10.31
In one of the most wheels-off Video Box Busters of all time, a dressed-up Beckett cast promises to haunt you with a truly grisly performance.
Viewer beware.
10.30
TRISTAR unveiled its latest 2009 baseball card set — Prospects Plus Draft Picks – on Friday, an unlicensed product that promises 11 hits per box and 26 hits per box in each Hot Box.
Only 30 Hot Boxes cases will be made over the entire production run and a total of just 100 standard cases will be made.
Included in each 20-pack hobby box will be four autographs, two parallels, two Crystal Ballers inserts, two short-prints and one Obak Update card (the top 2009 picks are showcased on the tobacco-style design). The Hot Boxes will contain just 10 packs, each with an autograph inside and additional inserts.
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10.29
Upper Deck revealed on Thursday the second player in its Michael Jordan Brand All-American Classic jersey mystery redemption program found in 2009-10 Draft Edition, and it’s B.J. Mullens.
The first redemption from the set, which features players who participated in the 2008 event — a showcase for the world’s best young basketball talent — is of Jrue Holiday (see that card, which also was unveiled on Thursday after being previously announced, after the jump).
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10.29
Join the Beckett Football team for a quick dive through an early box of 2009 Topps Finest. Stay tuned until the end to find out how you can win the best pull in the box.
10.29
A virtually perfect copy of basketball’s Honus Wagner, the 1948 Bowman #69 George Mikan Rookie Card, promises to earn headlines and heavy bidding when it hits the Memory Lane auction block in December.
The card, the only one in existence graded a Gem Mint PSA 10, carries a for-serious-inquiries-only minimum bid of $50,000 and is the marquee item in Memory Lane’s Dec. 12 event.
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10.29
Steiner Sports announced on Thursday that it has signed New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira to an exclusive collectibles and autograph deal.
The move, announced by Steiner founder and CEO Brandon Steiner, has the slugger joining the likes of Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada, Joba Chamberlain, Phil Hughes and Yankees manager Joe Girardi in Steiner’s exclusive roster.
“Steiner Sports is extremely excited to add New York’s All-Star first baseman as part of our exclusive roster,” Steiner said in a release. “We look forward to working with Mark, an all-star both on and off the field, on many of our upcoming projects.”
Teixeira’s first memorabilia line will include autograhed baseballs, photos, jerseys, bats, hats and batting helmets.
Chris Olds is the editor of Beckett Baseball and Beckett Graded Card Investor. Have a comment, question or idea? Send an e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com.
10.29
Topps released the basic product information and preview images for its forthcoming Unique football card set on Thursday, a lower-priced and hobby-exclusive product that will include some high-end hits when it arrives in late-December.
Each hobby box will include one autograph and one jumbo Relic (numbered to 40 or less) or a Patch Relic (numbered to 99 or less) as well as a numbered Relic that could have as many as three pieces.
The base set consists of 200 cards — 50 rookies and 150 veterans — and will be parallel-intensive with four versions of every card. There will be Unique, Reserve, Select and Premier cards.
The inserts include Unique Unis, Unparallelled Performances and Alone at the Top — all with parallels as well — while 192 players will appear on patch or jumbo Relic cards in the set.
For the autograph collectors, there’s Gamebreaker Autographs, Dynamic Dual Autographs, Triple Threat Autographs, Gamebreaker Autograph Relics, Dynamic Dual Autograph Relics, Triple Threat Autographs Relics and Jumbo Autograph Relics.
And among the high-end cards? NFL Autograph Crest, Reebok Logo Autograph and Size Tag Autographs.
See a full selection of images from the product after the jump.
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10.29
If you’re not a fan of MMA, you’ve probably been beaten down a bit by how hot the Topps UFC cards have been in the hobby.
But there’s another sign that mixed martial arts are hot – Gina Carano‘s cover appearance on ESPN The Magazine‘s Body Issue.
Copies of the issue — which has several covers — featuring Carano have been a big hit online with sales as high as $57 for a single issue.
The 10 most-expensive sales of the issue on eBay are $57 (twice), $56, $55, $51 (twice), $46 (twice), $43 and $40.
And it appears that the demand for the issue hasn’t let up as current online auctions are pushing into top 10 territory and Buy It Now prices are right in range.
As for the other covers, here are the top prices paid so far:
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10.28
For those who haven’t seen CNBC sports business reporter Darren Rovell‘s captivating story on Denver attorney Marshall Fogel‘s breathtaking memorabilia collection, it’s absolutely must-see stuff. Don’t walk to watch it. Run. Now!
– Tracy Hackler
10.28
The Beckett football team busted a two-mini-pack box of 2009 Topps Finest this afternoon. The Box Busters episode will be online Thursday morning. Until then here’s a sneak peek gallery that does not include the 1/1 we pulled.
Tune in tomorrow to see that . . .
– Tracy Hackler
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