05.20
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Edior
It’s no longer a mystery who will appear on the second 2013 Bowman Lucky Redemption card.
It’s Texas Rangers infielder Jurickson Profar, who is making his season debut tonight with the Rangers against visiting Oakland.
Profar was hitting .273 with four home runs, 19 RBI and six stolen bases for at Triple-A Round Rock before his promotion. He was Baseball America‘s No. 1 prospect entering this season.
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05.20
By Chris Olds | Beckett Basketball Editor
Basketball fans waiting for the WNBA’s No. 1 draft pick won’t have to wait long.
Leaf Trading Cards has signed an agreement with former Baylor star and future Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner to produce her first basketball cards and certified autographs.
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05.20
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Hockey Editor
The Stanley Cup is unlike any other championship in the four major sports. Hockey players have superstitions surrounding the Cup and the championship trophy is its own character.
Over the years, trading cards have featured the Stanley Cup along with key moments from the entertaining series. Most recently, Upper Deck even featured cards with Cup winners showing off their special day with the trophy.
Here are five key cards or sets for collectors to look for.
1924 C144 Champ’s Cigarette Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup wasn’t always a 34-inch high trophy. One of the first renditions of it was much smaller. It was donated Lord Stanley in 1893 to the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada. Most experts believe the 1924 C144 Champ’s Cigarette was the first time ithe Stanley Cup appeared on a trading card.
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05.17
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor
Press Pass has announced the full set of signers for its upcoming Parks & Recreation trading card set.
The autograph checklist features many of the show’s stars, who also added insciptions to many of their cards. Some of the big names included on the checklist are Paul Rudd, Megan Mullally, Fred Armisen and Parker Posey.
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05.16
Join Beckett Basketball‘s Brian Fleischer and Chris Olds as they rip into boxes of 2012-13 Panini Past & Present in this latest edition of Box Busters.
What will they find inside? Watch and find out …
Need a checklist or OPG for Past & Present? Click here.
05.16
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
Now, all we need is a little patience.
When Topps announced in February that Axl Rose‘s first certified autograph was coming in 2013 Topps Archives — a retro-styled look at baseball cards with a bit of pop culture also infused — more than a few collectors and rock fans took notice.
The arrival of the next installment of the reigning Beckett Baseball Product of the Year is just 13 days away with Rose’s signatures sure to have a few people saying “you could be mine.”
Beckett Media got the first look at the unsigned version of the card on Thursday — a release that will have a standard autograph version as well as a version of the card printed on metal. It’s not going to be so easy to pull that one as just 25 copies of that version will be made.
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05.16
Join Beckett Basketball‘s Brian Fleischer and Chris Olds as they rip into boxes of 2012-13 Panini Preferred in this latest edition of Box Busters.
What will they find inside? Watch and find out …
Need a checklist or OPG for Preferred? Click here.
05.16
Join Beckett Basketball‘s Brian Fleischer and Chris Olds as they rip into boxes of 2012-13 Momentum in this latest edition of Box Busters.
What will they find inside? Watch and find out …
Need a checklist or OPG for Momentum? Click here.
