on February 3rd, 2010 by chrisolds
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on February 3rd, 2010 by Tracy Hackler
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on February 3rd, 2010 by Spiff
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on February 3rd, 2010 by steveisjewish
So after getting (finally) a good look at the 2010 Upper Deck over @ the Cardboard Junkie I am willing to put round one of the base set battles to Upper Deck. I will not steal Dayf’s scans, I’m sure everyone looks there first anyway – so I will just sa…
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on February 3rd, 2010 by T.S.
After blogging last week about a collector who got hosed (initially
– he ultimately got his money back) by a bogus box of unopened 1971 O-Pee-Chee
Baseball, I stumbled across a thread this week on the Collectors Universe Sports Card
and Memorabilia Forum –
http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=11&threadid=760774&STARTPAGE=1
that reminded me why unopened material has such power over collectors.
The guy had a 1965 Topps Cello and for legitimate reasons detailed on
the site decided he would open it. I could add that just wanting to open it would
be an adequately legitimate reason all by itself, but there were other factors in
play that made it an even less complicated decision than it might otherwise have been.
With great deliberation and fanfare, the guy opened the pack and one-by-one
scanned and posted the results, starting with the 1965 Transfer decal or whatever
the hell they call those things.
His process of unveiling the fruits of his undertaking was roundly and
justifiably applauded by those on the forum lucky enough to take part in real time;
I thought it was great fun even though I only took part in unreal time a few days
later.
I suppose the temptation for the uninitiated would be to call the results
disappointing, since several of the best cards in the pack were off center, and I
suppose from a pure economics standpoint that’s true. But we don’t know how much the
guy had into it, though I suppose he probably would have done better to simply have
left it in the GAI holder.
Still, it makes me think there could be a good market for group purchases,
like folks chipping in on large lottery ticket purchases on a weekly basis. I know
this kind of thing has been going on for virtually the whole four decades of an organized
hobby, but the Internet aspect adds a whole new dimension to the deal.
I’ve got half a mind to buy a nice unopened vintage pack and then see
how many colleagues want a piece of the action. This would be a nonprofit venture,
simply for the sake of eliminating the pesky considerations that would involve.
If 20 people ponied up $40 apiece, that would be $800, probably enough
to pick up a really nice early 1960s cello. Following the format that the guy used
for the 1965 Topps Cello, or something like it, we would open the pack and post the
procedure online for all to see and enjoy.
If we got lucky and nailed some specimens obviously in need of third-party
grading, we would send them off and cross our fingers. Whatever the outcome, the cards
would be offered either as a single lot or multiple lots in our next Collect.com Auction,
with all of the proceeds going to the National Military Family Association.
Just a thought.
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on February 3rd, 2010 by zman40
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on February 3rd, 2010 by Tuff Stuff
Congratulations to Joe Ranyak, who scored a 10 last week to Beat the Blogger’s total
of 4 and beat the field to win this week’s contest.
This week’s matchups are posted below and all are Super Bowl related to help
you get ready for the big game. So make sure you get your picks posted before the
start of Sunday’s game to be eligible to a win. If we can get more than 200 contestants
this week I’ll give away 4 autographed photos and one box of Upper Deck Football
Heroes trading cards to one lucky winner.
Copy and paste our link and send it to your friends on Facebook, Twitter and
anywhere else so they can be a part of the action and we can boost our total list
of contestants, http://blog.tuffstuff.com/7thinning/
With the number of weekly participants slipping a bit the last few weeks I’m making
a call to action to all of our regulars to do some recruiting. While more people
means more work for the Blogger and more people for the Blogger to go up against,
I welcome the challenge and offer this challenge to you: If each player can recruit
10 new players and we can boost the total to 200 or more, I’ll triple the weekly prize.
So spread the word about the contest to all your co-workers, family and friends
and meet that goal and boost the prize.
Copy and paste our link and send it to your friends so they can be a part of the action, http://blog.tuffstuff.com/7thinning/
This week’s winners are posted below and this week’s matchups will be posted
later today so make sure you check back and get your picks posted before the start
of the first game to be eligible to win this week’s prize. As always, good luck.
While I enjoy giving prizes to several people vs. having just one weekly winner, from
this point forward contestants will be asked to provide a tie-breaker on the week’s
last game so we narrow our winner down to one. Contestants will now b
e
asked to predict the total score from the last game on the list and the closest to
the actual score will be deemed the winner). I’ll also require contestants
to post their e-mail address with their picks so I can track down the winners
easier.
For those unfamiliar with the Beat the Blogger contest, the idea is simple.
The Blogger posts 10 matchups each week and then selects his choices for the winners
of those matchups. Contestants enter the Beat the Blogger contest by clicking on
the “Comment” section below the post with the matchups and then select their
own 10 winners. You can also designate one of your picks as a “Doubler” and
you will receive an extra point if you’re correct so don’t forget to designate your
“Doubler” pick and increase your chances of winning. If you Beat The Blogger’s
total and post the high score for the week, you win. The regular weekly
prize is an authentic signed 8-by-10 color photo of stars such as LaDainian
Tomlinson, Drew Brees, Marshall Faulk, Santonio Holmes, Gale Sayers, Catfish
Hunter and many more. From time to time, the Blogger will sweeten the pot for
the weekly contest so look for special prize packages.
This week’s matchups with Blogger’s picks in parenthesis
Sunday, Feb. 7
Super Bowl
More Touchdown Passes: Manning (Indy)
More Rushing Yards: Joseph Addai (Indy)
Most Receiving Yards: Marques Colston (N.O.)
Most Sacks (team): New Orleans
Most Fumbles (lost): Indianapolis
Most First Downs: Indianapolis
Most Tackles made: Jonathan Vilma (N.O.)
Most Penalty Yards: New Orleans
Coin Flip: Tails
Longest Touchdown: New Orleans (Doubler)
Tiebreaker: Total points in Super Bowl game (64)
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on February 3rd, 2010 by Doc
So far I have been fortunate enough to have avoided the dreaded “bipping,” and that is most likely due to only one blogger out there has my actual mailing address. Thank goodness for that, and if he ever gets the notion to bip me, he or his…
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on February 3rd, 2010 by White Sox Cards
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on February 3rd, 2010 by Rod
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on February 3rd, 2010 by deal
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