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6/24/2008
Fukudome Revealed as
Topps
Finest Rookie Baseball Card Redemption #3
6/19/2008
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Upper Deck Reveals Third SPx Baseball Mystery Redemption. Rays Third
Baseman,
Evan Longoria,
set to shine in 2008 SPx Baseball
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Temporary Restraining Order Has Been Dissolved For Distribution of Upper Deck
Products:
“Upper Deck is pleased we are able to get 2008 SP Legendary Cuts Baseball into
the market for our collectors,” said Tim Muret, Upper Deck’s vice president of
Sports Cards and Memorabilia. “The product has such a huge following and we are
happy collectors will get to enjoy the experience of pulling the exciting cut
signature autographs of baseball’s greatest stars.”
7/1/2008
* Ever Wonder What the
Largest Baseball Card Set in History Looks Like?
* Rick Porcello, the minor league's top pitching prospect and the first-round
pick of the Detroit Tigers in 2007, has signed a deal with the Donruss Trading
Card Company to offer
his
first-ever autographed trading cards.
6/18/2008
* Topps officials today confirmed that the player redeemable for the 2008
Topps
Baseball Series 2 Red Hot Rookie Redemption #3 is John Bowker of the San
Francisco Giants.
*
Honus Wagner card changes hands for $5 (warning, this story is not for
the feint of heart)
6/16/2008
* Always good to hear about a new
baseball card shop opening up
6/16/2008
*
NAXCOM names new CEO
6/13/2008
* Topps announces the player redeemable for the 2008 Topps Baseball Series 2 RED
HOT ROOKIE Redemption # 2 is Justin Masterson, Pitcher, Boston Red Sox.
*
Topps to Offer Limited Edition Cards Celebrating New York Greatness at
Fanfest
* The Second
SPx
Baseball Mystery Redemption Is
Clayton Kershaw
* Topps is suing Upper Deck over
Legendary Cuts baseball cards
6/6/2008
* Ebay's "Buy it now" items are the
fastest growing segment of eBay’s business.
*
Hobby retailers hope sales, traffic will heat up
* Topps Announces
New On-Line Redemption Card Program
*
Sportkings Series B is scheduled to release July 28
* Assembling
New Upper Deck Trading Cards Proves to be a Hair Raising Experience
6/5/2008
* Upper Deck Shares Unannounced
Fukudome Japanese Rookie Card
6/2/2008
*
Clinton versus Obama baseball cards: Upper Deck Predicts a Winner with
New Baseball Parody Cards! Trading card company unveils caricature baseball card
featuring a high-spirited Hillary supporting the Obama campaign
* Topps Town (went
live yesterday) will bring together the popularity of trading cards with the
exploding world of web-based social networking to create the first online sports
community for kids. To unlock your very own Topps Town, cards are available in
2008 Topps Baseball Series # 2, now on sale.
5/30/2008
* After acquiring locks of hair from a variety of famous personalities along
with extremely rare cut signatures, Upper Deck is pleased to bring “Hair Cuts”
cards to the market
beginning with 2008 SP Legendary Cuts Baseball.
* Incredibly positive
sales trends for baseball cards
*
Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball returns in 2008 even bigger and better.
From DNA cards to Cut Signatures, Rip Cards and Ancient Icons, this back-to-back
Beckett Product of the Year is set to deliver the quirkiness, fun and
collectability that collectors have come to love since its inception
* A man who police say walked away from a halfway house in Berks County about 18
months ago is charged in the
alleged robbery of nearly $50,000 worth of baseball cards from a
Montoursville business.
5/19/2008
Olbermann's Topps Proof Series Part I
5/14/2008
* 2008 Triple Threads
Baseball Set to Feature Some Amazing Cards
* Upper Deck Announces the
First Winner of Box Break Contest
* Sports
card shop stays open late into the night until all of the games are over
- sounds like it's paying off!
5/13/2008
101 A-Rod Rookies
Walk Through the Door
5/8/2008
Topps is now giving collectors a sneak peek of a
truly unique card that will appear in 2008 Topps Triple Threads Baseball
(releasing late July).
5/7/2008
* The Upper Deck Company says "show
us your box breaks" with their Diamond Vision video program. Those who
submit videos have chances to win prizes. The grand prize this year is a trip to
the World Series.
* Topps announces that it has made three
major enhancements to 2008 Topps Baseball Series 2.
4/25/2008
Collector pulls Babe Ruth cut auto out of 2008 Upper Deck Premier
4/22/2008
*
Beckett Announces the winner of the
Joe
DiMaggio Cut Signature Triple Memorabilia Card
* Upper Deck Signs three more stars - Grady Sizemore, Matt Kemp and Andrew
Bynum. While terms of each deal are different, they all provide autograph
collectors with ample opportunity to
secure authentic signatures from their favorite stars.
4/14/2008
Looking for
baseball cards of the greatest players to play the game? Topps gives
collectors another reason to turn to them.
4/12/2008
Did printed baseball cards foretell the steroid saga 16 years ago?
4/11/2008
*
In the cards -
(Baseball Card) Industry doubles efforts to win kids' business back
* Donruss
Unveils "Hawaii" Trade Conference Plans
*
2008 Upper Deck Spectrum of Stars baseball cards -- Holy hair metal!
4/9/2008
Topps has announced that Johnny Cueto is
the #1
baseball Rookie Card Redemption out of 2008 Topps Finest Baseball
4/8/2008
* Etopps releases first officially sponsored MLB
baseball card of Kosuke Fukudome
*
2008 MLB Stadium Giveaway Schedule
4/7/2008
*
Baseball Immortals Share the Stage with U.S. Presidents in 2008 UD Premier
Baseball - Upper Deck’s latest high-end MLB release leads off the season with an
all-star lineup for collectors
* Collectors/Prospectors
Chasing
Aumont's 2007 Donruss Elite Extra Edition Baseball Cards - Philippe
Aumont has yet to throw his first professional pitch, but savvy collectors
already have been buzzing about the 6-foot-7 Seattle Mariners' top pitching
prospect
4/4/2008
* National Baseball Card Day was a success for several retailers. One shop
owner has reported a $9,000 day, this guy did some serious groundwork to make it
happen - but great to hear that it's possible. You can read a few more reports
of success in this article
$9,000 day among NBCD success stories
* What do readers think of the
new
Beckett Sports Card Monthly? From what we can tell the reviews are
quite mixed, but there are always growing pains when a company makes a
significant change
4/1/2008
* Topps creates a
fake rookie baseball card for April fools day -
“The Uzi” rookie card is limited
to one out of every 72 packs of cards, available in 2008 Topps Baseball Series #
1, now on sale.
* Donruss won't be able to deliver some of the
07 Donruss
Elite Extra Edition redemption baseball autographs
3/31/2008
* 10 straight losing season has made the
Orioles almost non-existent in
in the world of baseball and sports memorabilia collecting
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Deputy donates baseball cards to children's hospital
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My thing is
I still
get a tingle opening a pack of baseball cards
3/28/2008
* Retailers hoping for strong National Baseball Card Day turnout:
The latest edition of National Baseball Card Day takes place Saturday, with an
estimated 750 hobby shops across the U.S. and Canada, along with nearly 600 Toys
R Us locations, distributing
free packs of baseball cards to consumers.
*
Oops! Topps confirms that there are 20 "1/1"
red
parallel rookie baseball cards in Moments and Milestones for card
numbers 145-189.
3/20/2008
*
Scott Silverstein has
been named president and CEO of The Topps Company, effective immediately. The
announcement was made by Michael Eisner, whose Tornante Company and Madison
Dearborn Partners purchased Topps last year.
*
The search is on for a man in Lycoming
County who police said attacked a store owner with a crowbar before taking off
with some
expensive baseball cards.
*
National baseball card day celebrated with
free baseball cards. Stop by participating hobby shops on March 29th.
3/19/2008
*
A sheriff's deputy who wanted to give something to the Columbus hospital
that helped him as child has settled on
thousands of his own vintage baseball cards.
*
Unfortunately for Pittsburg sports card shop owners,
Pirates baseball cards are not in big demand
*
Gloves
link suspect to baseball card theft
3/18/2008
Police make arrest,
recover stolen baseball cards, including a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle
3/14/2008
Billy Crystal's rookie baseball card?
It's darn near inevitable, will it be Topps or Upper Deck?
3/11/2008
Here's a cool story about a
Baseball card photographer for the Topps Company - he's shot more than
10,000 baseball cards!
3/9/2008
*
Here's a great update on Twins pitcher Pat Neshek and his
over 6,000 baseball cards and other sports memorabilia
*
Fidel Castro autographed baseball card too controversial for eBay
3/7/2008
The Upper Deck Company is gearing up for its 20 year anniversary. There's a
big contest for set collectors as the company prepares to celebrate the
2009 baseball card set
3/6/2008
Team USA baseball cards and The Upper Deck Company secure multi year
contract
Obama baseball card beats Clinton card at auction
3/5/2008
Want
Cash for Your Old Baseball Cards?
3/4/2008
Make your own
Vice
President Topps baseball card
3/3/2008
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Baseball card sales represented 45.5 percent of the average
store’s sales last year
* Here's just a couple of the
baseball card topics covered this week over on sports Collecting Radio
show:
1. Topps' Alan Narz: Economic factors affecting card sales
2. Tuff Stuff columnist T.J. Schwartz: Best way to insure your collectibles
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Ted Williams baseball card $teeped in history
2/29/2008
* Topps Confirms Short Prints and Black Back
Variations for 2008 Heritage baseball cards
* Looking to buy some baseball cards? Naxcom Auctions is offering
free shipping for the entire month of March!
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Who stole this collection of baseball cards worth about $9,000?
2/28/2008
Sport Kings Announces
Series B Release Date
2/26/2008
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Big Dollars Being Spent on
Presidential Candidate Autographed Cards
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Upper Deck opens huge new retail store:
“This will be a
terrific opportunity to showcase our best merchandise and partner with some
local sports favorites to make our retail store debut a most memorable one,”
said Tim Muret, Upper Deck’s vice president of Sports Cards and Memorabilia.
2/25/2008
* Do you
like
Donruss baseball cards? They're hot again
* Beckett
is giving away $1800 worth of sports cards. Here's one of the big hits
from this give-away, a
Brady Quinn 2007 National Treasures 1/1 autograph/game-used card, which is
valued as high as $1,000. Like
baseball cards? The mix of free goodies also includes a box of 2007 Bowman Sterling Baseball (valued at $300)
2/22/2008
* Looking to sell some baseball cards? Do you have a large amount of
feedback on ebay? Check this out....
(Feb. 20,2008) - NAXCOM Announces New Feedback Transfer System.
The company has announced a New Feedback Transfer System. For a limited time
only, new sellers no longer have to start from scratch, but instead, can now
transfer their feedback rating to NAXCOM. All feedback ratings being transferred
will be validated and must meet
NAXCOM criteria.
2/21/2008
* This collector will soon hold the record for the
world's largest baseball card collection -
over 520,618 baseball cards!
* The last issue of Beckett Baseball Monthly.
You'll now be
looking up
information about your baseball cards in the new Beckett Sports Card
Monthly
2/16/2008
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The
earlier release of 2008 Upper Deck Series One Baseball cards has cash
registers ringing for many hobby retailers
Interesting limited edition autograph information
about the ageless wonder Julio Franco
2/15/2008
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2008 National Baseball Card Day! Visit participating hobby stores
nationwide for a free pack of baseball cards Saturday, March 29
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Sports Cards and Collectibles radio show
hits the internet airwaves today
over on TuffStuff.
The previously aired show will replay every hour on the hour.
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To complete this
insert set
and part of 2008 Topps baseball you've got to visit your local hobby
shop and spend 5 cents
2/14/2008
In honor of their 25th
Anniversary, Tuff Stuff is changing the look their price guide publication.
"It's still Tuff Stuff, but with some added muscle and a new title –
Tuff Stuff's Sports Collectors
Monthly."
2/11/2008
Here's a quote from the Beckett blog that has inspired a bit of a fire storm
of comments "In the more than 10 years since the history-making advent
of the memorabilia card, there have been 416,739 memorabilia cards produced, an
average of 34,728 cards per year, since 1996." Most of the people commenting
feel strongly that this number is way to high and manufactures need to cut back
-
check it out
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