Dear Topps and Upper Deck: You Need More than a Fan Page

You need a Facebook Application.It’s great that Topps, UpperDeck and other card manufacturers have joined the Facebook tribes. Their fan pages are OK – they aren’t at the level of Red Bull or Dunkin’ Donuts. Both of them have been recognized for having…

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This just in: “The Blind Side” was a popular movie. If you’re into the movie, Oscar Awards and offensive lineman, then MAB has the perfect collectible for you. MAB Celebrity Services is offering an autographed movie poster of “The Blind Side.” For $50 …

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Insert your own joke here:”He must be the team doctor.”"Is he digging Omar’s career grave?”"Is that something Bobby Bonilla can do?”Ex-Mets player, Richie Hebner is a grave digger. The Detroit News recently did an interview with him on the subject.Hebn…

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Last year I did some skydiving. It was a great experience and an awesome adrenaline rush. This year I’m doing my first polar bear plunge!I’ll take pictures and video of the event – no guarantees I’ll have any that look like this one.To benefit Special …

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It’s so touching, it’s so bad, and there are too many Mets in this video.Please, do your part to help your team rescue a baseball free agent.

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The satisfaction of a completed team set. It’s hard to describe to non-collectors.Thanks to an eBay purchase of Jim Lansford’s 1952 Bowman Small, I’m sitting in the after-glow of a completed 1952 Dallas Texans team set.This history of the 1952 Dallas T…

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The soon to be released, “T206 Collection: The Players & Their Stories” will have a book signing at this year’s National Sports Collectors Convention.From the book’s facebook fan page said today that authors Tom Zappala and Ellen Zappala (with Joe …

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Steiner Sports is accepting resumes to join their sports memorabilia team. I found the listing on their facebook fan page.The listing doesn’t specify if they are looking for help running their autograph shows, in store help, or someone to help their bl…

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The Pro Football Hall of Fame is hosting an autograph event for HOFers who were first round draft picks. The event takes place Saturday, April 24.Guests have not been announced yet, but there could be some great ones at this event like: – John Elway- J…

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According to Curt Schilling, “This is a poor analogy, but it’s like terrorism. If autograph dealers want to get in, they will,” Schilling said. “That’s a tough thing to say because I also see these kids, too. There are so many people who have no intere…

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What would you pay for a potential 3rd round draft pick? $160?I know, that’s not fair – he’s a Hall of Fame college quarterback and it’s hard not to like the guy. Tim Tebow has his first public autograph show appearance, March 6, at the Palm Beach Auto…

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Is an autographed photo of Rudy Giuliani, standing by the smoldering ashes of the World Trade Center a bit too much?I like Rudy and admired his leadership during the 9/11 tragedy, but autographing pictures of himself standing near the rubble while resc…

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I added a new Pete Rose card to my collection this weekend. My local card store had a 1969 Topps Deckle edge card.The “deckle” is the rough edge part that isn’t easy to see on this scanned image. The autograph is printed on there by Topps – this isn’t …

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Three Andre Dawsons on One Card? What could be better for an Andre Dawson collector?!Whenever I look at this ‘93 Upper Deck card of Andre Dawson I hear the theme song of the $6 Million Dollar Man.Can’t you hear theme song and see Andre Dawson diving ne…

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Who’s the man behind the giant bazooka bubble? Ah, it’s Jay Buhner.This is a 1993 Upper Deck card.In 1992, the “Pacific Sock Exchange” combined to hit 62 home runs and 249 RBIs.

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I’m hooked. I think it’s cool to see old cards that I never had and my kids think it’s cool to see players they’ve never heard of.They are the “code cards” as they call it. Recently, we’ve picked up a few more after a trip to the card store.I doubt we’…

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I’m in Las Vegas next week and I was trying to arrange a quick interview with Pete Rose. I think it would be great to hear Pete’s take on sports cards, memorabilia, and his new deal with Upper Deck.After several emails and calls, I didn’t get a respons…

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My second Topps Million Card giveaway is Livan Hernandez. Are these cards you wish your mom threw away or glad she did?To be honest, this marketing gimmick is working on me. I want to go buy more for another chance. . . for the kids of course!

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GTSM (GT Sports Marketing) is planning a New Jersey show in 2011. Are they capitalizing on the exit of the Triumph Football Spectacular?A comment on the Football Spectacular Out-of-Business post gave me the tip on this.GTSM has been doing on the West C…

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After several delays and attempts, I finally was able to enter my Topps million card giveaway code today. My result: ‘62 Topps Joe Amalfitano.I like the ‘62 set and anything Colts .45s, so I was pretty happy with this one.

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We settled on the Topps 2010 product to collect our Mets team set. Valentine’s Day gifts for the boys were packs of cards – is there a better gift for the new collectors in the family?The Target rack-pack had some Mets including this “Franchise History…

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The Hall of Very Good sent me an email the other day about interview he had with Dick Perez. I’m usually a little skeptical of the random, “hey look at my blog” emails, but this one was worth the read.It’s a really good interview with some insight into…

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It’s been a while since I’ve been to a card and autograph show. I’m itching to go, add some pieces to my collection, look for some hidden gems and see what cool collections other people have.Next month I’m going to the CSA Shows March event in Chantill…

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Edgardo Alfonzo was a top prospect, a gamer, and the most under-rated player of the famed “best infield ever” Sports Illustrated cover.The Fonz was originally a great shortstop prospect with the Mets. Was he the next Buddy Harrleson? Rafael Santana? Ke…

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Boomer Esiason may have wanted to give Drew Brees the Super Bowl MVP trophy based on this picture, but let’s not forget Howard Johnson’s 1992 Upper Deck card.HoJo’s card doesn’t identify who the child is, but I think it’s Glen Johnson. GlenJo was draft…

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Jeff Figler, from the St. Louis Today site (special to the Post-Dispatch) is calling on all atheletes to use their best hand writing when signing baseballs.I’m not a fan of horrible signatures either, but as long as it’s unique and I’m able to read it,…

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I bought a few packs of Topps 2010 yesterday as we try to decide which set to collect our Mets in this year. On Friday I blogged about our inability to make a decision.In one of our packs we received a redemption code for the Topps Million Card Giveawa…

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