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...]
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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...]
Sneak Peek: Ronald Acuna Will Lead Off 2019 Topps Set
Packs aren't scheduled to arrive until next week but it looks like 2019 Topps baseball cards are trickling into the market. At least a couple of eBay sellers have posted cards previously unseen in promotional images and taken away the mystery of which player will be card #1 in the set. That honor has gone to Ronald Acuna Jr. A seller posted front and back images … [Read more...]
2019 Topps Series 2 Baseball Preview
Not quite five months after Series One arrives to offer a little hint of spring, 2019 Topps Series 2 baseball will complete the annual 700-card MLB trading card flagship release. Topps announced some configuration changes with Series 1 and the same will apply to Series 2 with hobby boxes shrinking to 24 packs. The count per pack is going up from 10 to 14 cards. … [Read more...]
2018 Topps All-Rookie Team Named; NOW Cards Go Up
They made their debut in 1959 and Topps continued the tradition Tuesday with the announcement of the players who’ll get the All-Star Rookie cup on their 2019 baseball cards. You can also snare autographed Topps NOW versions right now. Twelve top newcomers were named to the 2018 Topps MLB All-Star Rookie team, with three teams nabbing two spots apiece. Dual threat … [Read more...]
Vote Underway to Select Player on Card #1 in 2019 Topps Set
Topps is once again putting card #1 in its flagship baseball card set to a popular vote. On Monday morning, the company opened balloting to select the player who will lead off the 2019 set. Nineteen players are on the ballot, but you can also cast a write-in vote. This is the fourth consecutive year for the contest, which has generated thousands of votes each … [Read more...]
