Thoughts on the Last 3 Years in the Card Industry

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The following is pure conjecture – not fact, and should be treated as such.I get emails from my local card shop, and in it I read today that Upper Deck canceled the remainder of its forthcoming baseball products, including Goudey (this must be what h…

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Forget the cards for a second. That’s right, I want to trade this Harry Caray bobblehead to you. But here’s what you have to do: You have to offer me a better trade than anyone else. My Keeper List is available to view (see link in sidebar at right), b…

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The main point of this card is that Chad Durbin is pitching. However, the secondary action makes this a better-than-average card. Am I right?Isn’t that Curtis Granderson?What’s your favorite card where the main action isn’t the reason why you…

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Because Fred will hit bureacrats in the head with his bat. In a nice way.Defiantly upbeat, Darryl will appear on a shiny, bat bit off-center card that has this back:CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!Hoyt will be serene. There is little to like about this card, whi…

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I’ve been having a horrible, wretched, frustrating week, the kind that makes you feel as if there’s pressure building up in your head to the degree that your ears itch. So I’m going to take a few moments here to compile some pleasing cards. Because. It…

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I need your help. I’ve been page by page through the 2009 Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards, and I can’t identify this. More precisely, I can’t identify the player, the team, or the issue. I have a pretty good idea what era it’s from (pre-1919), but e…

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“Under increasing pressure from Democrats and members of his own party, Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) Tuesday night abandoned his one-man filibuster of a one-month extension to unemployment benefits and other programs. In the end Bunning agreed to a deal al…

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We received some outstanding Mets cards from Pack War Corky. You know, this fellow:Fierce avatar.Among the cards in the packet he sent were some major attention-getters. We may not be the brightest baseball card collectors on the planet, but we thought…

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As we ease back into baseball card blogging and, dare we say, collecting, we also return to wrestle with The Big Questions: how can we be anti-corporatist but pro-Met? Or any pro-any-MLB team, for that matter? How can we support a hobby that kills lots…

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Ok, we’re back from our hiatus. We now get to share some of the cards we received while we were in suspended animation. It’s true we are behind in the realm of baseball card news and blog happenin’s, but we’ll catch up quickly. First we present cards s…

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I haven’t purchased a pack or any single cards from a Topps Heritage product in over two years (the last one I collected was Heritage ‘59, in 2008). I did this for a variety of reasons, most notably because I just didn’t have the income to justify coll…

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Author: Matt W.
One of the things that I have always found a little bit puzzling about collectors given how much money they spend on cards is how little they seem to understand the basic tenets of microeconomics, i.e. the laws of supply and demand. But then, maybe I shouldn’t be so surprised, given that large [...]

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Hello everyone. Our apologies for disappearing for a while; we have been involved in a few extremely time-consuming endeavors and once we finish a jury duty assignment next week, then we’re hoping to get back to normal around the Co…

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Hey Topps Online Freelance Copywriter,Is that “Jackie Robinson ‘58″ card you’re talking about the one where he’s retired instead of donning the Giants’ uniform? Is that the one you’re talking about? Because if I remember correctly, Jackie’s last card w…

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Author: Matt W.
So here’s a question. Take a look at these two cards:
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What’s the difference? Not much of one, is there? Similar design, similar quality card stock…pretty much identical in every respect.
But there is one huge difference. The card on the left, a 1984 Fleer, retailed for about two cents a card (15 cards and [...]

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Thanks Dave! What can I send in return? Let me consult my Braves…

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Consolidation has never felt so good. Big trade with Blake Meyer of Twinscards.com, not to mention selling off stacks and stacks of cards on eBay have left me focused. More is going up later this week, including vintage basketball cards. Over the past …

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Sure, you may come up with an answer that’s close. But while you’re probably snowbound, can you get all psychic on us and guess EXACTLY what that is? Hah. We think not. More on this momentarily.There Was Ebullience in the Desert after we found&nbs…

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Author: Mario Alejandro
For a collector of sports cards, there’s just nothing quite like attending a well-organized and active card show. As popular as collecting is on the Internet thanks to popular message boards and blogs, it just isn’t that huge in every state.
For example, in the early 90s I had four card shops within a [...]

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Author: Matt W.
So here’s the question. What makes you want to buy a card? Obviously, if you are a player or team collector, the player or team featured on the card will be significant factors in guiding your decision. Giants’ fans like myself generally don’t have too much interest in buying cards of Dodgers (unless [...]

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So as we gratefully ponder your insights about how to watch the Mets this season (the post below), we thought we’d show you what a Santa Fe Target 2010 Topps blaster produced. Nothing to write home about, and yet pleasant enough. Despite the …

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Purge update. There’s no turning back. Those of you who want to trade with me or want some of my cards, email me and we’ll figure something out. Also, two nights ago I started listing cards on eBay. You can follow my auctions here.Last night I posted …

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It started innocently enough. It was a gray, slushy day, and we were happy to see a package from the wildly generous and ever upbeat Troll. Sweet! Right? Well, never take anything for granted in this world, people. This is probably what made us complac…

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Author: Mario Alejandro
It looks like I picked a perfect time to walk away from blogging about the sports cards industry. In my short time away, Upper Deck was sued by Konami for an unforgivable act, released the final 2009 products with logos in full view, and were sued by Major League Properties just days after [...]

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I had an epiphany last night in conversation with my fiancee. And truthfully, I’ve had this thought before, just no reason to do it. I’m going to focus my collection down to 5,000 cards – 10,000 at most. You may be thinking “Wow Ben, don’t limit your…

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Author: Matt W.
My name is Matt and I have an addiction. I’m addicted to little pieces of cardboard with pictures of professional athletes on them. Now while this seems completely normal to me, it is rather incomprehensible to my wife, something only partially explained by the fact that she was born in China. After all, [...]

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