They often have money to spend and an appreciation for what they're buying but those who chase the finest kinds of sports memorabilia don't always know how or what to do once they've started building a collection. Dan Imler is hoping to be their go-to guy. A familiar name to many in the hobby, Imler has announced the launch of Legacy Sports Collections, a new … [Read more...]
Panini’s Impeccable Football Offers High-End Hits
Collectors sometimes can get jaded by the names of some high-end card sets. You know the names — and I am not picking on any company in particular — like Immaculate, National Treasures, Sterling, Exquisite, Platinum or Flawless, to name a few. It makes sense. You won’t see a company touting a brand name like “Mediocre,” for example. All jokes aside, Panini America’s release … [Read more...]
Topps Releases $1500 Blue Sapphire Chrome Set
If you’re all about high end and limited edition—and you’ve got a handle on your finances-- 2016 Topps Chrome Sapphire has arrived. For the first time, Topps has created all 700 cards from its Series 1 and Series 2 flagship sets in Chrome technology, added a dash of color and a few potentially valuable low numbered parallels and put them in one boxed set. A checklist is … [Read more...]
2015 Topps Dynasty Baseball Preview, Checklist
2015 Topps Dynasty Baseball will mark the return of the company’s one-card-per-pack super high end product when it arrives this Wednesday, December 16. Announced in the spring and originally slated for release in the fall, the second edition of Dynasty promises on card autographs from active and retired players including Mike Trout, Sandy Koufax, Ken Griffey Jr., Mariano … [Read more...]
2015 Topps Definitive Collection Football Preview, Checklist
The season will be over and the company’s NFLPA partnership near an end when it arrives but 2015 Topps Definitive Collection Football cards will have high-end box buyers’ attention. Topps has released preliminary images and information for its newest football card product, promising to deliver rookie cards made from game-used footballs and other premium cards for a price tag … [Read more...]
Topps Museum Collection Box Break
All card companies evolve, but finding the right mix of sustainable products is important for Topps, which will continue for at least five more years as the exclusive partner of MLB and its players’ union. Having as many of the same product lines as possible each year brings continuity but also enables them to tweak certain issues or rotate in new ideas. One of their most … [Read more...]
Bowman Sterling Football Boxes Not Lacking Hits, But Price Drops
When dealers and collectors first heard about the 2014 Bowman Sterling release, they were intrigued by having each pack guaranteed to have both an autograph card and a dual relic card in every pack. And with every card in the base set being a rookie, that guarantees some collector happiness if the 2014 draft class either starts with anyone good or the player develops into a … [Read more...]
Gary Hughes Collection Highlights Memory Lane Winter Auction
One of the best known sets of 1953 Topps baseball cards is among more than 1,000 lots in the current Memory Lane’s 2014 Winter Auction. The set, loaded with PSA 8 (nm/mt) cards, is part of a collection consigned by collector Gary Hughes, who has spent nearly a half century working in professional baseball. Currently a special advisor to the Boston Red Sox, Hughes has also … [Read more...]
2014 Topps Five Star Arrives with Checklist, New Images
2014 Topps Five Star Baseball is set for release Wednesday and the company has released more images of some of the cards it has created for the high end product. Among them: a baseball card featuring one-time Kansas City Royals draftee Dan Marino and ex-Yankee farmhand John Elway along with bat relics of Ty Cobb and Jackie Robinson. The checklist for the hobby exclusive … [Read more...]
Topps 2014 Dynasty Baseball Hitting Shelves
Baseball card ‘packs’ carrying only a random autograph or two at a $100 and up price point aren't a new concept in the hobby. Leaf and Historic Autographs are two companies who’ve created packaged products that are signature focused. 2014 Topps Dynasty puts Major League Baseball’s trading card partner into the game. Released exclusively to hobby dealers this week, Topps … [Read more...]