. Expect to pay a little more for a little less. After many years of putting 36 ten-card packs into a hobby box, Topps will give collectors 14 cards in a pack but there will be only 24 packs per box. Jumbo boxes are moving from 50 cards per pack to 46. The net result is a loss of 24 cards per hobby box … [Read more...]