Foot Locker CEO Harold Sells, an important figure in founding the iconic sneaker store in 1974, was looking for a way to intertwine the retail store with basketball and sneaker culture. It was 1988, and Air Jordans were well into revolutionizing the sneaker industry. Sells understood the cultural phenomena developing before his eyes. So borne out of countless board … [Read more...] about 1988 Foot Locker Slam Fest Includes An Elusive Chase Card
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Notes: Fugitive Threatened Co-Conspirators; Panini to Offer Hoops Redemption Packs; Golden Mirror Bounty; Leaf Gets PBA Deal; Packs 4 Kids at CWS; Dick Perez at NSCC
Court documents say the man federal authorities are looking for in connection with the theft and destruction of Yogi Berra's championship rings, Roger Maris' MVP award and Hickok belt and other sports memorabilia from various museums threatened his co-conspirators. According to the Times-Tribune of Scranton, Nicholas Dombek threatened to poison and kill one man when the … [Read more...] about Notes: Fugitive Threatened Co-Conspirators; Panini to Offer Hoops Redemption Packs; Golden Mirror Bounty; Leaf Gets PBA Deal; Packs 4 Kids at CWS; Dick Perez at NSCC
Panini Set to Automatically Fulfill Some Older Autograph Redemption Cards This Fall
Panini America is aiming to clear its backlog of older, lower value autograph redemptions. The company announced Monday that starting on September 30, it would begin sending replacement cards to customers holding redemptions for what it called “low to mid-level value” players if their customer service ticket was opened before 2018. The company promised the cards it … [Read more...] about Panini Set to Automatically Fulfill Some Older Autograph Redemption Cards This Fall
Incomplete: Leaf Suing Cowboys Receiver Cee Dee Lamb Over Autographs
Leaf Trading Cards has filed suit against Dallas Cowboys receiver Cee Dee Lamb over what it claims is the breach of autographed trading card deal. Attorneys for the Dallas based trading card maker say Lamb didn't fulfill a signed agreement to sign cards for the company, leaving the company "unable to fulfill orders from customers who had received redemption cards that would … [Read more...] about Incomplete: Leaf Suing Cowboys Receiver Cee Dee Lamb Over Autographs
Hobby News and Notes: BBB Not Pleased with Panini; Ruth Rookie Rockets; Historic Kraken Gamers; New Goldin Hire
The Better Business Bureau of North Texas says it has processed 237 complaints against Dallas-based Panini America in the last three years and took the step of issuing a consumer warning this week. Those complaints are centered around what's a long running source of frustration for collectors: unfulfilled redemptions for autographed cards and similar hits that are … [Read more...] about Hobby News and Notes: BBB Not Pleased with Panini; Ruth Rookie Rockets; Historic Kraken Gamers; New Goldin Hire
Previously Unknown 1995 Action Packed Redemption Autographs Found In Storage Locker
It’s a story straight out of Storage Wars. But instead of an A&E television series, Tyler Feldman did not have a script. Good thing, too. What he found was certainly spellbinding hard to believe. Feldman, 29, who has run Inscriptagraphs in Las Vegas for five years, literally stumbled across two boxes of autograph redemption cards from the 1995 Action Packed Hall of … [Read more...] about Previously Unknown 1995 Action Packed Redemption Autographs Found In Storage Locker
Panini Makes Website Adjustments; Will Still Offer Something for Expired Redemptions
Don't toss those expired Panini America redemption cards just yet. The company says it has made adjustments to the customer service platform on its website and will once again allow for the input of codes from redemption cards from old products that are past the stated cutoff deadline. Earlier this month, collectors who contacted the company's customer service team … [Read more...] about Panini Makes Website Adjustments; Will Still Offer Something for Expired Redemptions
Panini Not Currently Accepting Expired Redemptions
Panini America’s customer service team is indicating that the company will no longer honor expired redemption cards found in older products. There was no official corporate announcement, but answers to weekend tweets from collectors who held redemptions that were past the cutoff date indicated Panini had changed its policy. Trading card companies put redemption … [Read more...] about Panini Not Currently Accepting Expired Redemptions
Notes: Lawyers Seeks Input in Redemption Suit; MSU Tightens Security on Morant; World Junior Jerseys
The New Orleans firm that filed paperwork for a class action lawsuit against Panini America over redemption cards a couple of weeks ago has written a blog post about the case and says it is seeking input from collectors. Martzell, Bickford and Centola is a New Orleans based firm whose name is on the documents filed in federal court on behalf of collector Kevin … [Read more...] about Notes: Lawyers Seeks Input in Redemption Suit; MSU Tightens Security on Morant; World Junior Jerseys
Collector Files Class Action Suit Over Redemption Cards
Redemption cards have always been a hot button issue between trading card makers and those who buy their products. When players don’t send their cards back in time for release, the manufacturers still what’s essentially an IOU in the product for that particular autograph. Sometimes it’s fulfilled quickly. Other times, it can drag on for months—or even years. … [Read more...] about Collector Files Class Action Suit Over Redemption Cards