He wasn't a bust. Let's stop that foolish nonsense right now. Andrew Luck was an incredible talent. He didn't make Colts fans forget Peyton Manning but he was a worthy successor. When he was healthy he was among the NFL's best. His retirement at age 29 due to the constant injury-rehab cycle he couldn't seem to shake, leaves a void. For … [Read more...]
ThePit “Football 50” Index Debuts at $7.2 Milllion
ThePit Football 50 is a new valuation index designed to track market changes in the 50 most valuable cards of players currently active. The index debuts here with a valuation of $7.2 million as of 11/2/15 (see details at end of article). At the beginning of September, it appeared as if Andrew Luck might be ready to snatch the title of NFL's Greatest Quarterback from Tom … [Read more...]
2013 Topps Magic Football Box Break
2013 Topps Magic Football hit the market late in the just completed season, with the throwback product returning for another season in the long line of products released each season. Magic is a popular product thanks to the promise of three autographs per box and a few other nice hits. The very colorful unopened boxes have 24 packs with eight cards per pack. The base card … [Read more...]
What’s Hot in the Shop? TGIBF: Thank Goodness It’s Black Friday
I would like to start out by wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving. It is a very special time of the year and I hope you all are able to spend it with those that you love and care about. On this Thanksgiving I will start off my day watching parades with my kids, around noon head over to my wife’s family for my first dose of turkey and follow that up close to five with a … [Read more...]
Andrew Luck Will Sign for Upper Deck
Collectors who pulled redemption cards out of 2012 Upper Deck football products now know whose card they’ll be getting. On Friday, the company announced a trading card and autograph deal with Andrew Luck and its his autograph those who pulled the special ‘trade’ card will be getting. The company’s exclusive deal with the Collegiate Licensing Company will allow Upper Deck to … [Read more...]
What’s Hot? Collecting Gets a ^ From 2012 NFL Rookie Cards
by Eamonn Donlyn I walked into a local card shop last week, and uttered a standard greeting, 'What's Hot'? Over the last five years, that question could have elicited a shrug, or possibly a player such as Stephen Strasburg, Aaron Rodgers, Kevin Durant, Cam Newton or any young star that was currently making headlines. Individuals. Occasionally a hobby box or set would … [Read more...]
Panini Prizm 2012 Includes Rookie Photo Variations
Panini is understandably excited about how its Prizm basketball product fared this season. Now, they'll bring the brand to football with optimism that this year's rookie class can still move product. Among the twists in the boxes of Panini Prizm 2012 football that will hit store shelves on Wednesday are rookie photo variations. There are 25 of the 100 rookie cards in the … [Read more...]
Most Watched Panini America Items on eBay
It's been a busy six months for Panini America. The NBA's trading card partner, the company circled the wagons following last year's lockout-shortened season and prepared its double rookie class, melding last year's rookies like Kyrie Irving with this year's crop. While that was happening, the company joined Topps in pushing what promised to be an NFL draft class for the ages. … [Read more...]
2012 NFL Rookie Cards: Value Plays on Potential Future Stars
by Eamonn Donlyn Talk about a loaded question. Trying to gauge the current rookie card market is like trying to figure out a 10 different rubix cubes with 10 different color patterns. Long gone are the days of one or two rookie cards. A quick search in the the football cards section on eBay for 'Andrew Luck rookie card', results in over 14,000 sold listings between … [Read more...]
Editor’s Blog: No Football Cards for Te’o Yet; Odd, Ominous Start for 2013
Blessed doesn’t even begin to describe hobby shops in 2012. There was Bryce Harper’s long-awaited big league arrival that lit the fuse. Then came Mike Trout, whose cards became even hotter by season’s end. We had a guy who was a rookie in the early part of the last decade win the Triple Crown, sending dealers and collectors scrambling for their old 2000 Topps Update sets to … [Read more...]