Tony Reid’s weekly Shop Talk segment focuses on the goings-on at the hobby shop he helps manage in Central PA. For a sports fan like me, a good portion of this week's Shop Talk theme is out of my wheel house. In the shop, last week's trends early on were quite the opposite. It wasn't all about home runs, slam dunks and touchdowns, it was more about revving engines, … [Read more...] about Shop Talk: A Big Week for Sports and Non-Sports Sales
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All Aboard the Cole Train: A Gerrit Cole Rookie Card Guide
Never mind, the mind-boggling contract, as soon as collectors learned that he was on his way to the Big Apple, collectors wondered what the impact would be on Gerrit Cole rookie cards. Playing in the biggest media market for the sport's most popular franchise can definitely have an impact, but savvy buyers have been picking up his cards for a long time. While … [Read more...] about All Aboard the Cole Train: A Gerrit Cole Rookie Card Guide
Select Basketball Features Varied Base, Prizms
Shots from the baseline can be exciting in basketball. Especially deep in the corner, from 3-point range. Very sweet. Panini America is putting out its own kind of base shot with its 2015-16 Select Basketball product, which is scheduled to be released on Wednesday. The Breakdown The 300-card base set will be sorted into three types of cards — Concourse, Premier Level and … [Read more...] about Select Basketball Features Varied Base, Prizms
What’s Hot in the Shop: 2014 Panini Prizm World Cup (Really)
If you would have asked me if I would have ever sat down and put together a piece on soccer cards, I might have gone John McEnroe “YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!” on you. The 2014 World Cup matches are not scheduled to begin until June 12 with the finals booked for July 13. On May 7, Panini Prizm landed in hobby shops with a response usually reserved for high-end NFL releases in 2012 … [Read more...] about What’s Hot in the Shop: 2014 Panini Prizm World Cup (Really)
Panini Produces Exclusive Cards to Kick Off Beckett Accelerator Software
Panini America has created a special set of cards and is encouraging dealers at the Las Vegas Industry Summit to list them on eBay and/or the Beckett Marketplace immediately using the new ‘Beckett Accelerator’ software. As we’ve been reporting, Beckett Business Solutions is partnering with eBay to launch the new selling tool Monday and the cards will be part of the tryout. … [Read more...] about Panini Produces Exclusive Cards to Kick Off Beckett Accelerator Software
Panini Prizm Basketball Keeps Collectors Chasing the Rainbow
Why are there so many songs about rainbows and what's on the other side, and why are there so many collectors who want to go after a Prizm rainbow of parallel cards? The answer has to be that collectors enjoy the challenge, or the chase, which is why it's quite appropriate to call these 'chase cards'. Released a few weeks ago, 2013-14 Panini Prizm Basketball is about … [Read more...] about Panini Prizm Basketball Keeps Collectors Chasing the Rainbow
Leaf Suing Panini Over Prizm
It’s been a little while since we’ve had a fresh card company vs. card company throw down. Drought over. On Friday, Leaf Trading Cards filed suit against Panini America for unfair competition and trademark infringement, claiming Panini’s new PRIZM brand is essentially a rip off of technology and marketing terminology that Leaf had been using. The suit, filed in U.S. … [Read more...] about Leaf Suing Panini Over Prizm