on February 5th, 2010 by Newspaperman
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on February 5th, 2010 by rosschrisman2003
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on February 5th, 2010 by packaddict
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on February 5th, 2010 by rosschrisman2003
In less than two days it will be time to sit down in front of the television, eat some spicy food, and watch the Super Bowl. A lot of people watch the Super Bowl only to see the commercials, while others will be dressed up in their favorite team jersey treating it like some religious [...]
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on February 5th, 2010 by ManOfSteal
Sorry about the lack of posts lately, life has been getting in the way of the blog. Plus, within two days of each other last week, both my printer and scanner decided to stop working. A new one is on the way, but it’s taking longer than expected.These were some of the last scans that I made before the thing decided to blow up. Some of them are pretty random, but I’m excited about every one of
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on February 5th, 2010 by Mike Smeth
Vancouver 2010 Checklist
Autograph cards
1 Martin Brodeur Canada $99.95
2 Roberto Luongo Canada $79.95
3 Joe Thornton Canada $49.95
4 Dany Heatley Canada $49.95
5 Patrick Marleau Canada $39.95
6 MA Fleury Canada $79.95
7 Ryan Getzlaf Canada $39.95
8 Patrice Bergeron Canada $39.95
9 Eric Staal Canada $49.95
10 Jaromir Jagr Czech Republic $89.95
11 Miikka Kiprusoff Finland $69.95
12 Niklas Backstrom Finland $49.95
13 Teemu Selanne Finland $69.95
14 Saku Koivu Finland $49.95
15 Semyon Varlamov Russia $59.95
16 Evgeni Nabokov Russia $49.95
17 Ilya Kovalchuk Russia $69.95
18 Sergei Fedorov Russia $49.95
19 Marian Gaborik Slovakia $69.95
20 Nicklas Lidstrom Sweden $69.95
21 Ryan Whitney USA $39.95
22 Zach Parise USA $39.95
23 Tim Thomas USA $39.95
24 Scott Niedermayer Canada $49.95
25 Mikko Koivu Finland $49.95
26 Vladislav Tretiak 1980 Lake Placid $69.95
27 Igor Larionov 1984 Sarajevo $49.95
28 Borje Salming 1992 Albertville $39.95
29 Mats Naslund 1994 Lillehammer $49.95
30 Mike Modano 1998 Nagano $49.95
31 Mario Lemieux 2002 Salt Lake City $129.95
32 Mats Sundin 2006 Turin $49.95
33 Joe Sakic 2006 Turin $69.95Authentic Game-Used Jersey cards
1 Martin Brodeur Canada $59.95
2 Roberto Luongo Canada $49.95
3 Joe Thornton Canada $39.95
4 Dany [...]
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on February 5th, 2010 by No Brainer Bargains
As of February 5th the following are stats covering the last 7 days on ebay for etopps in-hands:
Highest Single Card Sale: 2008 A&G Barack Obama, $85
Highest Mult-Card Sale: 7 Card WWE Set w/ Torrie Wilson auto, $39.99
Highest Graded Sale: 2001 Albert Pujols, BGS 9.5, $80.99
Highest Non-Graded Autograph Sale: Dwyane Wade/Steve Nash Dual Auto, $185
Highest Graded Autograph Sale: None
Other best sellers:
* 2003 LeBron James
* 2009 WBC Japan Patch Card
* 2007 A&G Presidents Ronald Reagan
* 2001 Drew Brees
In-hand listing (not including graded or autographed) that received most bids that sold well: CTNW Nolan Ryan E-Con 5 Slabbed SG Gold Subset, 12 bids
Listings with false print-runs included in title: 2
Number of sellers listing false print-runs: 1 (ebay id: 1undercutter)
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on February 5th, 2010 by Newspaperman
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on February 5th, 2010 by Rod
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on February 5th, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
Upper Deck Really Loves Autographs!!!
After tearing through those 8 packs of 1991 Upper Deck baseball cards the other day I began sorting them last night. After pulling some for my personal collection as well as some for TTM attempts and even a few for trades, I finally got down to a stack of cards that [...]
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on February 5th, 2010 by White Sox Cards
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on February 5th, 2010 by Spiff
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on February 5th, 2010 by JRJ
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on February 5th, 2010 by Tuff Stuff
For those of you interested in following the recent developments in the
Upper Deck vs. MLB lawsuit, good luck. It seems anyone with any
information regarding the lawsuit has been taken in by the Witness
Protection Program, with officials from all of the parties involved
going the “no comment” route more often than Peyton Manning calls audibles.
If you haven’t been following the story, I’ll give you the short-version 
recap.
Last week Upper Deck released two of its baseball products, Ultimate Collection and
Signature Stars, despite not being licensed by Major League Baseball. UD does have
a license (MLBPA) to use the player images seen on cards but because Topps has the
exclusive license with MLB and UD does not, the UD cards aren’t legally allowed to
use the team’s trademarked nicknames and logos. So UD produced the two sets with a
written disclaimer that reads: “NOT authorized by Major League Baseball or it Member
Teams” placed on the packaging and each of the sets’ cards.
They also carefully selected the images they used so that the nicknames 
and
logos used on the player’s jerseys were partially hidden in an effort to comply with
the licensing restraints. Lastly, the cards never used the team nicknames which are
also trademarked, only listing a player’s team by the city (For example, a Prince
Fielder card lists him as a first baseman for Milwaukee with no mention of the Brewers).
While covered (or partially covered) on the jerseys the logos are clearly visible
in the player’s caps. Another difference on the UD releases is the absence of an MLB
logo anywhere on the card but other than those subtle changes, none of the releases
appear much different from their licensed Topps’ counterparts.
Almost as soon as the products hit the store shelves, distributors were asked by MLB
to stop selling the products because they weren’t licensed and MLB decided to sue
Upper Deck for trademark infringement violations. The lawsuit was made official early
in the week of Feb. 1 but by week’s end distributors were again selling the unlicensed
products because MLB was denied the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) it was seeking
by the courts.
When the products were first released, I indicated that Upper Deck must be banking
on a legal loophole or they wouldn’t have stirred the pot by releasing the products
in the first place. Fresh off their court battle with Konami in which they apparently
lost several millions, few would imagine UD would want to head right back to the courtroom
for another costly battle if they didn’t think they had the necessary ammunition to
come out victorious. And now that the TRO has been denied, it appears that perhaps
Uppper Deck does have a way around the lack of MLB license issue. And if they do,
it could change the sports card landscape as we know it.
If, and because this case will likely linger in court for several years, that’s one
big if, the court finds that companies are legally able to produce cards with only
a Major League Players Association license and not an accompanying license from the
league itself, the case will produce ramifications that ripple through the entire
world of professional sports. One important change a court ruling in favor of UD would
produce would be a huge shift in importance of the MLBPA license. Moving forward,
it would then give the players all the leverage in dealing with card companies instead
of the league as it is now. It would basically make the league license an unnecessary
expense with the MLBPA license fees likely soaring out of control soon after. It would
also force the leagues (MLB, NBA, NHL) that have signed exclusive deals with one specific
card company to refund the huge amonts of dollars they receive annual, thus making
exclusives obsolete.
And how would a favorable UD decision in court affect other areas of the sports world?
As it stands now for example, team stores and pro shops pay large sums of money each
year to sell officially licensed team apparel. If UD wins the case and its found they
don’t need a license from the league to sell baseball cards, wouldn’t that then mean
that other types of distributors don’t need to be licensed by the leagues to sell
their products? Not exactly sure, but I’ll guarantee you if UD wins this case, other
companies will be standing in line and challenge the system as well. We’re talking
about billions of dollars and a monumental case with implications reaching every avenue
of the sports world. And because we’re talking about billions, you can bet that the
leagues will do everything in their power to keep things status quo.
I’ll keep trying to get our readers updates on the latest twists and turns of this
ongoing saga, but with most of the people involved guarding their words like the government
did in the wake of 9/11, it could be tricky.
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on February 5th, 2010 by White Sox Cards
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on February 5th, 2010 by chrisolds
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