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Monthly Archives: August 2009
San Diego Padres OF Kyle Blanks is Topps' sixth Finest Rookie Redemption
08.21
Topps announced the sixth player in its 2009 Finest Rookie Redemption set on Friday and it’s San Diego Padres outfielder Kyle Blanks.
In 49 games this season, he is hitting .248 with nine home runs and 20 RBI.
Topps will announce the rest of the 10 rookies throughout the remainder of the season. Each master box of Finest includes one Rookie Redemption, which can also be found in Refractor (#’d to 199) and Gold Refractor (#’d to 50) versions.
The previous rookies:
- Matt LaPorta, outfield, Cleveland Indians
- Tommy Hanson, pitcher, Atlanta Braves
- Andrew Bailey, pitcher, Oakland A’s
- Julio Borbon, outfield, Texas Rangers
- Colby Rasmus, outfield, St. Louis Cardinals
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.
First look: 2009 Topps T206 Baseball 100th Anniversary Edition
08.21
Topps released images and basic product information on Friday for its upcoming baseball card set that pays tribute to the T206 memorable tobacco cards of the early 1900s. While you’ll find much more on the product — and additional images — in the latest issue of Beckett Baseball, here’s the lowdown …
The 2009 T206 Baseball 100th Anniversary Edition arrives in November with eight cards per pack ($5 suggested retail price), 20 packs per box and 10 boxes per hobby case. Each hobby box will include one autograph card and one Relic.
The set will consist of 300 cards — veterans, retired players and rookies — as well as 50 short-printed variations, which will be found one in every four packs.
First look: 2009-10 Panini Rookies & Stars Basketball
08.21
Panini America released basic preview images and product information on Friday for its 2009-10 Rookies & Stars Basketball set, which carries over the modern design found in its football counterpart.
The set, scheduled for release on Nov. 18, will deliver two autograph cards and two memorabilia cards in each 24-pack hobby box.
The base set consists of 100 cards and there will be 115 gold cards as well.
Here’s a look at some of what can be found in packs…
Upper Deck's first Brett Favre Vikings football card
08.21
Upper Deck released a preview image on Friday of what Brett Favre’s first Minnesota Vikings card will look like.
The card will be numbered as a base card in 2009 Upper Deck Football, but will be found in packs of 2009 NFL SPx as a short-printed card.
The set is scheduled for release on Sept. 15.
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.
TRISTAR brings tobacco card aesthetic to minors with Obak set coming soon
08.21
TRISTAR‘s foray into the genre of tobacco card styled baseball card sets begins later this month as its Obak set is now scheduled for an Aug. 31 release.
The set will include a rich list of players from the past and the present in Minor League Baseball as well as a few other surprises. The product also will include variations and various card back styles as was the norm with old tobacco cards.
For past previews of the set, click here and here. For a few more preview images, click below.
Topps offers factory sets with custom card toppers
08.20
Sometimes it’s the simplest ideas that work.
And that’s the hope with three new products available at the Topps Online Store as Topps is allowing buyers to get their own 2009 Baseball factory set with a special box-topper — a custom card of their choice — along with an optional customized message.
The sets can be ordered with just a custom card, a custom card with a message or just a custom message (no photo). The sets do cost a little more — $74.95 — but the surprise of such a novelty just might amuse everyone from a younger collector to even the most jaded long-time card geek. (If they aren’t amused by their own baseball card, what would work?)
My first factory set — 1987 Topps — came in a white box with red and blue lettering and no photos. But it did carry an inscription written by my grandmother, who also dated the box. It’s not quite the custom card package, but it’s still tucked away in the ol’ collection somewhere.
I have a feeling that this concept will result in more than a few sets tucked away in collections around the country, 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.
Brett Favre's Finest: His First Vikings Card
08.20
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Topps this afternoon revealed a card from the forthcoming 2009 Topps Finest Football, due out Sept. 15, sure to have a certain sect of purple people eating it up: Brett Favre’s first Minnesota Vikings card.
It’s a card destined to be one of the most sought after football cards of the early season.
“New York Jets fans last year latched onto anything with Favre pictured as a Jet,” said Beckett Media’s Dan Hitt. ”In fact, the earliest Favre Jets cards last season where some of the hottest of the entire year. Likewise, his first Vikings cards this year are certain to be hot sellers.”
Stay tuned to Beckett.com for additional details on Favre’s new Vikings cards.
– Tracy Hackler
First Look: 2009 Topps Heritage High Number Edition
08.20
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Topps officials on Thursday afternoon released preliminary images and product details on 2009 Topps Heritage High Number Edition, an update to the basic 2009 Topps Heritage set that includes 220 new cards numbered 501-720, including 75 rookies. In addition, Topps has confirmed that every autograph in the product will be signed on-card and every pack of the product will include . . . you guessed it . . . gum.
Each pack will deliver six Topps Heritage cards and two Updates & Highlights cards and every box will include one autographed or Relic card. The product is set to release in mid October.
To see the sneak peek images, continue reading.
NHL Rookies will be center of attention at Upper Deck NHL Rookie Debut
08.20
Fourteen of the top prospects in the National Hockey League will gather in Mississauga, Ontario, next Wednesday (Aug. 26) for the Upper Deck NHL Rookie Debut.
Upper Deck will use the event to get up-close with many of the league’s top young prospects in their official NHL team uniforms for the first time for photographs — and for event-used memorabilia — to be used in upcoming card and memorabilia products. It is being produced by Upper Deck in partnership with the National Hockey League Players’ Association and the National Hockey League.
Those scheduled to attend the shoot are John Tavares (NYIS), Victor Hedman (TB), Matt Duchene (COL), Cody Hodgson (VAN), Colin Wilson (NSH), Tyler Bozak (TOR), Jared Cowen (OTT), P.K. Subban (MTL), Jonas Gustavsson (TOR), Bobby Sanguinetti (NYR), Logan Couture (SJS), Mikael Backlund (CGY), Eric Tangradi (PIT) and James Van Riemsdyk (PHI).
Preview Gallery: 2009 Topps Unique baseball cards
08.20
Topps released preview images for a forthcoming 2009 product on Thursday called Unique, which appears to be loaded with high-end memorabilia and autograph cards despite being what promises to a lower- to mid-range product price-wise.
Additional information about the product will be forthcoming, but for now you can feast on these images courtesy of Topps.