How long has it been since Kevin Durant was a rookie? Well, the team that drafted him hasn't played in that city in more than a decade. Topps and Upper Deck still had licenses to produce NBA trading cards and some of today's current young stars were in elementary school. Yes, it's been a while, but that all kind of makes collecting Kevin Durant rookie cards … [Read more...]
Hoard of High Dollar Exquisite LeBron Cards at Auction
After scoring nearly half of his team's entire point total in Wednesday night's playoff win over Indiana, there isn't much doubt LeBron James is still at the top of his game at age 33. He opened by scoring Cleveland's first 16 points and finished with 46 of the Cavs' 100 to even the playoff series at a game apiece. While James came of age in the bygone era of Upper … [Read more...]
Ex-Postal Worker Sentenced In Theft Of High-End Cards
A Massachusetts dealer-collector finally will be getting his exquisite — and expensive — basketball cards back. And the former postal clerk who stole and tried to sell that dealer’s 23 high end cards through the internet — including a 2003-04 LeBron James Upper Deck Exquisite rookie patch card worth at least $25,000 — was sentenced Tuesday to three years of probation by a … [Read more...]
Retrieving Cards Stolen By Postal Worker Was Long Process
A Massachusetts dealer-collector thought he had lost something exquisite through the mail, but thanks to patience, persistent detective work and some good luck, some valuable rookie cards soon will be back in his possession. And a former postal clerk is awaiting sentencing for stealing a package that contained sports cards worth at least $68,668. The 37-year-old dealer knows … [Read more...]
Wheatland Opens New Auction With 600+ Lots
Wheatland Auction Services has launched its latest online catalog, with higher-end modern era rookie cards and unopened material joining vintage cards spanning more than six decades. Vintage card collectors will find complete and near complete sets, dozens of lots and single cards, including many graded cards with opening bids of $5. Among the highlights are numerous T206 … [Read more...]
Notes: Topps Baseball Sales, Ruth Card Hits $80K, CU Revenue, Butler Autograph Deal
This is an important month for sports card shops and online retailers who sell boxes of cards. The release of the first baseball card product of the season can set the tone for the rest of the year and it’s the one time when there is a lot of attention on one product. Several mainstream media outlets reported on Derek Jeter’s farewell card, the First Pitch inserts and … [Read more...]
Fear the Brow: Anthony Davis Rookie Cards Heat Up
It’s often the late bloomers who become the biggest stars. One look at the hottest Anthony Davis rookie cards and it’s clear the New Orleans Pelicans’ wunderkind is entering the realm of superstar. Interest in his future is off the charts both in the league—and in the hobby. Davis saw an eight-inch growth spurt during an 18-month period in … [Read more...]
NBA Rookie Class Has Potential Star Power
Some basketball card collectors avoided last season’s crop of first year players because they were already knew a bigger, better draft class was coming. With the season just days away and the first in-season products either already on the market or coming soon, it’s a good time to take a look at the players to watch on 2014-15 NBA rookie cards. The strange … [Read more...]
LeBron’s First Cards as Cav Returnee to Debut in Cleveland
Panini America went to work quickly after LeBron James opted to return to the Cavaliers and now the company is touting the first 2014 cards of LeBron as part of a 2014 National Sports Collectors Convention giveaway…but you’ll have to have good speed—and some luck—to get them. Three LeBron cards are part of a Tools of the Trade Update which will include game-worn … [Read more...]
Pete Maravich Basketball Cards Still Resonate
After creating a lot of publicity for basketball for his college wizardry at LSU and setting many scoring records, Pete Maravich entered the NBA as the third pick in the 1970 NBA Draft. With his floppy socks, amazing passing skills and seemingly impossible shot-making ability, Maravich was the guy every kid growing up in the late 1960’s wanted to be. Pete … [Read more...]