Card collectors may gravitate toward his 2001 rookie cards, but those who want something connected a little more closely to one of this century's greatest hitters focus on Albert Pujols game used bats. Finding a real one is more challenging than ever. Jeff Scott is a collector of Cardinals bats who spends hours studying what Pujols is swinging. It's an effort that has … [Read more...]
NHL Rookie Showcase is Where Rookie Cards Are Born
Continuing on the legacy of an event that began last year, the NHLPA is playing host to 23 of the NHL’s top rookie prospects for the 2010 NHLPA Rookie Showcase, held in Toronto. Beginning on Wednesday morning at the MasterCard Centre in Etobicoke, ON, Upper Deck and Panini, the official trading card partners of the NHLPA, gathered gathering footage of some of this … [Read more...]
In the Game Soldiers On Without NHL Blessing
Upper Deck maintains its NHL trading card license, although the company will now have to share the right to make hockey cards with fast-rising Panini America. The NHL's decision to open its trading card business to more than one company after this season is what In the Game was hoping for, but the end result is keeping them on the bench again. In the Game isn't well-known … [Read more...]
Collectors Abroad: Web, Shows Forge Friendships
Richard Frye and Timothy Teixeira came to Europe as part of the U.S. military a number of years ago, but it didn't take long for the two American sports card collectors to realize their options for participating in the hobby were limited. They had plenty of room for their cards, but opportunities to expand their collection or meet others with the same interest wasn't nearly … [Read more...]