Production work on sports card releases begins not long after the previous year’s product is released. Topps has been working on the design and other elements for its 2022 flagship baseball product as the current season plays out. On Thursday morning, they revealed just what those cards would look like. Topps unveiled the design for 2022 with a mockup of a card for Tampa … [Read more...] about Topps Releases 2022 Baseball Card Design
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Sports Card Release Calendar 6/11/21 – 6/29/21
It's June and so it's probably no surprise the next couple of weeks will bring multiple new baseball card products to market, but that doesn't mean other sports won't be represented. Look for some new NFL draft issues, a basketball release and more. There's already been one release this week: Upper Deck's Game Used Golf, which arrived Wednesday with one five-card … [Read more...] about Sports Card Release Calendar 6/11/21 – 6/29/21
2021 Topps Update Baseball Preview and Checklist
Set to arrive during the MLB postseason, 2021 Topps Update Baseball wraps up the annual flagship trilogy for the year. With roots dating back 40 years, the Update set offers the usual mix of official rookie cards, new cards of players who've changed teams for one reason or another, season highlights and other content. A full checklist and links to find it for sale … [Read more...] about 2021 Topps Update Baseball Preview and Checklist
Topps Enters NFT Space with Series 1 Baseball Release
In announcing its recent move toward once again become a publicly traded company last week, Topps promised to become increasingly active in the digital/NFT world. It took only a matter of days for it to happen. Early Monday morning, the company announced the release of 2021 Topps Series 1 Baseball NFT (non-fungible token) collectibles in partnership with Major … [Read more...] about Topps Enters NFT Space with Series 1 Baseball Release
What’s Hot: Traditional, Non-Traditional and To-Do Lists
I'm coming to you live from Ball Arena where the Nuggets just dispatched the Portland Trail Blazers and I'm waiting for my son Sam, who is a locker room attendant (formerly known as a ball kid) to get off work. I'm taking advantage of this available time since it is about all the time a shop owner has these days. Granted, I could be complaining about things having gone … [Read more...] about What’s Hot: Traditional, Non-Traditional and To-Do Lists
Shop Talk: Supply and Demand Remains a Challenge for Hobby Shops
Tony Reid’s weekly Shop Talk segment focuses on the goings-on at the hobby shop he helps manage in Central PA. ------- In recent installments of Shop Talk I have touched, albeit very briefly, on the constant, ongoing battle of supply and demand from the card shop's perspective.Well, that all changes this week as that has become my focus of this latest installment in our … [Read more...] about Shop Talk: Supply and Demand Remains a Challenge for Hobby Shops
Topps Series 1 Rip Party Brings in Former Stars, Vintage Packs…and Budweiser
Much of the country is still embraced by bitter cold and snow, but baseball is back in the air with the release of 2021 Topps Series 1 Baseball set for Wednesday. The second annual live rip party took place ahead of that, with former big leaguers joining Topps employees and a selected group of breakers who do it for a living all part of an online … [Read more...] about Topps Series 1 Rip Party Brings in Former Stars, Vintage Packs…and Budweiser
Breaking Company Plans Marathon Topps Series 1 Rip Session
Gas stations. Walmart. Denny's. Next week, you can add at least one baseball card case breaker to the list of 24-hour businesses. St. Louis-based Restlesscraft Breakers will be breaking cases of 2021 Topps Series 1 Jumbo and Hobby cards for a non-stop 24-hour period starting at approximately 8 PM Central, Tuesday, Feb. 9. The event will be broadcast live on YouTube, … [Read more...] about Breaking Company Plans Marathon Topps Series 1 Rip Session
Notes: More MJ Rookie 10s Sold as Market Sizzles; Dallas Show; Topps Series 1 Checklist
More than two PSA 10 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan rookie cards sold for huge six-figure prices over the weekend. You read that right. Hours after the two Jordan cards sold in his auction for over $738,000 Saturday night, Ken Goldin of Goldin Auctions says he sold two more privately--for the same price. He'll be offering another one in an auction that … [Read more...] about Notes: More MJ Rookie 10s Sold as Market Sizzles; Dallas Show; Topps Series 1 Checklist
2021 Topps Series 1 Baseball Checklist
Winter won't be over when it arrives, but 2021 Topps Series 1 baseball will provide a little glimpse that we're a little closer to spring. The first of the annual three-part flagship rollout includes a 70th anniversary theme. There's a new player leading off the checklist this year. Ahead of the February 10 release date, MLB Network provided … [Read more...] about 2021 Topps Series 1 Baseball Checklist