While the baseball strike of 1994 dealt a severe blow to what had been a booming sports card hobby, the NBA lockout that happened before the 1998-99 season and its effects on the sports card industry are rarely discussed. Yet, 25 years ago, the NBA was on hold. Although it did not do the damage to the industry that the baseball strike from four years earlier had done, it … [Read more...] about 25 Years Ago: How The NBA Lockout Affected The Hobby
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What’s Hot in the Shop: Basketball Cards
by Keith Neuhart Basketball Cards are on FIRE! Here in our little piece of Heaven, (Delaware, Ohio) we sell very little basketball. Football is by far our biggest seller, followed by baseball, while basketball is a distant third and hockey is almost non-existent. However, there is one trend I am beginning to notice, and I have began to move some store funds into some … [Read more...] about What’s Hot in the Shop: Basketball Cards
Jeremy Lin Knicks Card Coming on Leap Day
His rookie cards showing him as a member of the Golden State Warriors have been lighting up eBay like he's lit up the scoreboard and two weeks from tomorrow, we'll see our first Jeremy Lin Knicks basketball card. Panini America's 2011-12 NBA Hoops set, delayed because of the NBA lockout, will help kick off a 'better late than never' hoops card campaign on February 29 and the … [Read more...] about Jeremy Lin Knicks Card Coming on Leap Day
Jeremy Lin Rookie Cards White Hot as ‘Linsanity’ Continues
There's an eBay seller in Tennessee who is kicking himself today. He kicked himself yesterday and he'll do it again tomorrow. He might do it for the rest of this NBA season. On January 3, that unfortunate soul saw his 2010-11 Jeremy Lin National Treasures autograph rookie patch card sell for $5.50. It wasn't that surprising. Lin, an undrafted journeyman, had closed out … [Read more...] about Jeremy Lin Rookie Cards White Hot as ‘Linsanity’ Continues
Lakers Collection is Hoops Heaven
The NBA lockout drags on. For basketball fans that's not good news. But...it does mean the folks who run the websites of the league's teams are looking for stories. In the case of the Los Angeles Lakers, they knew right where to go. What better way to rekindle hoop dreams than a tour of the best collection of Lakers memorabilia on the planet? David Kohler, president of … [Read more...] about Lakers Collection is Hoops Heaven