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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Card Gallery: In The Game Superlative Hockey II
04.15
In The Game‘s Superlative Volume II arrives in just 15 days and the ultra high-end product will be rarer than ever but packed with plenty in each of the 2,500 books.
Each will contain one game-used jersey card, one autograph or Auto Plus card, one Superlative Prospect autograph or Auto Plus card, one Superlative Patch, one Auto jersey or Auto Plus card, one Famous Fabrics card and one added insert.
The product will include cards of hockey’s greatest legends as well as today’s stars and prospects.
To view the preliminary checklist, click here.
See the gallery of preview images after the jump.
Jackie Robinson's story is found on countless baseball cards
04.15
Every card has a story.
I’ve written it countless times and it’s still true. Today is an historic anniversary in the history of Major League Baseball and the 2010 Topps Heritage card above (No. 403).
Rather than recap Jackie Robinson‘s place in baseball history, I’ll let this rather affordable ($1 or less) piece of cardboard tell the tale.
Read the card back after the jump.
UFC fan finds dream card and wins free trip to Las Vegas
04.14
UFC fan Alfonso Rodriguez of Melrose Park, Ill., was the first collector to find a triple-autograph card featuring Dana White, Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz in UFC Main Event, Topps announced on Wednesday.
Rodriguez and a guest will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas to be White’s guest at the UFC Training Center where they will tour the gym, meet coaches and contestants from “The Ultimate Fighter Season 12″ and then sit cageside during one of the TUF preliminary matches.
Topps created 10 of these cards, which were randomly inserted into packs. Nine other lucky fans who find the card will receive a pair of UFC gloves signed by the trio. Fans finding the card should e-mail UFCprize@topps.com to claim their prize.
To learn more about this card, click here.
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Box Busters: 2010 Upper Deck Greats of the Game Basketball
04.14
Beckett Basketball‘s ever-grating tandem of Keith Hower and Tracy Hackler explore the fruits of two boxes of 2009-10 Upper Deck Greats of the Game Basketball.
What did they pull? Watch and find out.
Card Gallery: SP Authentic NCAA Football?
04.13
Passionate football card collector Sergio Dubois (beckett user ID Sensei322) brought to our attention last night his fascinating discovery of several gorgeous card images conceivably hailing from an as-yet-unreleased college-football-focused SP Authentic product.
The images provide a generation-spanning visual feast of 2010 rookies and legendary NFL Hall of Famers all decked out in their Saturday best. The result is a stunning display of eye candy steeped in SP Authentic’s aesthetically pleasing design principles.
No word from Upper Deck officials on when — or even if — this product will be released.
Find additional information on these images after the gallery and stay tuned to Beckett.com for additional details.
First look: The New York Yankees World Series rings
04.13
The New York Yankees received their World Series rings during a pre-game ceremony just a bit ago and here’s the first look at the rings via Major League Baseball.
Yankees' World Series championship commemorated on new print
04.13
On the day that the New York Yankees receive their World Series rings, artist Opie Otterstad has unveiled his latest piece, which will be displayed publicly at Pop International Galleries, in the SoHo district of New York City on Saturday.
The 24×36 prints showcase a montage of Yankees images celebrating the team’s record 27th championship. They are limited to 209 hand-signed and numbered copies, which cost is $1,650.
For the past seven years, baseball fans have looked to Otterstad for his panoramic paintings capturing World Series victories — this being the first for the Bronx Bombers in that time.
Showing alongside Otterstad at Pop International will be renowned artist Stephen Holland, who will debut three Yankees portraits — Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Alex Rodriguez.
“The Yankees and their iconic players as painted by Opie and Holland are just as much a part of ‘popular culture art’ as Warhol’s Monroe,” said Pop International co-owner Rick Rounick.
For a closer look at the piece, click on the image above.
Chris Olds is the editor of Beckett Baseball. Have a comment, question or idea? Send an e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com. Follow him on Twitter by clicking here.
Panini Vows Sweeping Changes to Distribution Procedures
04.13
Panini America officials headlined Monday’s first full day of the Sports Collectibles Industry Summit in Las Vegas by announcing sweeping, comprehensive changes to the company’s distribution network.
“These are things we’ve wanted to do for 10 years,” Panini VP Mike Anderson told a room that included more than 100 hobby shop owners. “We are no longer turning a blind eye to the problem that has been killing margins for hobby stores.”
Anderson and Panini hobby sales director Rodney Alsup outlined their plans – slated to launch in the fall – that strives to address one of retailers’ most pressing concerns: Online sellers’ negative impact on brick-and-mortar profit margins and key buyer relationships.
Among Panini’s pledges to an enthusiastic retailer audience at the Summit:
* Re-authorizing all brick-and-mortar hobby shops. Only authorized stores – and potentially, a handful of authorized show retailers – will be able to purchase and sell Panini product directly.
* A dramatically reduced wholesale distribution network. Anderson noted that, currently, as many as 50 entities operate as quasi-wholesalers, through online services such as DealernetB2B, eBay, individual websites or through a sub-distribution sales force. Going forward, Panini will appoint and promote a select number of authorized distributors – perhaps as few as four nationally, Alsup said.
Hobby Roundtable: Examining Upper Deck's NFL news & card licensing changes throughout the industry
04.12
Beckett Media’s Tracy Hackler, Dan Hitt, Chris Olds and Brian Fleischer discuss the changes in the hobby in the wake of Upper Deck’s NFL news late last week in this three-part Hobby Roundtable.
Part 1 is above, while the remaining parts can be found after the jump.
BGS & James Spence Authentication join Wizard Comic Con Tour
04.12
Beckett Grading Services, the industry leader in providing collectors with the finest, most thorough, consistent and accurate grading efforts available, and James Spence Authentication, the foremost autograph authentication company in the world, will be joining the remaining eight-city 2010 Wizard Comic Con Tour with Anaheim, Calif., as the first stop.