Deion "Prime Time" Sanders is currently in his second prime as a hot ticket in the sports card world. A popular star in the late 1980s and early 90s as a dual-sport star, he's now the hottest football coach in the country. A 2-0 start at the University of Colorado with his confident nature in tow, Sanders is making headlines once again. The Hall of Fame football player who … [Read more...] about Prime Numbers: Interest in Deion Sanders Rookie Cards Rising With Coaching Profile
Pro Set
Notes: Fanatics Mosaic Drop; Topps Now for Greene, Suzuki, Balkovec; LeBron, Mantle Pace Goldin
It looks like “drops” will be a regular part of how Fanatics sells trading cards. On Monday, the company released another product using a 24-hour window in which collectors can commit to buy a certain product. This time, it’s a 2021 Mosaic Football retail box with 32 cards, priced at $29.99. The drop lasts until Tuesday at 2 PM Eastern time with Fanatics … [Read more...] about Notes: Fanatics Mosaic Drop; Topps Now for Greene, Suzuki, Balkovec; LeBron, Mantle Pace Goldin
Leaf to Push Out First Packaged Pro Set Product with Autographs of Current, Former Greats
It’s not yet back in 36-pack boxes with an NFL license yet, but 30 years after the brand’s brief heyday, Pro Set is returning to packaged form. Leaf Trading Cards, which purchased the long dormant brand name early this year and then brought back the 1989 design for a series of on-demand cards including new NFL draft picks and other current sports stars, plans to roll out an … [Read more...] about Leaf to Push Out First Packaged Pro Set Product with Autographs of Current, Former Greats
Notes: Pro Set Back?; Uncle Jimmy’s Joe D Photo; Hobby Exposure; Penny Marshall’s NLBM Donation
Pro Set, which jumped into NFL trading cards with a fury back in 1989 but fizzled out a few years later, appears to be ready for a resurrection. No word yet on who’s involved or if there’s any connection at all to the original incarnation but there are now a “Pro Set is Back” email and Twitter accounts and they’ve released a mockup of a Trevor Lawrence … [Read more...] about Notes: Pro Set Back?; Uncle Jimmy’s Joe D Photo; Hobby Exposure; Penny Marshall’s NLBM Donation
Ramblings: Holiday Show and a Question
I always find ideas for this column when I’m at a show and the one we ran the day after Christmas was no exception. Despite slightly lower foot traffic and lighter sales of dealer tables, those who did set up at our Dallas area show reported they did anywhere from “very well” to “the best show I’ve ever had.” Yes, while we all want shows in which the attendance is through the … [Read more...] about Ramblings: Holiday Show and a Question
Ramblings: Readers Write on 1962 Backs, Rare Cards, Trivia
A few more reader questions and comments as we sift through the Rich’s Ramblings inbox… Mike Vesic wrote, saying he enjoyed the fun we had chronicling the cartoons on the back of the 1962 Topps baseball cards: Being 13 at the time I tried to collect as many 62s as possible. As time passed the cards became hand me downs and my younger brothers sent the 62s to a landfill. … [Read more...] about Ramblings: Readers Write on 1962 Backs, Rare Cards, Trivia
Ramblings: Why Golf’s New Star Needs More Cards
A couple of days ago we discussed how Tiger Woods, basically by himself, had created a golf card market about 15 years ago. That was actually the third and longest attempt to market golf cards. The first came in 1981 when Donruss added golf for a couple of years so they could do more than baseball cards. The next attempt came during the peak production years when Pro Set … [Read more...] about Ramblings: Why Golf’s New Star Needs More Cards
Ramblings: Some Pro Set Prototypes are Among 1990s Rarities
Was there any company which epitomized an era as much as Pro Set? The company’s time frame for making cards almost perfectly matches the over-production peak. Their football products seemed to be in every North American house at one time. However, there are a few Pro Set items which are not quite as easy to find as you might think. The first set in our tour is an issue … [Read more...] about Ramblings: Some Pro Set Prototypes are Among 1990s Rarities
How Score and Pro Set Changed Football Cards
Twenty-five years ago, the world of football cards changed permanently. You see, for nearly a generation, Topps had been the only company licensed to produce football cards with Fleer relegated to action shots and a few regional issues. However, as had occurred with baseball cards at the beginning of the decade, 1989 would be as big as a sea change in football as 1981 was in … [Read more...] about How Score and Pro Set Changed Football Cards
1990’s Football Card Brands Include Some One-Hit Wonders
The other day, when I re-read my column about the low numbered print runs that began to enter the hobby in the 1990’s, my mind went back to some of the more memorable companies which had only a short run in producing sports cards. Some of them lasted for several years and others had one brief shining moment. One aspect of this you will notice is most of these companies produced … [Read more...] about 1990’s Football Card Brands Include Some One-Hit Wonders