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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Upper Deck releases details for 2010 Exquisite Collection baseball inserts
10.22
Upper Deck released details for its 2010 Exquisite Collection baseball cards on Thursday — a multi-product insert line that will be limited, high-end and loaded with autographs and memorabilia.
Exquisite, which will be found in every Upper Deck baseball product next year, will consist of a 100-card base set with just 75 total copies per card with a lineup that includes retired players as well as present stars.
The “Exquisite Rookie Signature” cards will feature 20 cards that are each signed on-card.
Card Gallery: 2009 Limited Crowns autographs
10.22
Panini America released the following images of its Crowns autographs — all signed on card — which will be found in its 2009 Limited football card set.
Check ‘em out …
Card gallery: 2009 Topps Triple Threads
10.22
The arrival of 2009 Topps Triple Threads has seen an influx of impressive Relic and autograph cards arrive on the auction block as the high-end product apparently remains one of the more popular releases.
Here’s a glimpse at some of the cards that collectors have landed … so far.
Box Busters: SP Authentic Baseball
10.22
Join Beckett Media’s Tracy Hackler, Chris Olds and Brian Fleischer as they open boxes of SP Authentic from Upper Deck in the latest episode of Box Busters.
What will they find? Watch and see by clicking here.
And, no, there aren’t 32 autographed cards per box … and Nick Swisher is not a short-print. We know.
Fathead releases New York Yankees Tradeables team set
10.21
Fathead introduced its Tradeables line of 5×7 miniature wall graphics earlier this year and now the company is back with a smaller and more focused pinstripe-enhanced edition for the postseason.
It recently unviled as part of its Special Edition Tradeables line a 2009 New York Yankees team set that includes a dozen players — A.J. Burnett, Alex Rodriguez, CC Sabathia, Derek Jeter, Hideki Matsui, Joba Chamberlain, Johnny Damon, Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera, Mark Teixeira, Nick Swisher and Robinson Cano.
Why do just the Yanks? It’s simple, according to Fathead’s Megan Tarsha: “The Yankee sets were created through the non-stop request from local New York retail partners.”
The Tradeables are not numbered and carry the same design as earlier in the year — a player cutout atop a wooden background with a removable team logo. As a plus, they are Sharpie friendly for the autograph hounds seeking something a little different.
The box sets are $19.99 and can be found by clicking here.
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.
Press Pass announces NASCAR Hall of Fame program
10.21
Press Pass revealed on Wednesday that it is planning a comprehensive 100-card set that will focus on historic NASCAR figures and events as part of a continuity program found in eight of the company’s 2010 racing products.
The first 10 cards will appear in Press Pass 2010, which is scheduled to arrive in December. Among those luminaries will be the five initial inductees into the new NASCAR Hall of Fame — Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Bill France Sr., Bill France Jr. and Junior Johnson.
The cards will be found in Element, Eclipse, Premium, Stealth, Press Pass Series 2, VIP and Main Event.
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.
Box Busters: 2009 Limited Football
10.21
A surprisingly hot rookie autograph and a low-numbered autograph mem card from one of the most promising young quarterbacks in the game.
To see what else the Beckett team pulled from two boxes of 2009 Limited Football, click here.
A hobby rarity lands on eBay — a 1998 Topps Ric Flair autograph
10.21
Update: The card sold for $1,175 after 17 bids in the auction, which ended on Sunday (Oct. 25).
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A rare and impressive autographed professional wrestling card has hit the auction block and bidding is pushing $450 even though it’s got some rough corners and a few slight creases.
How rare? It’s not supposed to exist.
How impressive? Well, the 1998 Topps WCW/nWo Autograph card shows — and is reportedly signed by — the 16-time world champion “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair.
The WWE Hall of Famer retired from in-ring competition following a loss at WrestleMania XXIV in Orlando, Fla., in 2008 and had never appeared on a certified autograph card until earlier this year when Panini America landed him for its Americana series. (Unsigned version of the card at right.)
Had this card been widely issued more than a decade earlier, it obviously would have been highly sought after.
This card, which is on eBay from a Tampa, Fla.-based dealer, has reached $449 and change with more than four days remaining in the auction.
Box Busters Preview: 2009 Limited Football
10.20
We received two hot-off-the-presses boxes of 2009 Limited Football on Tuesday afternoon and immediately took them to the Box Busters studio for filming.
Although preliminary product information from Panini America had the product delivering five cards and two hits per $100 pack, collectors will be happy to know that each pack of Limited delivers seven cards and three hits — at least based on the results of these two early rips.
Topps amps up Sterling Baseball
10.20
Topps announced the following upgrades to its forthcoming Sterling Baseball set on Tuesday, which did not include a price change:
– Every pack now includes an autographed Relic or Relic card numbered to 10 or less (as always) plus an additional Relic #’d to 25. Packs will still include three sequentially numbered base cards and a Mystery Pack featuring either a cut signature or #’d parallel card.
– Every 10-pack case now guarantees a Cut Signature card.
– All packs are now themed, rather than being player-based. Themes include “Triple Crown Winners”, “Sterling Americana”, “Charter Hall of Fame Members” and so on.
Sterling is set to arrive in late December with each 10-pack case including five autographed cardsnumbered to 10 or less, five Relic Cards numbered to 10 or less, 10 Relic Cards numbered to 25, one cut signature and one 1/1.