Upper Deck has overhauled the configuration in time for next week's release of 2016-17 SPx Hockey. Due out February 1, this season's version will be smaller — four packs in a hobby box with one card in each pack, instead of 10 packs of four cards last year — but every card this year will be a hit. Upper Deck is promising that every box of 2016-17 SPx Hockey … [Read more...]
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2016-17 Upper Deck SP Game Used Hockey Preview, Checklist
Upper Deck’s 2016-17 Game Used Hockey is once again a hit-oriented product, with four of the six cards in every one pack hobby box being an autograph or memorabilia offering. Hobby boxes will be available beginning Wednesday, January 18. Expect to pay anywhere between $85 to $105, depending on the retailer. The price is slightly lower than last year with one more … [Read more...]
COMC Credit Option Coming to Upper Deck Certified Card Shops
Collectors will have the opportunity to use money from their COMC accounts to make purchases at hobby shops aligned with Upper Deck. It’s the latest move in the partnership agreement between the two companies. The announcement came Wednesday morning at Upper Deck’s inaugural Diamond Dealer Conference in Phoenix. COMC, one of the hobby’s largest buying and selling … [Read more...]
Upper Deck Creating Small Business Saturday Sets
Upper Deck has created a set of ten cards for select hobby shop owners to hand out on Small Business Saturday. Distributors will hand over the freebies to shops in hopes they’ll pass them out to customers as an incentive on Saturday, November 26. There’s a full set in each pack. Michael Jordan and LeBron James have endorsement deals with the company and … [Read more...]
Cards for a Cause Reaches Next Level at NSCC
ATLANTIC CITY - Brady Kahle is just 10 years old. The Springfield, Mass. native doesn’t have the biggest booth this week at the National Sports Collectors Convention in Atlantic City but there’s a real possibility that he has the biggest heart. Brady has been collecting ever since he can remember. He loves the thrill of pulling a big card out of a pack but said that … [Read more...]
Notre Dame Creates Trading Cards; Sends Them to 2017 Recruits
Licensed collegiate trading cards aren't all that uncommon to find these days. However, the University of Notre Dame recently used cards as a small way to help lure prospective football players to their program. The school has a long history with trading cards. Back in 1990, they gave a license to produce the unpopular Collegiate Collection cards, which can be found by the … [Read more...]
2015-16 SPx Gives Hockey Collectors Clear Choices
It’s clear that Upper Deck is changing its style when it comes to its 2015-16 SPx Hockey product. That’s clear, as in acetate. For example, the rookie cards are a dramatic departure, highlighted by an acetate-window player image next to autographs and/or memorabilia. Hobby boxes will hit stores and online outlets on Wednesday. Upper Deck is promising one rookie auto … [Read more...]
Retrieving Cards Stolen By Postal Worker Was Long Process
A Massachusetts dealer-collector thought he had lost something exquisite through the mail, but thanks to patience, persistent detective work and some good luck, some valuable rookie cards soon will be back in his possession. And a former postal clerk is awaiting sentencing for stealing a package that contained sports cards worth at least $68,668. The 37-year-old dealer knows … [Read more...]
ePack Program a Big Score for COMC
Upper Deck’s new ePack concept generated a lot of attention last week--and not just among hockey card collectors. The program allows users to buy and open “packs” online instantly, at least one of which will be a physical card that can be shipped to you or immediately placed for sale on COMC.com. The others can be accumulated and then swapped for exclusive physical cards. … [Read more...]
Upper Deck’s New $15,000 Box of Cards
With the release of its 2015 All-Time Greats Master Collection, Upper Deck admits to “blurring the boundary between trading cards and artistic collectibles”. Set for release Friday, it’s not for your average collector—unless he’s won the Powerball. Limited to 200, Master Collection is actually housed inside a large, numbered African Ribbon Mahogany box and contains over … [Read more...]
