It's been an interesting month and specifically the last few days around the shop and within the hobby (but when is it not?). The good news - My shop has partnered with Denver Card Shows for the first large show to hit the Mile High City in well over a decade. As you may have read on SC Daily, we are hosting a 200+ table gathering at the National Western Complex in … [Read more...]
Sports Card Release Calendar 5/5/21 – 5/20/21
It's a mix of high end and low end on the docket of upcoming products as the sports card release calendar moves through into the fifth month of 2021. Here's a look at what's coming to local shops, online retailers and your favorite breakers. 5/5 2021 Topps Tier One Baseball An annual favorite of those who like autograph and relic cards but prefer not to deal with … [Read more...]
Sports Card Release Calendar: 4/14/21 – 5/1/21
Shop owners and online retailers are in for a busy last half of the month with a pile of new products set to arrive, with a heavy emphasis on football. Here's a quick overview of some of what's currently expected, but as usual it's subject to late adjustments by the manufacturers. 4/14 2020-21 Panini Origins Basketball The artsy Origins brand returns … [Read more...]
Sports Card Release Calendar: 3/24/21 – 4/8/21
Collectors who love to have plenty of options when it comes to deciding which new sports card products to buy will have plenty to pick from over the next couple of weeks. No, prices are still above what used to be considered normal but there are a couple of them that shouldn't be too far out of reach as well as some higher end products. Here's a … [Read more...]
Briefcases are Back: 2020 Panini Flawless Football Preview
It's the one product where the packaging is heavier than the product. Much heavier, in the case of 2020 Panini Flawless Football. The super high end NFL brand will make its annual return some two and a half months after the Super Bowl. 2020 Flawless Football Configuration Flawless' trademark is the metal briefcase that dwarfs the single box of cards inside. … [Read more...]
2020 National Treasures Football Preview
Panini America’s 2020 National Treasures Football will make its usual fashionably late arrival, more than two months after the end of the NFL season. It's the high-end product that tends to generate the big after market sales for rookie cards both upon release and in the years that follow. With an April 14 release date planned, a hobby box will contain one pack of eight … [Read more...]
2020 Panini Encased Football Preview
The season is over and the draft will be here soon but the 2020 football card products will keep coming through the early part of the spring. 2020 Panini Encased is set to make its return, marking another chapter in the partnership between Beckett Grading and the NFL's trading card partner. 2020 Panini Encased Football Configuration Currently scheduled for a … [Read more...]
Sports Card Release Calendar: 3/3/21 Through 3/23/21
After a quiet stretch, the supply line of new sports card releases revs up again in the first half of March, with a wide variety of products from every major sport set to arrive. Here's a quick rundown of what to look for: 3/3 2020-21 Donruss Basketball Hobby boxes of Donruss basketball fat packs should contain ten packs including an average of one autograph, one … [Read more...]
2020 Panini Select Football Offers Variety, Plenty Of Parallels
2020 Panini Select football will be among the products that bridges the gap from the end of one NFL season to the beginning of another. The shiny annual release offers one of the year's larger base sets dished out in several different tiers. 2020 Panini Select Football Configuration and Base Set Panini is promising an average of two autographs and a memorabilia card … [Read more...]
Sports Card Release Calendar 2/10/21 – 3/2/21
Topps kicks off the baseball card season and launches a Formula 1 product while Upper Deck's high-end favorite arrives and Panini brings out three new releases. It's a fairly busy couple of weeks for new products and here's a roundup of what to look for in your local shop or online. 2/10 2021 Topps Series 1 Baseball Topps puts plenty of promotional … [Read more...]