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Monthly Archives: October 2009
First Look: 2009-10 Playoff Contenders Basketball
10.20
Panini America on Tuesday morning released preliminary details on 2009-10 Playoff Contenders Basketball, an autographed-Rookie Card-rich product due out exactly three months from today.
Playoff Contenders has long been one of the most sought after and influential football card products on the market and company officials look to be using a tried and true formula to ensure the product’s success as a rookie on the hardwood.
Every 24-pack box of Contenders will deliver four autographs, one Rookie of the Year Contender and one Legendary Contender insert card. In addition, the average 12-box case will deliver one autograph from either new spokesman Kobe Bryant, Blake Griffin, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or Oscar Robertson.
First look: 2010 Topps Baseball cards
10.20
Topps released the basic product information and preview images for its 2010 Baseball set on Tuesday, which might be a more highly anticipated release than in past years as it enters its exclusive agreement with Major League Baseball as its lone fully licensed baseball card manufacturer.
Scheduled to arrive in the last week of January, Series 1 includes a 330-card base set and will include one autograph or Relic card in every 36-pack hobby box or one autograph and two Relics per 10-pack HTA jumbo box.
As with past standard Topps sets, there are Silk, Platinum, Black and Gold parallels. New inserts for 2010 include The Cards Your Mother Threw Out – a 58-card set — The History of the Game (landmark moments such as Babe Ruth‘s sale to the Yankees or Jackie Robinson‘s debut, etc.), Tales of the Game (the 1969 Mets, the creation of the DH, etc.), Hall of Fame buybacks, Past and Present and When They Were Young.
The Peak Performance set consists of inserts, autographs, autographed Relics, Jumbo relics and standard Relics, while the product also includes a pair of continuity inserts — MLB Exclusive Patch Cards (manufactured Logoman patch cards) and Turkey Red.
Also returning are Sketch Cards, ToppsTown, Cut Signatures and World Champions autographs and Relics — team obviously still TBD.
New among the Relic lineup are Hat Logo cards, In the Name cards, Past and Present Relics and a 1961 Mickey Mantle insert.
Also noteworthy is a new Rookie Card logo, which incorporates the MLB logo, as well as a prominently displayed logo noting Topps’ status as an exclusive licensee.
See more images after the jump.
Topps to Produce Tito Ortiz's First Certified Autographs
10.19
From the strange but true sports collectibles department: Tito Ortiz, one of the most popular and influential figures in the history of mixed martial arts, has just four trading cards — all from last February’s 2009 Topps UFC Round 1 product — and zero certified autographs.
But both of those totals are scheduled to change in a big way early next year when Topps releases its third stand-alone UFC product. The company on Monday tweeted a picture of the “Huntington Beach Bad Boy” signing several stickers — in red ink, no less — that will adorn what are certain to be some of the most coveted cards in Topps’ brief UFC history.
Ortiz, the former light heavyweight champion whose on-again, off-again relationship with UFC president Dana White is on again, is scheduled to fight the popular Forrest Griffin at UFC 106 on Nov. 21.
No other details on Topps’ forthcoming third UFC product have been released. Stay tuned to Beckett.com for updates to this story.
– Tracy Hackler
Vernon Wells hosts sports stars for charity event
10.19
Toronto Blue Jays star Vernon Wells is expecting a large number of sports stars at The Vernon Wells Perfect 10 Foundation‘s inaugural gala and golf tournament next month in the Dallas area.
And he wants you to be there, too.
The event, which is set for Nov. 1-2 at the Four Seasons Resort and Club in Las Colinas, Texas, and will raise money to support and protect homeless children in North Texas and to contribute to non-profit organizations for children. On the event’s schedule are a silent auction as well as a live auction of sports memorabilia. Find more on the auctions by clicking here and here.
Finally . . . The Exquisite Winners are Revealed
10.19
After much consternation, the four winners from last month’s 2008-09 Exquisite Collection Basketball Box Busters episode have been pulled. Are you one of the lucky ones? Watch the video to find out.
Thanks to the more than 13,000 folks who watched that video and to the more than 100 folks who participated in the contest. And a special thanks to Upper Deck‘s Chris Carlin and Thomas Fish from Blowout Cards for helping deliver additional prizes to loyal Beckett visitors.
Oh, and if you didn’t win this time, don’t fret. Watch the video till the end to see how you can win a box of 2009-10 Exquisite Collection Basketball.
– Tracy Hackler
Preview Gallery: 2010 Topps baseball cards
10.19
Topps released the following images of cards that will be found in its 2010 Baseball set on Monday in advance of the full preview package.
Returning will be Turkey Red inserts, manufactured patches, jumbo patches and cut autographs. New will be a Logoman continuity program — one of those cards is seen above.
See them all after the jump — and see more on 2010 Topps very, very soon.
Topps GM Warren Friss ‘Very Excited' About MLB Exclusive
10.17
In 15 years aboard the exhilarating roller coaster ride that is the sports card industry, Topps General Manager Warren Friss has experienced his share of thrills, chills and spills.
But as a Topps executive, Friss has never known a marketplace with only one fully licensed baseball card manufacturer. That will change in a big way in 2010 when, for the first time in almost 30 years, Topps returns to its roots as the exclusive baseball card provider of Major League Baseball.
Understandably, Friss is excited about the opportunities that accompany Topps’ exclusive agreement with MLB Properties. But spend a little time with him and you discover that he’s excited about a lot more than just that.
There’s the opportunity to get kids back . . . and to clean up the retail channel . . . and Topps’ new long-term exclusive extension with the WWE . . . and the exclusive with the UFC . . . and potentially getting back into hockey . . . and buying back a million baseball cards for a unique promotion surrounding 2010 Topps Baseball and . . .
In an exclusive interview that will appear in the December issue of Beckett Sports Card Monthly, Friss tirelessly and passionately addresses a wide array of topics, from working with Michael Eisner to collecting the Mets.
You can check out the complete interview next month in BSCM. You can check out a sneak peek here:
Upper Deck announces Goodwin Champions short-prints
10.16
Upper Deck released the following short-print information on Friday for its recently released Goodwin Champions baseball card set.
The basics are …
Cards 151-190: Short Prints (1:2 hobby packs);
Cards 191-210: Super Short Prints (2:1 hobby boxes on average)
Cards 211-252: Mini High-Series Exclusives (42 of the 192 cards that create the mini card set).
And there’s more …
Upper Deck announces three baseball short-prints
10.16
Upper Deck announced on Friday that it has included three short-printed cards in its recently released 2009 baseball products.
They are:
SP1 – Mark Buehrle’s Perfect Game’ — 2009 Ballpark Collection
SP2 – 1st Pitch at All-Star Game between Barack Obama and Albert Pujols – in 2009 Ballpark Collection
SP3 – Derek Jeter – Yankees All-Time Hit King — in 2009 SP Authentic
First look: 2009 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection baseball cards
10.15
Upper Deck announced its plans for 2009 Ultimate Collection Baseball on Thursday, with the latest rendition of the product packing plenty when it arrives in late January.
Each four-card box will include one autograph, memorabilia, or signed memorabilia card and the checklist will include the return of Roberto Clemente as well as greats like Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio.
Every 15-box case will include two Ultimate Rookie Signatures as well as one Dual, Triple, Quad, Six or Eight autograph card.
The base set consists of 55 veterans (cards numbered to 599), 45 rookies (numbered to 599) and 10 Ultimate Rookie Autographs (numbering varies).
Every case also will include three autographed memorabilia cards and six Ultimate Memorabilia cards that may include Jumbo Jerseys, Bat Barrels, patches and more.
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.