on December 4th, 2009 by Newspaperman
Finally found some retail 2009 Topps 206 at Target (H/T A Cardboard Problem, via Twitter), picked up three packs from two searched boxes. Nothing major from the packs, the standard amount of base cards, three thick gold border parallels and three minis, including a Polar Bear back, which are seeded 1:10 packs.
The Jimmie Foxx mini [...]
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on December 4th, 2009 by rosschrisman2003
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on December 4th, 2009 by JT
Tonight my son and I went to the 2009 Redsfest, and we had a blast! We came away with autographs of Mario Soto, Leo Cardenas, Jim O’Toole, Chris Dickerson, Joey Votto, and Tom Browning. We also had fun visiting the different booths set up by the Reds Hall of Fame and other local organizations. Check [...]
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on December 4th, 2009 by csd
This week I have picked the Valpo game at Mackey as my game of the week. It is big for a couple of reasons. The first is how close I live to 
Valpo. I could literally be at their arena in 25 minutes. I have seen a few games there, and who can forget Bryce Drew hitting that shot in the NCAA’s a few years back? This game is also big because it is the home team of Robbie Hummel. Next year we will travel to Valpo, and I will try hard to get a seat in that small arena. Last year Valpo came into Purdue and kept it close for the first half. The Boilers only led by two at that point. Purdue held them in the second half though and cruised to a 59-45 win. This year I don’t think that it will be that close. Purdue is just too powerful. Although they came into that contest last year ranked tenth, and really were not that dominant. Chris Kramer was out for that game though. Barring something tragic tomorrow we will be at full strength on Wednesday. With a little luck we will have a higher ranking than #4 by the time we play next week. It will be interesting to see if we finally get some respect.
Predictions: Should this segment even continue? Last week I had a bad week. I made my predictions last week with the women sporting a decent 5-3 record, and the men 9-1. I went 4-1 on my normal women’s predictions last week. Then I missed the Big Ten/ACC Challenge altogether going 5-6. That brings my season total to 14-10 on the women’s side. The men’s side was similar. I went 3-2 on my normal picks, and then tanked the Challenge. I went 4-7 with those picks. This week I will try and right some wrongs. With things getting back to normal it should be an easy week. The Big Ten teams should be playing easier opponents this week. I am also going to be at Grand Valley State this weekend to see the football game. We are leaving early to see both the men’s and women’s teams play. So naturally those games will be included on here. Here are my picks on the men’s side:
#4 Purdue over Buffalo
#4 Purdue over Valpo
Grand Valley State over Ashland
Northern Iowa over Iowa
Pitt over Indiana
Michigan over Utah
This week the Big Ten women start play early on Sunday. I will pick all of those Sunday games. Here are my women’s picks for the week:
Grand Valley State over Ashland
Northwestern over Purdue
#3 Ohio State over Wisconsin
#21 Michigan State over Indiana
Minnesota over Penn State
Iowa over Michigan
#6 Notre Dame over IPFW
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on December 4th, 2009 by Laurens
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on December 4th, 2009 by Laurens
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on December 4th, 2009 by Mario A.
If there’s been one constant theme during the 2+ years of Wax Heaven, it has to be the love and appreciation for old school 90s wax. Sure, odds are you won’t find a certified autograph or game-used relic card but there is still a lot of treasure to be found in forgotten wax.
Circa Thunder wasn’t [...]
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on December 4th, 2009 by No Brainer Bargains
As of December 4th the following are stats covering the last 7 days on ebay for etopps in-hands:
Highest Single Card Sale: 2008 Barack Obama, $53.55
Highest Mult-Card Sale: 2008 Allen & Ginter Yankee Stadium Tribute Set, $81
Highest Graded Sale: 2001 Albert Pujols, BGS 9.5, $96
Highest Non-Graded Autograph Sale: 2003 Allen Iverson, $199.99
Highest Graded Autograph Sale: 2003 Dwyane Wade, BGS 9.5/9, $99.99
Other best sellers:
* 2001 Albert Pujols
* 2007 John Elway SB Champs Allen & Ginter
* 2007 Joe Namath SB Champs Allen & Ginter
* 1959 Mickey Mantle reprint
In-hand listing (not including graded or autographed) that received most bids that sold well: 2001 Albert Pujols, 15 bids
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on December 4th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on December 4th, 2009 by tigre
I busted another box of Goodwin Champions. I was thrilled to find a night/moon SP, as this is the first one I’ve found. But I was even more thrilled to find a Tiger Woods silver foil mini (granted the timing is kinda bad, but it will pass in time).It…
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on December 4th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on December 4th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on December 4th, 2009 by Tracy Hackler
To be sure, there will be more than a handful of veteran card collectors among the millions of people expected to watch tomorrow night’s free Ultimate Fighter 10 Live Finale on Spike.
In theory, the primary objective of Saturday’s card is to crown the winner of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality show’s 10th season in a match [...]
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on December 4th, 2009 by rosschrisman2003
Take a look at this little beauty. No way in hell is this thing real. Not unless SA-GE acquired an NFL license without anyone knowing. When I first saw it, I thought the seller might have made a custom card which is fine as long as they tell the buyer. But thats not the case [...]
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on December 4th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on December 4th, 2009 by ManOfSteal
I wrote a post a few months ago when the initial checklists for 2010 Topps were released. I recently checked into the set again, and found that a few more details had been released. Along with the odds of actually pulling the cards, here’s what else I was able to find out. Unofortunately, there haven’t been any pictures of the Rickey cards released, so this will be a fairly text heavy post.–
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on December 4th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on December 4th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on December 4th, 2009 by madding
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on December 4th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on December 4th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on December 4th, 2009 by houstoncollector
Thanks to Topps via Twitter, we have some images of 2010 Topps Pro Debut Minor League Baseball. These pictures are presumably mockups, and showing more of the hits from the product (case hits, at that, if I’m forced to guess).
As we all know I really don’t like the foldout cards, so we’ll [...]
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on December 4th, 2009 by rosschrisman2003
Within the last week we’ve learned that Tiger Woods has a woman in every country, and troubled basketball teams drink during half time. I think everyone was shocked when they heard what Tiger has been up to for quite awhile. It always seems like the people you least expect to get into trouble do. Hopefully [...]
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on December 4th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on December 4th, 2009 by JT
It’s almost time for Redsfest! I need to double-check my cards, because I didn’t pull out any Lee May cardboard, and he will be there! I may not have any May cards, as my pre-1972 Reds collection is seriously lacking. But it will be easy enough to check. I’m taking one of every player I [...]
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on December 4th, 2009 by oldschoolbreaks
The second box I opened on my birthday, this box of 2003 Topps Finest was originally videotaped, but due to the horrible overall quality (lots of lag, audio distortion), the video was never published. As you’ll see, it was a pretty darn good break.
Box Details: 6 packs of 5 cards each per mini box, 3 [...]
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on December 4th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on December 4th, 2009 by houstoncollector
Today marks an important day in the growth of Houston Collector. I am pleased to announce that starting today, Blowout Cards is a sponsor of Houston Collector, and we will be working together going forward. Currently, there is a picture on the left side of the screen which will take you to their site, and [...]
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