The baseball card truck is set to hit the road again. The Topps public relations campaign featuring a box truck covered in Topps cards will spend nearly three weeks traveling around the country, passing out packs of cards and offering games and prizes. Topps first launched the tour last year. This year’s trip starts in Los Angeles on July 16, just ahead … [Read more...] about Topps Baseball Card Covered Truck Set to Roll Again
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Topps Phases Out Chief Wahoo From Its Card Logos
It was a subtle, quiet move, but Topps has phased out the long-standing "Chief Wahoo" logo of the Cleveland Indians with the more generic "block-C" on most of its baseball cards this year. The Indians have come under increased pressure to remove the longtime logo, which depicts a red-faced, smiling Native American that has been called racially insensitive and … [Read more...] about Topps Phases Out Chief Wahoo From Its Card Logos
2015 Topps Stadium Club Baseball Info, Checklist
2015 Topps Stadium Club Baseball offers a larger base set than in recent years and some unique photography to go along with it. The new configuration means no more mini boxes. Instead, Stadium Club moves into foil packs with eight cards in each. There will be 16 packs per box with two autographs in each. A full checklist is below. Boxes (available through the eBay link … [Read more...] about 2015 Topps Stadium Club Baseball Info, Checklist
Vintage Set of the Week: 1980 Topps Set Marked End of an Era
Who knew, back when a few photos of baseball stars were placed onto cardboard, that the baseball card phenomenon would become an enormously competitive, large industry, one that sparked a series of legal challenges that changed the collecting landscape forever? Topps baseball cards were virtually the only game in town from 1956 through 1980. Although other companies tried … [Read more...] about Vintage Set of the Week: 1980 Topps Set Marked End of an Era
Editor’s Blog: Dr. J Part II, Cabinet Full ‘O Cards, Your 1970 Topps Memories
SCP Auctions' December monthly auction included several dozen more items from what was apparently a massive collection of memorabilia saved by Julius Erving. Bidding wrapped up overnight with Dr. J's 1983 NBA All-Star Game uniform selling for $73,296. The '83 game was one of the Doc's finest efforts. In front of the Los Angeles crowd at The Forum, Erving put on a … [Read more...] about Editor’s Blog: Dr. J Part II, Cabinet Full ‘O Cards, Your 1970 Topps Memories
A Guide to 1951 Topps Cards
Some collectors believe that the first Topps baseball cards were introduced in 1952 when the famous oversized player pictures hit the market including the Mickey Mantle rookie card. But while the '52 set was a most ambitious undertaking and for some, the set by which all other cards are judged, the 1951 Topps baseball card sets should not be ignored...and there was more than … [Read more...] about A Guide to 1951 Topps Cards
Topps Does Vegas, Waiting for the ’11s, Remembering the Bird-Magic Rookie
Topps has agreed to become a major sponsor of The Industry Summit, the upcoming Las Vegas trade event for hobby shop owners and industry leaders. Under the agreement, Topps will host a Retailing for Success Seminar on Monday, March 21, which will include a question-and-answer session with executives from Topps, as well as exclusive previews of Topps' upcoming products … [Read more...] about Topps Does Vegas, Waiting for the ’11s, Remembering the Bird-Magic Rookie
Vote for 60 Best Topps Cards of All-Time
Topps will celebrate its 60th anniversary by holding an online vote for the 60 greatest cards ever created by the company. Starting this week, collectors and fans can go to http://vote.topps.com to vote for their favorite Topps baseball cards of all-time. Voting will be live for 30 days. Based on the opinions of avid card collectors and Topps fans, the cards will be … [Read more...] about Vote for 60 Best Topps Cards of All-Time
Topps Will Offer 2010 Heritage Strasburg at NSCC
Topps will unveil its latest Stephen Strasburg rookie card at this year's National Sports Collectors Convention. Collectors opening 10 packs of 2010 Topps/Bowman branded baseball cards (except Topps Attax, Topps Opening Day and the .99 cent Topps Cello Pack) at the Topps booth will receive a 2010 Topps Heritage Strasburg card numbered NCC1. The card, which will be … [Read more...] about Topps Will Offer 2010 Heritage Strasburg at NSCC
Seven Vintage Rookie Cards Poised for Growth?
If the sports collecting hobby had a vintage rookie card Hall of Fame, it would be a familiar roll call. Depending on your era of preference, you'd hear names like Ruth, Mantle, Koufax, Rose or Brett. Collectors have established their preferences thanks to personal choice, scarcity or the player's own accomplishments. They've proven to be attractive targets for investors, … [Read more...] about Seven Vintage Rookie Cards Poised for Growth?