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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Panini releases Prestige Rookie Card variation list
05.20
Panini America confirmed on Wednesday that the following rookies have variation cards in 2009 Playoff Prestige showing them in college uniforms.
112 Brandon Pettigrew Oklahoma State – White
116 Brian Robiskie Ohio State – Red
119 Chase Coffman Missouri – Yellow
122 Chris Wells Ohio State – White
124 Clint Sintim Virginia – White
127 D.J. Moore Vanderbilt – Gold
130 Darrius Heyward-Bey Maryland – White
134 Derrick Williams Penn State – Blue
135 Donald Brown Uconn – Blue
140 Graham Harrell Texas Tech – Red
142 Hakeem Nicks North Carolina – White
146 James Casey Rice – White
148 James Laurinaitis Ohio State – Red
153 Jeremiah Johnson Oregon – Yellow
155 Jeremy Maclin Missouri – Yellow
159 Juaquin Iglesias Oklahoma – White
161 Kenny Britt Rutgers – Red
164 Knowshon Moreno Georgia – White
166 LeSean McCoy Pittsburgh – Blue
169 Louis Murphy Florida – White
170 Malcolm Jenkins Ohio State – Red
171 Mark Sanchez USC – White
181 Nate Davis Ball State – White
184 Pat White West Virginia – White
187 Percy Harvin Florida – White
194 Rey Maualuga USC – White
199 Shonn Greene Iowa – White
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Six other cards have variations showing the rookies holding up their new jerseys at the NFL Draft.
Draft-day variations
101 Aaron Curry Seattle Seahawks
114 Brian Cushing Houston Texans
115 Brian Orakpo Washington Redskins
158 Josh Freeman Tampa Bay Buccaneers
172 Matthew Stafford Detroit Lions
174 Michael Crabtree San Francisco 49ers
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.
Now THAT is a loaded box …
05.20
On the outside, the blaster box of 2009 Topps Heritage that Todd Neuman bought at a Walmart in Mayfield, Ky., probably looked like every other one that rolled off the assembly line and made its way to the shelf.
But on the inside it looked quite, quite different.
As in it had 51 of the set’s super-rare short-printed variations inside.
As in seven copies of Randy Winn.
As in seven Conor Jacksons.
As in seven Adrian Gonzalezes.
As in seven John Smoltzes and Hanley Ramirezes, too.
To top that, there were eight copies of the $200 “Thom” Glavine variation and eight copies of the Fred Lewis card featuring Winn on the front.
All told, that’s a $10,300 blaster box (high book) that cost just $19.99. There were just eight packs inside, but each and every one was loaded — that’s an average of $1,287 a pack.
“I have been collecting for a long time, but hadn’t bought any Topps Heritage this year yet. I bought the third box in the row and pulled 51 short-printed variations,” Neuman said. “I was just wondering if you had heard of anyone else having this luck on these this year?”
The answer on this is easy. That’s got to be the only one.
But don’t take our word for it. Here’s what Topps spokesman Clay Luraschi said: “Unfortunately, this is a major manufacturing error.”
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.
Ric Flair card touches independent wrestler
05.20
Tim "Tank" Robertson (left) with Jerry "The King" Lawler.
As many of you know, Beckett Media recently gave away 15 copies of the first certified autographed card of “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair, a Donruss Americana promo card from Panini.
But what you might not know (we didn’t) is that one of the winners was Tim Robertson of Caruthersville, Mo., an independent wrestler also known as “Tank.”
Robertson, a 29-year-old father of two, died last week from an apparent allergic reaction. Here’s what his wife, Helen, wrote in an e-mail to Beckett on Tuesday:
Box Busters: 2009 Topps Series 2 baseball
05.19
The latest installment of the collecting mainstay, the Topps baseball set, arrives on Wednesday with Series 2 hitting hobby shops.
Join Beckett Baseball’s Chris Olds and Tracy Hackler as they bust open a box of Topps.
What will they find? Click here.
The first two Matt Stafford autograph winners are …
05.19
We’ve selected the first two winners of Panini‘s autographed 2009 Playoff Prestige Matt Stafford promo cards.
Oh, we forgot to previously mention that the cards are serial-numbered, so we’ve noted those here, too.
The first two winners are:
Card No. 1/7: Peter Epstein – Chatsworth, Calif.
Card No. 2/7: Steve Miller — Goshen, Ind.
Who will win the others, including Stafford’s uniform-matching 7/7?
It could be you. Find out how to enter in the July issue of Beckett Sports Card Monthly.
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.
Card Gallery: Upper Deck's Inscriptions from the Rookie Premiere
05.19
Upper Deck recently asked Beckett readers for inscriptions for players to sign at the NFL PLAYERS Rookie Premiere this past weekend in Los Angeles.
We collected them all from here and from Beckett.com and sent them in to Upper Deck for review. (And for the league to review as well as it had to approve all potential inscriptions.)
Here’s a sampling of what got approved and was inked on cards headed into packs soon. (We’ll contact the successful contributors as soon as we know how many made it and have prizes in hand.)
Until then, check out these inscriptions (and a few other autographs, too) …
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.
He's No. 1 on the Baseball America Hot Sheet, who's your No. 1?
05.18
San Francisco Giants pitching prospect Tim Alderson has been doing pretty well these days — so well he’s atop the current Baseball America Hot Sheet, the weekly reader of prospectors.
We found this Alderson 2007 Bowman Sterling Prospects autograph card of his (a $20 card) and want it to be yours.
We want to know who your No. 1 player is — who you collect — and how many cards you have of that player.
Give us a rundown of your player collection — and provide a photo or a link where we can find the evidence of your obsession — and we’ll award the card the most impressive comment left here or on the Beckett.com thread.
Get on it. We’re giving this card away before the next Hot Sheet arrives.
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.
Topps reveals latest in American Heritage line
05.18
Topps released the basic product breakdown and preview images for the latest installment of its American Heritage series, the American Heroes Edition, a 150-card set loaded with notable people — who it deems the “the most courageous, valiant, progressive and enlightened American women and men in our nation’s history.”
The product will arrive in early August with a combination of two autographs, cut signatures, patches, Relics or stamp cards in every 24-pack hobby box. It looks to be a product heavy on political memorabilia as well as NASA memorabilia for all you space fans.
The base set will utilize famous Topps designs from the 1960s and the 1980s — focusing again on Miltary Heroes (card Nos. 1-10), Political Heroes (11-20), Civil Rights heroes (21-30), “The Bravest” (31-40), “The Finest” (41-50), Heroic Groups and Movements (51-60), Heroes of Medicine (61-70), Humanitarian Heroes (71-80), Diplomatic Heroes (81-90), “Pen is Mightier than Sword” (91-100), Heroic Events (101-125), and finally Kindred Heroes — a 25-card set pairing Barack Obama and Abe Lincoln.
Prospect watch: Jake Fox — LF, Iowa Cubs
05.18
Every few years there’s a guy who comes out of nowhere to tear it up — see Craig Brazell in the minors in 2007, Ryan Ludwick in MLB in 2008 — and this year’s version of that player just might be Iowa Cubs left fielder Jake Fox.
Fox, a 26-year-old converted catcher who starred for Michigan before the Chicago Cubs drafted him in the third round of the 2003 draft, is tearing it up in Class AAA.
Through 33 games, he’s hitting .426 with 16 home runs and 46 RBI — totals that would be contending for the Triple Crown if he were in the majors right now. (As it is right now, he’s winning the Triple Crown in the Pacific Coast League.)
In his last 10 games, he’s hitting .515 with four homers and 15 RBI, a highlight-reel night coming on May 14 when he went 4-for-6 with a double, a homer, drove in two and scored three runs.
Rapper Redemption: The Collectibility of Eminem
05.18
The most anticipated release date in almost five years arrives tomorrow and the product dropping is quite literally music to my ears – even if it has absolutely nothing to do with trading cards.
Well, maybe it does.
After all, in a hip-hop “hobby” populated predominantly by retail-Score rappers, Eminem is more like National Treasures (and a national treasure) or Exquisite – but with none of the risk and all of the reward. He’s the rarest of relics, the sure-thing $600 pack that delivers the highlight of your musical collection track after track after track.