Panini America has reached a multiyear trading card agreement with the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum beginning with the upcoming season. The deal grants Panini America the trading cards rights to use all Hall of Fame inductees as well as all Hall of Fame marks, artifacts and induction ceremony images in six of the company’s baseball card sets per year. It is … [Read more...]
2011 Donruss Elite Extra Edition Baseball Preview
by Chris Harris A little over two months ago, Panini America reacquired their Major League Baseball Players Association license. Since then, baseball card collectors have been anticipating what they planned on doing with it. Last week, Panini released some information for their first PA-licensed baseball set in six years. But curiously though, 2011 Donruss Elite Extra … [Read more...]
Panini America Will Produce Baseball Cards
Your store shelves and eBay listings are about to get a little more crowded again. Panini America and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) have announced a multi-year trading card agreement. The deal makes Panini the only trading card company in the world with licenses in all four of the U.S. major sports. The company has not been granted an MLB license … [Read more...]
MLB Union: Upper Deck Not Paying Us
The Major League Baseball Players Association is urging players not to return cards they've autographed for Upper Deck because the company is behind on payments. The New York Times reported Friday that the union recently sent a letter to player agents informing them that Upper Deck "had not paid a large number of players money it owed them". The Times indicated that the … [Read more...]
2010 Jewish Major Leaguers Set is ‘Grand Finale’
The 2010 edition of Jewish Major Leaguer baseball cards salutes what was probably the greatest decade in the game’s history for Jewish players, with players like Shawn Green, Kevin Youkilis, Jason Marquis, Ian Kinsler, Ryan Braun and Scott Feldman rising to all-star status, and more filling rosters than in any previous decade in baseball annals. Twenty-nine Jewish players … [Read more...]
The Dawn of Baseball Cards
The following is an excerpt from Chapter One of a new book entitled "Mint Condition: How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession". Written by Dave Jamieson, the book chronicles how baseball cards were born and also profiles many of the men who played a significant role in how the hobby evolved and changed over the years. Among other topics, Jamieson chronicles the … [Read more...]
80+ Hobby Shop Owners Will Attend Vegas Event
Paid registration for the first-ever Industry Summit will exceed budget by more than 20 percent, organizers say. More than 185 paid registrants will gather at The Orleans Hotel & Casino April 11-14 for the inaugural trade event, including key representatives of all trading card manufacturers, 12 leading wholesale distributors and more than 80 brick-and-mortar hobby … [Read more...]
Upper Deck, MLBPA Will Sponsor Giveaway
Upper Deck may have lost its MLB stamp of approval, but the company is still planning a nationwide baseball card giveaway just prior to the 2010 season. … [Read more...]