Understanding the Sports Card Redemption Card

By Jeff (Lorenzoneal)
A popular thing for card companies to do nowadays is to insert redemption cards into packs and boxes of cards. This idea allows for companies to promise a product to an individual without actually giving it to the person at the time of release. There are many pros and cons to the [...]

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By Paul Deeds (bobreaker50)
Collecting sports cards is one of the greatest hobbies in the world for a myriad of reasons; it allows collectors to stay connected to sports during the off-season, it fosters relationships with trade partners, and it can be a great investment of money when proper research is done. These are just [...]

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By Andrew Ryan (dapperandy)
Being born in Wisconsin, a year after Randall Cunningham’s rookie card was released as part of the 1987 Topps football set, I don’t remember much of his prime years as the agile starting quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles. The part of his career that I do remember involves him as a member [...]

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By Jeff (Lorenzoneal)
In today’s hobby of sports card collecting, each individual has their own incentives for collecting cards. Some people do it just as a hobby that they enjoy. Others see it as an investment opportunity. Personally, I collect cards based more on sentimental value than monetary value. Being young, I don’t have the kind [...]

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By Mike Greene (indyreds)
I have already started to get autographed cards back in the mail from Spring Training. The real secret to Valentines day is not only to remember to get flowers and candy for that significant other in your life, but to remember to drop off your first requests to catchers, pitchers and [...]

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2010 Tristar Autographed Baseball New York Bronx Edition Series 4 is scheduled to release on 24 Mar and will cost about $60 per box. Collectors can expect one autographed baseball from a Bronx World Champion in every box. There will be Bronx Hall-of-Famers like Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford and Reggie Jackson [...]

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By Lorenzoneal
The Sports Card Club at Orchard Park High School (located in Orchard Park, NY, a suburb of Buffalo and home to Ralph Wilson Stadium) is not a very big or lavish club. For its members though, that’s the way they would prefer to have it. Sports Card Club represents a fun and exciting [...]

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USA Baseball and the Topps Company, the leading creator and marketer of sports cards, today announced an exclusive multi-year licensing deal to make Topps the Official Baseball Card of USA Baseball. Topps will have exclusivity on USA Baseball trademarks, logos and other intellectual property, for use on cards featuring USA Baseball players.
From 1984-1993 Topps was [...]

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Today, the Upper Deck Company is pleased to announce that Upper Deck and Major League Baseball have mutually agreed to settle the lawsuit brought by Major League Baseball against Upper Deck. Per the terms of the settlement agreement, Upper Deck has agreed not to use MLB trademarks including team names and/or logos on its trading [...]

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2010 Creative Cardboard Ringside Boxing Round 1 will be available in May. This will be the first boxing set available to collectors since Upper Deck produced the Muhammad Ali Master Collection sets in 2000. It is also the first time the “Ringside” name has been used in a boxing set since 1996. All autographs [...]

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2010 Press Pass Trackside autographs cards (numbered to 10) and the new Four Wide memorabilia cards will be found in 2010 Press Pass and in 2010 Press Pass Eclipse racing.
Four Wide Cards – Fifteen drivers total with two cards for Earnhardt Jr. — one for each of his two main sponsors.
- Race-used shoe version (Numbered [...]

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By Dennis Jacobs
The smell of excitement hung in the air…
After weeks of waiting, my card show was there.
From table to table all presented with care,
Into the cases, my attention was exclusively there.
No worries, no problems, even enter my mind,
For it’s that elusive sweet deal, that I totally must find.
The seals on the [...]

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The 2010 National Sports Collectors Convention will be held at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland from 4-8 August, 2010.
Tentative Show Hours
Wednesday (4 Aug): 5 PM – 9 PM
Thursday – Saturday (5-7 Aug): 10 AM – 6 PM
Sunday (8 Aug): 10 AM – 5 PM
Ticket Cost
Single-day General Admission Tickets are $16.50 (if purchased [...]

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1. What year did Blow Out Cards start up? How many owners are there?
Blowoutcards Inc. has been in business since 1998. Blowoutcards is co-owned by Thomas Fish and Chris Park. We have product warehouses in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Northern Virginia-which also is our corporate headquarters.
2. Why did you start BlowOutCards?
Blowoutcards was started in 1998 [...]

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With the high cost of sports cards today and the increase in value of vintage sports cards it is not uncommon for collectors to amass a sport card and memorabilia collection worth tens of thousands of dollars. Most collectors don’t even think about providing insurance for their collection until they are damaged or stolen.
I had [...]

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Heisman Trophy winner and college legend, Tim Tebow has signed an exclusive agreement with Press Pass for trading cards. Under terms of the agreement, Press Pass Football and Press Pass Portrait Edition will be the only “draft pick” products to contain authentic autograph cards and trading cards of the former Florida Gator star.
2010 Press Pass [...]

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Collectors of 2010 Topps Heritage Baseball are noticing some interesting short printed variations throughout the product. Topps is confirming the following:
1961 HR Chase Insert
2010 Topps Heritage commemorates the 1961 Topps design, so Topps saw it fitting to celebrate the famous 1961 HR chase with a special 45-card insert…
Babe Ruth (15 cards) Hobby Exclusive
Roger [...]

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With a plethora of jersey cards readily available continuing to drive prices down, card companies have tried to extend interest by introducing new memorabilia cards that distinguish themselves from the traditional “hit”. The answer for the time being has been the patch cards featuring multiple colors. They are rarer than one color Jersey cards and [...]

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2009 National Chicle Football is just the latest throwback design from Topps Inc. used to entice nostalgic collectors into the modern football card market. Previous issues included Topps Magic and Topps Mayo. Having success with these issues, Topps continued the trend by releasing 2009 National Chicle. These cards feature artist renditions of each player in [...]

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2010 Sage Hit High Series Football is scheduled to release on 31 Mar and will cost about $90 per box. Each box will contain 30 packs with five cards per box. Collectors can expect nine autographs per box and one insert card per pack. There will be no redemption cards in this product. There are [...]

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2009-10 Ultimate Collection Basketball is scheduled to release on 18 May and will cost about $85 per box. Each box contains four cards. Collectors can expect to get one autograph per box. The set includes 60 base cards and 20 Ultimate Rookie Signatures redemption cards. Get the best prices on 2009-10 Ultimate Collection Basketball boxes [...]

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2010 Upper Deck MLS Soccer cards are scheduled to release on 18 May and will cost about $90 per hobby box. Each box will contain 20 packs with 12 cards per pack. Collectors can expect to get four memorabilia cards and one autograph per box. Get the best price on 2010 MLS Soccer boxes on [...]

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2009-10 Panini Timeless Treasures Basketball is scheduled to release on 21 Apr and will cost about $90 per hobby box. Each box will contain five cards. Each box will contain three autograph or memorabilia cards and two commons/parallels per tin. At least one of the cards will be autographed. Get the best price on [...]

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2010 Tristar “In the Pursuit of the Majors” Baseball cards release on 26 Mar and will cost about $75 per box. Each box includes the complete series 1 set and a 15 card set of inserts per box. The 15 card insert set will include six autographs and packaged in a cello wrap. Get the [...]

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2009-10 In The Game (ITG) Between the Pipes Hockey releases on 25 Mar and will cost about $90 per hobby box. Each box will contain 18 packs with nine cards per pack. Collectors can expect 2-3 hits per box.
Base Cards
The 150 base card set features many of the best goalies of yesterday, today and [...]

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After weeks of anticipation, officials at Panini America confirmed the existence of short prints in 2010 Playoff Contenders Basketball.

“Unlike football, where there were more than 100 rookies in the autographed Rookie Ticket insert, there are just 35 rookie players in Contenders Basketball,” said Panini Basketball Brand Manager David Porter. “But even with a considerably smaller [...]

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2009-10 Upper Deck Be A Player BAP Signature Hockey is scheduled to release on 11 May and will cost about $90 per hobby box. Each box will contain eight packs with five cards per pack. Collectors can expect eight autographs and one rookie or rookie redemption card per box. Get the best prices on 2009-10 [...]

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2010 Ace Authentic Hidden Treasures Series 2 Tennis releases on 5 Mar and will cost about $40 per box. Collectors will get one autographed ball per box.
HIDDEN SIGNATURES II
- 15 Tennis Autographs and 1 Celebrity Autograph per Case*
- Only 100 Cases Available (400 Balls Fewer than Last Year’s Sold Out Version)
- Look for Roger Federer [...]

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UFC’s President Dana White just announced via Twitter that Topps has randomly inserted 10 special cards in its most recent release that will win one lucky fight fan the opportunity to sit side-by-side with the UFC Boss!
The first collector to pull this special triple autographed card featuring Dana White, Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz [...]

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2010 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball is scheduled to release on 25 Jun and will cost about $90 per hobby box. Each box will contain 24 packs with eight cards per pack. Collectors can expect a combination of any THREE of the following cards per box:
- Autograph
- Cut Signature
- Rip
- Relic
- Printing Plate
- One Box [...]

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A giant trading card of Los Angeles Lakers All-Star Kobe Bryant unveiled today by Panini America set the Guinness Record for World’s Largest Signed Game-Used Jersey Card. Bryant was at the NBA All-Star Jam Session to autograph the card, which includes a 15-inch-by-15-inch swatch of an official jersey he wore in a game. The [...]

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2010 Topps Pro Debut Baseball is scheduled to release on 17 Mar and will cost about $65 per hobby box. Each box will contain 24 packs with eight cards per pack. 2010 Topps Pro Debut Baseball is Topps’ first fully licensed Minor League Baseball release and will feature 220 Prospects. Collectors can expect two autographs [...]

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2010 Upper Deck Draft Edition Football is scheduled to release in April. Each box will contain 16 packs with 10 cards per pack. 2010 Draft Edition Football will be the first product featuring Upper Deck’s CLC Exclusive license. Collectors can expect five autographs, four numbered parallels and one over-sized Draft Edition Magazine Box Topper per [...]

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2010 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Football is scheduled to release in June and will debut in the first ever NCAA Sweet Spot Football. Each hobby box will contain eight packs with six cards per pack. Collectors can expect one Sweet Spot Signature or Sweet Swatch per pack or six autographs or Memorabilia cards per box. [...]

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2010 Topps Series 2 Baseball is schedule to release on 27 May and will cost about $60 per hobby box or $90 per HTA Jumbo box. Each hobby box will contain 36 packs with 10 cards per pack. Each HTA Jumbo box will contain ten packs per box or 50 cards per pack. There are [...]

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