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Must See TV

on June 12th, 2009 by gritz76

Sunday night MLB network will be airing This Old Cub.  This is a must see for any Cubs fan or any fan of baseball in general.  It chronicles the life and career of Ron Santo and his fight with diabetes.  It includes some great rare footage of Ronny and the rest of the late ’60’s, [...]

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Card of the Day: Ben Grieve 1994 Topps Traded RC

on June 12th, 2009 by rosschrisman2003

What ever happened to this guy?  In 15 years will Bryce Harper be in the same situation?
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That’s a pretty good deal, isn’t it?

on June 12th, 2009 by handcollated

So I’ve been trying to get back to blogging for the last month or so, but once you go inactive, let me tell you it’s pretty hard to get started again. 
But I’ve still been reading some things, including this from Dave and Adam’s Card World.  2008 Masterpieces for $38.95?  That’s a pretty good deal, no?  [...]

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Introducing Commando Cody.

on June 12th, 2009 by Dinged Corners

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Two more TTM attempts going out on Monday…

on June 12th, 2009 by Ben

These two may seems pretty off the wall, but they’ll make sense in the end.Reed and Tolleson are two of seven players who attended my alma mater, Western Carolina University. According to the back of the ‘87 Topps card, Jerry Reed pitched the first no…

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The Crosby Show

on June 12th, 2009 by Tracy Hackler

It’s 10:25 p.m. in Dallas and Sidney Crosby just won his first Stanley Cup in Detroit. For the record, there are 2,447 Crosby items on eBay at the moment, including almost five full pages of new listings.

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Shocked. Shocked and chagrined

on June 12th, 2009 by night owl

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Roy Halladay Vs. Florida Marlins – Not Quite What I Expected…

on June 12th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard

The plan was drawn out well before the 7:07 start time. 
I got the baby and she got ‘the big boy’.  Getting the baby means that you get to sit comfortably with the baby on your lap.  At some time you feed him a bottle and eventually he will turn towards you and rest his head [...]

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Friday Marketwatch – June 12

on June 12th, 2009 by No Brainer Bargains

As of yesterday, June 12th the following are stats covering the last 7 days on ebay for etopps in-hands:

Quantity of etopps in-hands listings: 196
Sell-Through: 68.88%
Average starting price: $6.80
Average final price: $11.84

Highest Single Card Sale: 2001 Albert Pujols, $45.30
Highest Mult-Card Sale: 2006 Mickey Mantle Set, $350
Highest Graded Sale: 2001 Albert Pujols, BCCG 10, $80
Highest Non-Graded Autograph Sale: 2008 Evan Longoria, $150
Highest Graded Autograph Sale: None

Other best sellers:

* 2003 LeBron James
* 2007 Hunter Pence
* 2007 LeBron James
* 2006 Derek Jeter

In-hand listing (not including graded or autographed) that received most bids that sold well: 2001 Albert Pujols – 12 bids

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Epic Mets FAIL!

on June 12th, 2009 by Chris Harris

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Silverhawks Cannot Find Offense

on June 12th, 2009 by csd

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Welcome Home Harry

on June 12th, 2009 by rosschrisman2003

Today has to be one of the best maildays I’ve ever had.  Last Saturday night I was able to outbid someone for a Harry Kalas 2005 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Classic Autograph.  I have been wanting to add one of these to my collection for a long time.  This one has made its way home [...]

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The Continuing Saga: 1971 Topps

on June 12th, 2009 by Matt F.

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Upper Deck Selling Original Art

on June 12th, 2009 by Scott

Upper Deck, according to Beckett, will be selling original artwork from recent sports card releases such as Upper Deck Masterpieces. The artwork will include items featured in UD’s baseball card releases, as well as the other three of the big 4 sports. The artwork will set you back between $200 and $500 per [...]

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Wax Heaven on Facebook & Twitter

on June 12th, 2009 by Mario A.

Hey guys, just wanted to let you know that I am now attempting to use Twitter. Check out the Wax Heaven Twitter HERE.
I also have a very active, interesting account on Facebook. I am currently on a mission to find my “Bromance”. You can find Wax Heaven on Facebook HERE.
The Twitter account will be used [...]

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Lineup for Yesterday: part 2.

on June 12th, 2009 by Dinged Corners

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Roy Halladay Takes On The Florida Marlins!!!

on June 12th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard

 As a part of the 2009 Inter-League match-ups, the Florida Marlins will be taking on the teams from the American League East.  Obviously, that includes the Yankees, The Red Sox, and the AL Champion Tampa Bay Rays.
But, the mach-up I am most looking forward to checking out is tonight’s game versus the Toronto Blue Jays and [...]

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A mess o’ ChipperMac from Beardy

on June 12th, 2009 by dayf

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First look: 2009-10 Topps basketball cards

on June 12th, 2009 by chrisolds

Topps released the basic images and product information for its 2009-10 Basketball set on Friday, a product that will include 110 Chome cards as well as McDonald’s All-American cards among its offerings when it arrives in late August.

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BEARDY !!!

on June 12th, 2009 by Captain Canuck

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Giambi With Mustache

on June 12th, 2009 by Matt F.

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Best Price on the Planet Specials

on June 12th, 2009 by Dave and Adam's Card World

You may have noticed some recent changes on dacardworld.com, such as Best Price on the Planet Banners. We were hearing from customers who wanted to see all the BPP deals in one place, and for them to be more prominent. Now when you are on the sports card page you will see this:

Or if you [...]

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Why I’m showing this card again

on June 12th, 2009 by night owl

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Upper Deck 2009-10 Basketball Early Look

on June 12th, 2009 by Rob- AKA "Guido"

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Short Print Masterpieces

on June 12th, 2009 by Matt F.

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Phungo 5 with Thoughts and Sox

on June 12th, 2009 by deal

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1999 Fleer Brilliants Baseball Review

on June 12th, 2009 by oldschoolbreaks

As I previously mentioned long ago on APTBNL, I busted a box of 1999 Fleer Brilliants. It’s been a while since I’ve done a box review so let’s get right into it…

Box Details: 24 packs per box, 5 cards per pack, $22
From: Baseball Card Exchange

Base set: The base set is comprised of 175 cards, the [...]

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More Info on 2009 Topps Ticket To Stardom

on June 12th, 2009 by houstoncollector

 
While we had our preview of the product up last week, but today we have more information from Topps on this product, which is due out the week of August 17th, 2009.
BASE CARDS (225)

Veterans (200 subjects)
Rookies (25 subjects) sequentially numbered to 199.

PARALLEL CARDS

Perforated Parallel [...]

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Going Oldschool Box break: 2001 Score Football

on June 12th, 2009 by chrisolds

Here are the results from a randomly selected box of 2001 Score football cards I recently opened …

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LOST… The Retro Baseball Card Set

on June 12th, 2009 by PunkRockPaint

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2009 Upper Deck Series 2 Griffey Variations

on June 12th, 2009 by houstoncollector

The folks at Upper Deck have let us know that there is yet another variation in 2009 Upper Deck Series 2, cementing 2009 as the Year of the Variation (Topps Heritage, Topps Series 1, Topps Series 2, Upper Deck Series 1 and now Upper Deck Series 2).  
This time the card is #855, which is [...]

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