One Little Problem!

Alright, so apparently I missed an email sent to me a couple days ago regarding the box of 2002 Bowman’s Best which was to be part of our upcoming group break. Apparently, they were out of stock, but remained on the site. As a result, we are one short on the boxes. I’m looking for [...]

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#395 – Dave Righetti – New York Yankees Dave Righetti’s Career Stats from Baseball-Reference.com1983 Fleer Autographed Baseball Card Project

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Before I head out on a well deserved vacation from work (and subsequently baseball card blog posting) for two weeks, I thought I’d give an update as to the ongoing trades.GCRL – 21 cards (FYI, you better answer that Wills/Knox trivia question!) Ni…

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#520 – Cliff Johnson – Oakland A’sCliff Johnson’s Career Stats from Baseball-Reference.com1983 Fleer Autographed Baseball Card Project

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Topps has announced that they have signed MLB’s #1 Draft Pick Stephen Strasburg to an exclusive agreement.
The multi-year deal grants Topps exclusive rights for autographed cards, game-used memorabilia cards and Strasburg’s image use on the packaging and advertising of baseball cards. Topps will also offer a limited edition line of autographed memorabilia items.
What Stephen [...]

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What did The Rip Master and crew land at the Topps Triple Threads Football Rip Party? Watch and find out …

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Joe Galiardi has been collecting autographs for more than 20 years, and he’s had a ball doing it. Literally. Actually, he’s had 231 balls – and counting – doing it.

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Blowout’s Thomas Fish said today that its end-of-the-year clearance sale will run from now until midnight Sunday (Dec. 27) with its in-stock items at blowoutcards.com as much as 50 percent off. All this, of course, comes on top of outrageous deals on cards often at already rock-bottom prices.

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However, the entire printed photo archive of the Chicago Sun-Times, a publication with its modern lineage dating back to 1948 but with some ties with publications back to much earlier, has been sold to a memorabilia collector and businessman.

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Blowout Cards is one of the most popular online destinations for collectors to go when then feel that urge to bust open a box, learn about new products, or just want to see what other collectors are doing around The Hobby.  Recently I did an interview with Blowout Cards President, Thomas Fish to learn more [...]

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1991 Fleer Ultra Greg Maddux
Before Fleer mastered the art of exceptional photography on high-quality cardstock, they came ou with their 1991 Fleer Ultra set.  Personally, I like this card.  And while it fails to stand up to the standards set by future releases, it is still much better than the base set issues by Fleer in [...]

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So on Monday I went back to the card show at my local mall to do a more thorough search through the bargain bins. What I came across during my search was perhaps the WORST game-used jersey card I’ve ever seen. Look at this 2002 Pacific Private Stock gamer of Shannon Sharpe. Can you spot [...]

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The year 2009 was an exciting one in the world of hard rock. Vintage acts such as Lita Ford, BulletBoys, and Great White released new albums; new groups Coldspell, Jive Mother Mary, and Machines Of Grace offered diversity; we got new live records from giants Steve Vai, Judas Priest, and Cinderella. Frontiers Records continues to [...]

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‘Same Card, Different Paths’ – Card #27
1963 Topps - Card #553 – AKA – ‘The Willie Stargell Rookie Card’

Brock Davis – Davis’ career lasted just 6 seasons.  In that time, he had some fair success but was never able to solidify a starting job on either of the 3 teams he played for.  A career .260 hitter, Davis’ [...]

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Back in 2006 when the Browns selected Jerome Harrison out of Washington State I had a gut feeling that he was someday going to shine.  I bought quite a few of his Bowman Chrome rookie cards and autographs.  I could easily see him winning the job as starting tailback after only really needing to beat [...]

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As the shortened days of this decade wind down, I am reminded that one of my goals of 2009 was to work at least one quote by Horace into this humble but lovable baseball card blog. With unofficial rumors swirling about a potential trade of two Brandons between the Seattle Mariners and the Toronto Blue [...]

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Sometimes you can get really great deals on eBay.This 1923 strip card of Al Mamaux set me back $5.99. A great deal for a 87-year-old baseball card.For those of you not familiar with strip cards, they were sold in strips. Several cards joined together a…

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