02.18
Topps released preview images and product information for its 2009 Bowman Draft Picks football set on Wednesday.
The product is set to arrive in early May with one autographed rookie card and one Autographed Rookie Patch card per hobby Box. Standard packs will include 10 cards and carry a suggested retail price of $3 per pack. (There will be 24 packs per box and 12 boxes per case.)
Jumbo boxes will include three autographed cards per 12-pack box. The suggested retail price is $10 per pack. (Jumbos will include 32 cards per pack and cases are eight boxes.)
Chris Olds has collected sports cards and memorabilia since 1987. Before coming to Beckett Media, he wrote about the hobby for the Orlando Sentinel on his blog, SportsStuff, and for the San Antonio Express-News and The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News. Do you have a comment, question or idea? Send e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com.
02.18
TRISTAR released the first images and preview information for its 2009 PROjections Series 1 minor league baseball set on Wednesday.
Only 75 24-box cases will be produced with each including 96 autographed cards and 24 Tailor Made game-used jersey cards (limited to 144 copies apiece) along with 96 serial-numbered parallel cards limited to 50 or less. That breaks down to be four autographs, one jersey and four parallels per 20-pack box.
Among the autograph lineup are Orioles prospect Matt Wieters, Red Sox prospect Lars Anderson, Cubs prospect Josh Vitters, Cleveland prospect Chuck Norris Matt LaPorta, Royals prospect Mike Moustakas and several others. There also are autographed memorabilia cards limited to 10 or less in the set.
But that’s not all for big-name prospects…
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02.18
We know you love cut autographs, so here’s a look at the preliminary checklist for the cut autographs in Upper Deck’s 2009 SP Legendary Cuts baseball set.
There are some sweet combination cards to be found but keep in mind that the checklists are subject to change. Here we go …
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02.18
Upper Deck released preview images and product information for its 2009 SP Legendary Cuts baseball set on Wednesday.
Now scheduled for a June release, each box of Cuts will include four memorabilia cards along with seven 20th Anniversary inserts.
Each 16-box case, however, will include two Cut Signature cards, one Mystery Cut redemption card, two autographed cards and one 20th Anniversary memorabilia card.
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02.17
Watch the Beckett MMA team of Tracy Hacker and David Lee bust a box of the brand new Topps UFC cards in advance of its release.
Look for three autographs and three Relic cards per box — if not, somebody’s nose may get broken.
Click on the logo above or right here to watch the video.
Chris Olds has collected sports cards and memorabilia since 1987. Before coming to Beckett Media, he wrote about the hobby for the Orlando Sentinel on his blog, SportsStuff, and for the San Antonio Express-News and The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News. Do you have a comment, question or idea? Send e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com.
02.17
Saturday is National Hockey Card Day, which means you can get some exclusively produced hockey cards from Upper Deck if you’re in Canada.
Not in Canada, eh? No worries … Beckett Media and Upper Deck are teaming up to make sure fans have other ways of getting their hands on some free hockey cards.
Stay tuned right here to The Beckett Blog later this week for details as we’ll be giving away several sealed boxes of cards and plenty of single packs (all with a jersey or memorabilia card inside) on Saturday.
We’ll have some trivia contests and more — all to help your hockey card fix.
Chris Olds has collected sports cards and memorabilia since 1987. Before coming to Beckett Media, he wrote about the hobby for the Orlando Sentinel on his blog, SportsStuff, and for the San Antonio Express-News and The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News. Do you have a comment, question or idea? Send e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com.
02.17
Here’s a rundown of who signed cards in the Topps UFC set that arrives this week.
Group A (1:118): Randy Couture, Anderson Silva, Quinton Jackson, Georges St-Pierre
Group B (1:188): BJ Penn, Forrest Griffin
Group C (1:72): Bruce Buffer, Herb Dean, Royce Gracie, Rachelle Leah
Group D (1:15): Kenny Florian, Heath Herring, Michael Bisping, Brandon Vera, Chris Leben, Diego Sanchez, Roger Huerta, Gabriel Gonzaga, Cheick Kongo, Karo Parysian, Clay Guida, Manny Gamburyan, Ed Herman, Thiago Silva, Rich Clementi
Group E (1:70): Matt Serra, Thiago Alves, Sean Sherk
Group F (1:94): Paul Kelly, Mac Danzig
Group G (1:20): CD Dollaway, Ben Saunders, Matt Riddle, Josh Burkman, Sam Stout, Wilson Gouveia, Tim Credeur
Brock Lesnar did not sign cards in time for inclusion in the set.
Chris Olds has collected sports cards and memorabilia since 1987. Before coming to Beckett Media, he wrote about the hobby for the Orlando Sentinel on his blog, SportsStuff, and for the San Antonio Express-News and The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News. Do you have a comment, question or idea? Send e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com.
02.16
McFarlane Toys has announced that it will produce SportsPicks figures of current NFL stars in the college uniforms.
Its 2009 College Football Collection will include six 6-inch figures in their home uniforms and will be released in August.
The players set to be included in the first college wave were not yet announced.
For a list of its Spring 2009 lineup, go here. For its Fall 2009 lineup, go here.
Chris Olds has collected sports cards and memorabilia since 1987. Before coming to Beckett Media, he wrote about the hobby for the Orlando Sentinel on his blog, SportsStuff, and for the San Antonio Express-News and The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News. Do you have a comment, question or idea? Send e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com.
02.14
It’s something that’s been bothering me for years … the resemblance between former Alabama Crimson Tide (and New York Jets) QB Joe Namath and actor Clive Owen.
At left is Namath’s 1967 Topps card and at right is Owen on the cover of the latest (March 2009) issue of Esquire. At least I think that’s right.
I can’t watch Sin City without being annoyed by the fact that Dwight looks like one of the biggest stars in my alma mater’s history. Same for Closer and Shoot ‘Em Up.
Am I the only one?
Sure, the resemblance these days isn’t there — and there’s a slight difference in accent — but, if anyone’s asking, I know who needs to play Broadway Joe in the bio-pic …
Chris Olds has collected sports cards and memorabilia since 1987. Before coming to Beckett Media, he wrote about the hobby for the Orlando Sentinel on his blog, SportsStuff, and for the San Antonio Express-News and The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News. Do you have a comment, question or idea? Send e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com.
02.14
If you don’t yet know who Kenny Powers is, don’t worry you will (as long as you have HBO).
But the real question is whether you have his Rookie Card (above).
Powers (Danny McBride) is the central character — a washed up hot-headed former pro baseball player — in the new Will Ferrell- and Adam McKay-produced comedy series Eastbound & Down that premieres on Sunday night at 10:30 p.m. on HBO.
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