Remember This Baseball Card? 1989 Fleer – Mark Langston

Do you remember the 1989 Fleer Mark Langston card?
 1989 Fleer was one of my favorite sets.  I remember buying a box of this stuff for about $15 when I was younger, trying to find a particular baseball card that became infamous that we will not mention further here.
This is one of the best cards in [...]

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Have you been itching to get yourself a baseball card display case, either to showcase some of your most cherished collectible baseball cards, or to set up as a vendor at a show?
Well, you can now have a baseball card display case built to your own specifications.  If you’re willing to do the work.  Here [...]

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Just got the new Beckett Sports Card Monthly in the mail, and as a New York area resident, I gotta say it’s a sweet cover.   As a Mets fan, I wish David Wright was on the cover, instead of Jeter, but it’s a cool shot of Jeter, and there’s no denying that both he and [...]

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Alright, here are the scans for you, of a few cards from my first packs of Ticket to Stardom and Goodwin Champions. 
First card is Mr. David Wright on a “Big Ticket” card.  Nice crisp, clear photo, with the Mets skyline logo on the front of the card.

Okay, here are the base cards from Ticket to [...]

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I was at Target today with my wife and daughter and I couldn’t resist picking up a pack of Topps Ticket to Stardom and a rack pack Upper Deck Goodwin Champions.
I like the concept of Ticket to Stardom, and I was impressed with the cards. High quality card stock and nice photos. [...]

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It looks like Sega and Upper Deck will be getting together on a new video game (the kind you used to play in the early ’80s in a pizza shop, not the kind you played in the ’90s in front of your t.v.), that will let game players win baseball cards, right there at the [...]

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Do you find that with so many baseball card products on the market today, that you have a hard time figuring out what to buy with your money?
Like most of you, I’m not rich. I can’t afford to buy a box of baseball cards a week. I certainly can’t afford to buy a [...]

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If I’m looking for baseball memorabilia for my collection, I’ll usually visit just a few sites. I normally go to eBay first, followed by Steiner Sports. The nice thing about Steiner Sports is the guaranteed authenticity.
I just came across another baseball memorabilia site that I’ll probably be using in the future. It’s [...]

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Teddy Ballgame, aka Ted Williams, was the easy pick here for the best baseball card of a left fielder. Little factoid though: Did you know that Carl Yaztremski (also a left fielder for the Red Sox) had a higher Hall of Fame vote-in percentage than Ted Williams? Yaz was great, but come [...]

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Players whose cards were considered for this post include: Brooks Robinson, Mike Schmidt, George Brett, Wade Boggs and David Wright. A-Rod and Jackie Robinson were not considered, because they played significant time at other positions (unlike Albert Pujols, who is listed as a third baseman on his best rookie card, but we all [...]

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It should come as no surprise to any reader of this blog, that the best baseball card of a shortstop is quite possibly the most famous baseball card in our hobby. The T206 Honus Wagner, one of the rarest and most sought after collectibles of all-time, is the best baseball card of a shortstop.
As [...]

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Readers of Card Collector Universe know that I’ve talked about the importance of protecting your valuable baseball cards, and how to protect them in past posts. Was flipping through the most recent Beckett Sports Cards Monthly, and I saw that they had a good tutorial on how to protect your cards. Check it [...]

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The best baseball card of a second baseman was a real difficult pick. There were two players and two cards in real close contention here. Although Jackie Robinson was a trailblazer and one of the most exciting players to ever take to a field, Rogers Hornsby has the best career hitting stats for [...]

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As soon as I thought about writing this post, a few cards came to mind. A 1933 Goudey Lou Gehrig was one of them, as was another Yankee (I’m not a Yankee fan, really), Don Mattingly’s 1984 Fleer and 1984 Topps rookie cards. Soon after these nostalgic cards popped into my head though, [...]

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You often see articles about the best player at each position. Who’s the best catcher, third baseman, etc. Well, how about taking a look at the best baseball card by position? Not the best player and their best baseball card at each position, but the single best baseball card of player at [...]

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Check out this video from Upper Deck on the new Goodwin Champions release. How sweet would it be to pull that Jeter auto, now that he’s the Yankees’ all-time hits leader?

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Goodwin Champions baseball cards should be available from Upper Deck for card collectors in mid-September. This will be one of the more interesting baseball card sets released this year. It reminds me a lot of Allen and Ginter, which we know is a huge hit with collectors.
There will be a total of 252 [...]

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As you probably already know, Upper Deck Ballpark Collection is available to collectors this summer. You also probably already know that you get either three memorabilia cards or one autograph and two memorabilia cards per hobby box on average with Upper Deck Ballpark Collection.
What you might not know is where to find the [...]

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With the recent announcements that Upper Deck signed an exclusive deal with Collegiate Licensing as well as Alex Ovechkin for his auto cards, and Topps recent announcement that it signed an exclusive deal with MLB, it got me thinking: Do we as card collectors care about exclusive card deals like these?
If you’re [...]

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The 2009 Upper Deck Ballpark baseball card release happens this August and it’s gonna be a good one. You can expect to find twelve (12) game-used or autograph cards per hobby box on average! The downside here is that, although these boxes will be chock full of goodies, they won’t be cheap. [...]

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I haven’t posted from my box break of 2008 Allen & Ginter in a while, so let’s continue with Pack 15.  Man, I should really be reviewing some 2009 Allen & Ginter now, but hey, let’s finish this one off before we go there, right?  This pack contained one of my favorite NY Mets, who [...]

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With the recent announcement that Topps signed an exclusive agreement with MLB to use their logo and those of all MLB teams, you have to wonder what this means for Upper Deck?
Upper Deck still has an agreement with the MLBPA so they can produce cards with pictures of Albert Pujols and Derek Jeter. They just [...]

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We’re more than halfway through 2009 and there has already been a plethora, yes I did just use the word plethora, of baseball card sets released.  I’m not going to blab about a ranking criteria here, I’m just going to list the top 5 baseball cards sets of 2009, based on my humble opinion.
1.  Allen [...]

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I’m buying cards of this player because he has 82 career major league home runs and he’s just 25.  I’m buying baseball cards of this player because he has a ton of potential.   I’m buying baseball cards of this player because he plays for my favorite MLB team, recently traded, to the New York [...]

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1. Beckett. Whether you like the “new” site design or not, Beckett is the king of baseball card (and sports card) both on and offline. Essential bookmark for your browser.
2. Sports Card Forum. You can trade cards, play games, learn about cards, and talk about baseball cards with fellow collectors. Awesome site.
3. Tuff Stuff. Another [...]

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Do you remember the Topps Big baseball card set released in 1988? Man, I thought those were the coolest cards. Apparently, you can buy a whole box of them on eBay for about a dollar now. I guess they might have been overproduced or something. Anyway, they had cartoons on the back, like some of [...]

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We’re more than halfway through 2009 now, and many of this year’s baseball card sets have been released. But not all of them.
While you may have had great excitement about a previous release such as 2009 Goudey Baseball with it’s vintage looks, you may also be a “Chromie” looking forward to the release of 2009 [...]

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A short while back I was talking about new ideas for baseball cards.  Well, Topps has come up with a pretty good idea that they’ll be releasing soon:  Ticket to Stardom.  In this release from Topps, you’ll find actual MLB game tickets.  Pretty cool idea, huh?
They’re going to have ticket stubs from games, along with [...]

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As you probably already know, 2009 Upper Deck Icons is available to card collectors this July.  What you may not know, is where on the internet you can get a great price on a hobby box of this Upper Deck release. 
You’ll find all sorts of prices on the net for baseball hobby boxes.  A quick search [...]

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Well before there were baseball card “hobby boxes”, there were just baseball card boxes.  If you were lucky to have enough money to buy a whole box, or you knew a card shop or candy shop owner who would give you the empty boxes (my local guy did), then you had an added treat.  The [...]

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Justin Morneau, Twins, Card #45 – 152 homers in 6 and a half MLB seasons.  Not bad.  (2006 MVP, 2008 runner-up MVP) 

Aaron Harang, Reds, Card #215
Garret Anderson, Angels, Card #256
Jeff Clement, Mariners, Rookie Card #329
Jayson Nix, Rockies, Mini Card #82 – Currently in the White Sox minor league system, this guy should be back in [...]

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With Topps having come out with 3-D baseball cards, it’s time for the manufacturers to think of new ideas for baseball card inserts and sets.  Well, to help them along, I’ve come up with a few ideas that they just might like.
Baseball cards with authentic newspaper clippings from the date when an historical baseball feat [...]

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Okay fellow collectors, it’s time to see what sold for big buck on eBay recently. Let’s check out a recent list of the top 5 most valuable (money-wise) cards sold on eBay.
1. 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth, Yankees, Card #181, Graded PSA 7 – Sold for $11,500 on June 9. A different 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth [...]

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Just busted a hobby box of 2007 SP Rookie Baseball and I was pretty happy to find this card in the third pack I opened:

Finding an autographed Ryan Braun rookie card in a hobby box pack will bring a smile to most collector’s faces.

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I’m not a huge proponent of buying prospect cards to sell at a later date. Some call this prospecting, some might call it short-term trading. In any case, it’s very hit or miss. You can spend a ton of time researching prospects, invest a bunch of money in their cards, and they [...]

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