Loupe Tech, Inc., the live e-commerce streaming platform built for sports card collectors, has closed a $12 million Series A round of fundraising, led by Forerunner Ventures, with additional investment by PSA executive chairman and noted card collector Nat Turner, Mint 10, and DJ/producer and Topps artist DJ Skee. The company says it has surpassed initial revenue projections … [Read more...]
Upper Deck Nets Bobby Orr Autograph Deal
Upper Deck has signed hockey legend Bobby Orr to a new autographed memorabilia deal. Orr scored 270 goals in 657 NHL games with the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks in a 12-year career, leading the Bruins to the Stanley Cup Final three times and winning it in 1970 and 1972. A three-time league MVP who was named the NHL’s best defenseman for a record eight … [Read more...]
Darius Garland Signs Exclusive Autograph Deal With Upper Deck
Darius Garland has already made a substantial splash during his rookie season in Cleveland. The Cavaliers' point guard of the future is also making a statement in the sports memorabilia industry after signing a deal with Upper Deck for exclusive autographed memorabilia and collectibles. "We are very excited to see what the future has in store for this talented rookie," … [Read more...]
Anthony Davis Signs Autograph Deal with Upper Deck
He was already one of the NBA’s best players but the move from New Orleans to Los Angeles will put Anthony Davis in a much bigger spotlight. Upper Deck is banking on the L.A. vibe to sell a bunch of his autographed stuff. Davis has signed an exclusive autograph deal with Upper Deck Authenticated, in which he’ll trade signatures on basketballs, jerseys and specially … [Read more...]
Upper Deck Signs Shanshan Feng to Autograph Deal
Upper Deck has a new memorabilia and trading card autograph deal with Shanshan Feng, the first-ever Chinese player to become a member of the LPGA. Feng started playing golf in China at age 10, then moved to the U.S at 17 after being discovered in China and offered a golf academy scholarship in the U.S. She has nine victories on the ladies' professional golf tour since … [Read more...]
Serena Williams Signs Autograph Deal with Upper Deck
Upper Deck already has some of the biggest names in sports under exclusive autograph deals. Now, they've added the greatest women's tennis player of all-time. On Thursday, the company announced what it called "a multi-year" arrangement with Serena Williams. Upper Deck will produce authenticated memorabilia and release limited-edition prints with Williams' … [Read more...]
Upper Deck Authenticated Lands Jerry West
When Upper Deck changed the hobby’s trading card landscape by including autographed cards inside its products back in the early 1990s, Jerry West was one of the first former athletes who signed basketball cards for the company. Now, the 79-year-old Hall of Famer has a new autograph deal, this one for higher-end memorabilia and collectibles through Upper Deck … [Read more...]
Bi-Weekly Schedule Keeps Auction of Champions Buzzing
Launched less than six months ago, Auction of Champions is already on its eighth online catalog and hoping to carve its own niche in the hobby. The family owned Arizona-based company has been holding bi-weekly events with an eye on a possible move to weekly auctions in the near future. Each auction typically includes hundreds of items, with a heavy emphasis on … [Read more...]
Business: Burbank Hits 2 Million Cards; Upper Deck Signs Shaq
Burbank Sports Cards, which bills itself as the "world's largest sports card store", reached a milestone over the weekend. The company’s eBay store now has two million unique items listed. Remarkable, considering that just 22 months ago, they had…none. Owner Rob Veres, who has owned the business since the late 1980s, says he invested in several high-speed scanners and new … [Read more...]
Upper Deck Offers Prizes for Best ‘Man Cave’
Upper Deck is on the hunt for the best man caves in North America through its 2014 Upper Deck Ultimate Man Cave Contest. The contest will run until October 13, 2014. Upper Deck will vote on and then reward the five best fan entries with a piece of autographed memorabilia from one of Upper Deck’s athlete spokesmen and exclusive signers from Upper Deck Authenticated, the sports … [Read more...]