Upper Deck gambled big when they introduced the first set of Exquisite Basketball cards in 2003-04. Slick graphics and photos, autographs, game-used jersey cards, and an incredibly limited supply helped to make 2003/04 Exquisite Basketball the cards collectors simply had to have. If they could afford them. The time was right both for some rookies to change the face of … [Read more...]
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2011 Topps Triple Threads Sneak Peek
Topps has released some information and pictures of some of the better cards in its 2011 Triple Threads product along with a 15-page sell sheet that showed off highlights of the upcoming issue. Triple Threads is one of Topps' most popular products, and it's clear the company felt the need to inject some more value into it to keep die-hard collectors coming back to this … [Read more...]
2010 National Sports Collectors Convention Gave Baltimore Biggest Impact
A recent issue of Baltimore Business Journal ranked The 2010 National Sports Collectors Convention with having the highest economic impact of any trad show held in the city last year. According to the ranking information, the events estimated financial impact on the city was $15.48 million. Runner-up was a pet industry spring trade show ($11.64 million) followed by the … [Read more...]
2011 Topps Pro Debut Sneak Peek
If you're a student of prospects, Topps is banking on you to support "the official card of minor league baseball". 2011 Topps Pro Debut will launch later this spring, the second issue from the company's deal with MLB to produce a set focused on big league prospects. Topps released some images and information for this year's set on Thursday. Each 24-count box will include … [Read more...]
2010 Bowman Sterling Baseball Box Break
by Rich Klein Being a modern era card collector means there is no longer a big break between the end of one year's products and the beginning of the next. A side benefit of the changes made after 2005 by Major League Baseball, the MLB Player's Assocation and the card companies was that the current year's products could not be released until it was time for spring … [Read more...]
2010-11 Donruss Basketball Review
They may be owned by a European based outfit these days, but most North American collectors still have fuzzy feelings for the name Donruss. Panini isn't dumb. They're holding onto the brand that established itself in 1981 and they trot it out again for the new 2010-11 Donruss Basketball issue. Open one pack and its obvious the design was a shout out to perhaps the … [Read more...]
2011 Bowman Baseball Preview
Whetting collectors appetites for spring, Topps has released preliminary information and photos for its 2011 Bowman Baseball issue. The company relaunched the Bowman line launched in 1989 by featuring Ken Griffey Jr. in its marketing. This year, it's another teenager in the spotlight. Bowman is always a rookie-centered product and this year, Topps leans heavily on … [Read more...]
1955 Topps Hocus Focus: 2 New Cards Found
Collectors of the 1955 Topps Hocus Focus set have two new cards to chase. Collector Jason Eggert, who runs JackieRobinson.net, recently bought a lot of nine cards from the obscure issue because it included a Robinson. After doing some online research, he discovered that two of the cards he had were previously unknown. Mel Parnell and Hal Smith are the two new … [Read more...]
1914 Cracker Jack Set Brings Big Bucks
One of the hobby's most elusive pre-War card sets proved the high-grade baseball card market is alive and well early Saturday morning. Taking years to build and one second to change hands, the PSA Set Registry's #1-rated 1914 Cracker Jack set sold for $502, 775 in Mile High Card Company's fall auction. The set, which was actually two cards short, was offered as a set and … [Read more...]
2010-11 Panini Threads Could Give You Splinters
Panini is hoping to shake up the basketball card market next week with its latest release. The NBA's exclusive trading card partner is bringing out its 2010-11 Threads product, which includes autographed "cards" that are actually wood-based. Numbered to 399, the cards are one of the highlights in the issue, which also includes All-Time Big Men and other subsets, many of … [Read more...]
