The growth of social media has greatly expanded the outlets for buying, selling and trading cards over the last dozen years or so. The reaches of Facebook and Instagram are wide, but an often overlooked platform is Twitter. We last gave tips for using the platform more than 10 years ago. Now, there’s a sales thread on Twitter for just about any card collector. On … [Read more...] about Buying, Selling, and Trading on Twitter
Olbermann Throws Out the First Box of 2013 Topps Baseball
Topps has begun counting down the final days before release of 2013 Topps Baseball Series One with a promotional push. The company announced Tuesday that it has randomly inserted ten Ultimate Chase Tickets in hobby boxes of Topps Series One. Finders of the Ticket will win an authentic autographed bat signed by five current and/or retired players. One person will win an … [Read more...] about Olbermann Throws Out the First Box of 2013 Topps Baseball
Update: Topps Still Struggling with Storm’s Aftermath
The Topps company continued to deal with the after-affects from Hurricane Sandy on Thursday. They reached out to collectors via social media in the early evening, indicating that while the plant in Duryea, PA was operating, the corporate offices remained closed. We have not been cleared to go back into the office yet! I hear the building is flooded. But that is the least of … [Read more...] about Update: Topps Still Struggling with Storm’s Aftermath
Twenty Twitter Tips for Hobby Tweeters
Six years ago, Twitter didn’t exist. Today, the microblogging social media titan a reported 500 million active users all over the world. Such is the landscape of technology and media today. Forms of media that once took decades to gain power, influence or public acceptance can now spring to vibrancy virtually overnight. In the last couple of years, trading card … [Read more...] about Twenty Twitter Tips for Hobby Tweeters
Editor’s Blog: Site Improvements, Social Network for Collectors
You may have already noticed, but we've made a few changes to the website, some of them cosmetic and some of them aimed at allowing you to share our content with friends and fellow collectors. We've increased the speed so that pages on the site will hopefully load faster for you. We have added the Google Plus, Twitter and Facebook share buttons to the top of the page and … [Read more...] about Editor’s Blog: Site Improvements, Social Network for Collectors