on January 28th, 2010 by Captain Canuck
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on January 28th, 2010 by chrisolds
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on January 28th, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
9 fast days was all it took to get these cards back from Tom Brunansky! ‘Bruno’ was one of my favorite players on a roster of Twins that captured the hearts of baseball fans in the late 1980’s and into the 90’s. He also went on to play on some very talented rosters of the Boston [...]
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on January 28th, 2010 by admin
Topps has confirmed that the following 5 memorabilia cards in the recently released 2009 Tribute Baseball include pieces of stadium seat:
Babe Ruth Dual Relic
Bat / Old Yankee Stadium Seat
Babe Ruth Triple Relic
Old Yankee Stadium Seat / Uniform / Old Yankees Stadium Seat
Ty Cobb Dual Relic
Bat / Tiger Stadium Seat
Jackie Robinson Triple Relic
Ebbets Field Seat [...]
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on January 28th, 2010 by admin
2009-10 Panini Classics Basketball is scheduled to release to the public on 31 Mar and will cost collectors about $85-100 per hobby box. Each box will contain 18 packs and each pack will hold five cards. Collectors can expect to pull four autographs and memorabilia cards per box with at least on being an autographed [...]
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on January 28th, 2010 by Spiff
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on January 28th, 2010 by Dave and Adam's Card World
Panini is offering the collector who uncovers the NFL 2009 Limited Pro Bowl Combo Materials card featuring Super Bowl quarterbacks Peyton Manning and Drew Brees (sequentially numbered #44 of 100), the chance to trade the card in for one box of every Panini NFL trading card released in 2010 and an exclusive Manning-Brees card sequentially [...]
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on January 28th, 2010 by admin
2010 Benchwarmer Ultimate Edition trading cards are scheduled to release on 10 Mar and will cost $130-$150 a box. Each box/pack contains three cards. All cards are numbered. Per box, collectors can expect:
- 1 Autograph Card In Every Pack.
- 1 Prop Card Or Kiss Card In Every Pack.
- 1 Bikini, Lingerie Or Shoe Card In [...]
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on January 28th, 2010 by chrisolds
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on January 28th, 2010 by T.S.
Our Collect.com online auction closes this evening, and
if you haven’t visited it’s worth a couple of mouse clicks, especially if you’re interested
in some cool, old-time lots that are more reminiscent of 1985 than they are emblematic
of 2010.
The lineup ranges from 1/4-ounce single T206 cards to a great big old
monster of 60,000 cards or more, the latter being more than enough to exasperate the
most genial of UPS types. I also spotted a couple of my favorite non-mainstream things,
including a 1952 Topps Reprint set and two different lots of the incredible Conlon
Collection cards from 1991-94. And no, you won’t be wrasslin’ with me: I’ve already
got both those issues and at my age movin’ stuff out is a greater priority than adding
more to the inventory.
But I gotta admit I’m still tempted by both. I still remember when the
1952 Topps Reprint set came out in 1983: Whew! What an uproar ensued. Up to that time
there had never been a reprinting done by the original manufacturer and the idea just
scared by bejesus out of most everybody. Except me.
I recall writing a letter to the editor of Baseball Hobby News (Don’t
ask why I didn’t send it to SCD, because I don’t know and I subscribed to both
at the time.), essentially telling all concerned to take a chill pill and that everything
would be OK. For once, I was right.
Fast foward another eight years and the Conlon Collection made its debut,
and I was on board from the start. At 1,430 cards – if MLB hadn’t stepped on its crank
in 1994 it might have gotten all the way to its intended goal of 3,300 cards – it
is still the biggest set ever for a nationally distributed issue.
That whole issue of 1,430 cards ought to be included in every significant
public library in the country: the photos of the famed Charles Martin Conlon are that
good. It bothers me enormously that such treasures could still be available at such
modest prices, but that’s a function of the original issues having been printed at
a time when the hobby was much larger and print runs – even of a non-mainstream issue
like that – reflected that greater size.
By 1995, with MLB trying to figure out how to recover from its self-inflicted
wounds, Megacards had already dramatically scaled back the print run. The final series
of 110 is typically much harder to find that the earlier ones, and much more expensive
when you do.
For some odd reason as I type this (10:30 a.m. or so), the two Conlon
Collection lots are in inverse relation in terms of the bidding. As I read the auction
description, both lots have all four series from 1991-94 (1,320 cards), but one lot
also has 31 of the 47 Color Conlon Collection cards that were also issued over that
period.
Assuming overall condition matches, the lot with the added Color cards
ought to be the more expensive of the two, but it isn’t.
Check it out.
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on January 28th, 2010 by Tuff Stuff
In celebration of “National Hockey Card Day” this Saturday, January 30, Upper Deck is ready to give away hundreds of thousands of exclusive “National Hockey Card Day” NHL trading card packs for free throughout Canada. Once again, Canadian hobby shops and mass retailers are taking part in this historic hockey trading card promotion, which is now in its second year and remains exclusive to Canada.
“Hockey is the national sport in Canada so Upper Deck wanted to come up with a way
to celebrate that incredible devotion,” said Chris Carlin, Upper Deck’s sports marketing
manager. “We started this program last year and it was a huge success with countless
hockey fans and trading card collectors visiting hobby shops and retailers across
Canada. We expect the same kind of excitement this time around.”
Just like last year, the buzz surrounding this promotion lies in the National Hockey
Card Day set itself. The 15-card set consists of some of the top Canadian-born rookies,
current stars and legends with a special “National Hockey Card Day” logo-stamp adorning
each card front. The five rookies featured include John Tavares, Matt Duchene, Jamie
Benn, Evander Kane and Logan Couture; the “Pride of Canada” active stars are Sidney
Crosby, Vincent Lecavalier, Martin Brodeur, Mike Richards and Rick Nash; while the
“Hockey Heroes” lineup consists of Jarome Iginla, Jonathan Toews, Roberto Luongo,
Wayne Gretzky and Steve Yzerman. Each pack will yield five randomly assorted cards
featuring the aforementioned players.
Wayne Wagner, owner of Wayne’s Sportscards in Edmonton, AB, participated in last year’s
event and is looking forward to continued success this time around. “I’m going to
use an old cliché, ‘If you build it, they will come,’” he said. “This is one of those
programs and card sets that Upper Deck has put together that collectors want. I don’t
know any collector out there who would not want this set.
“Last year, I had more than 300 people come through my store on National Hockey Card
Day, which is a lot more foot traffic than usual. So if shop owners advertise it in
their stores, they too will see customers come through the door.”
For more information about National Hockey Card Day, please visit www.upperdeck.com/nhcd and
click on the “stores list” button to find the hobby shop nearest you.
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on January 28th, 2010 by Chris Harris
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on January 28th, 2010 by zman40
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on January 28th, 2010 by Captain Canuck
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on January 28th, 2010 by chemgod
Earlier this week three more names flew off the free agent list, Jim Thome, Ben Sheets, and Xavier Nady. While none of these guys will be the key for their teams run to the playoffs, they each are very intriguing signings. All three of them fill niches that each team needs, depth and trade chips. [...]
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