06.30
Upper Deck officials on Wednesday offered first glimpses of the history-making 2010 SPx Football release, the first in the brand’s 15-year history not to include NFL logos. Like all of the company’s 2010 football products, SPx will carry exclusive licensing from the Collegiate Licensing Company and an NFL Players license when it arrives in October.
The product includes a 235-card base set (including 35 Rookie Autographed Jersey cards and 50 Rookie Signatures) and is highlighted by Upper Deck’s unique Shadow Box insert cards (including some autographed versions) that will fall one per case.
All rookie autographs will be numbered to 599 or less.
According to UD officials, each box should deliver one Rookie Autographed Jersey card and up to three additional autograph or memorabilia cards per box.
Stay tuned to Beckett.com for additional information on this product.
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06.30
The retail-oriented, venerable entry-level gem known as Score Football is hitting store shelves this week. You can get our first look at the product here. But if you want a cool and exhaustive gallery full of fun, variety, updated images of the top rookies from the 2010 NFL Players Rookie Premiere and just a few autographs, well, keep reading . . .
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06.30
Topps revealed its sixth 2010 Finest Rookie Redemption card on Wednesday, and it’s Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg.
Topps previously announced Marlins outfielder Mike Stanton as No. 5, and that No. 4 was Reds pitcher Mike Leake. Topps’ other releases for the set include Cubs rookie Starlin Castro for rookie No. 3, while info on rookie No. 2 can be found here and rookie No. 1 can be found here.
After five big-league starts, Strasburg holds a 2-2 record with a 2.27 ERA. However, he has struck out 48 and walked seven in approximately 30 innings of work.
Through the rest of the season, Topps will announce the remainder of the players in the 10-card set. Each Finest Master Box includes one Rookie Redemption, which also can be found as Blue Refractors (199 copies) and Gold Refractors (limited to 50).
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.
06.30
The empty wrappers are piling up around the country — and beyond — as Topps‘ always-popular Allen & Ginter baseball card set has arrived.
Here’s a look at some of the autograph and memorabilia cards that collectors have found so far … after the jump.
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06.30
The Red 1/1 autograph of Stephen Strasburg from 2010 Bowman struck out on eBay and is now headed to an auction house.
Huggins & Scott Auctions, which is based in Silver Spring, Md., is working out a deal with the owner of the rare card to sell it in an upcoming auction, according to a story on NBCWashington.com.
The card neared the $1 million mark on eBay but the auction was halted during the weekend as the owner realized that bogus bids were piling up.
Once the deal to sell is signed, the bidding will start at $9,000 and run through the latter half of July.
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.
06.30
Update: At least one copy of the card has been found — a collector pulled one from a box at Odyssey Cards & Comics in Katy, Texas. By 2:45 p.m., there were just three on eBay.
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By CHRIS OLDS | Beckett Baseball | COMMENTARY
There’s no question which cards would be hottest out of the gates as the fifth installment of Topps‘ popular Allen & Ginter baseball card set officially arrives today.
It’s the last-second addition of a Stephen Strasburg mini card — and a redemption card for an autograph.
Both were expected to be short-printed cards, at least the autograph, with the mini card being at least as tough to find as any of the other 350-plus one-per-pack inserts are. (Ever try building that set out of packs? It takes work.)
But, as it turns out, the mini is proving to be a much tougher find.
How tough?
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06.29
Beckett Media’s Keith Hower, Brian Fleischer and Bryan Hornbeck rip into a box of the latest Star Wars product from Topps in this rather Forceful edition of Box Busters.
What will they find?
Watch and find out …
06.29
Another day, another big SuperFractor sale.
One day after the Stephen Strasburg SuperFractor from 2010 Bowman re-sold for $25,000, another 1/1 of a successful pitcher has sold.
This time, it’s a $4,200 copy of Ubaldo Jimenez‘s card from 2007.
“I bought it 2 1/2 years ago for much less,” said Tal Blanchard, who is from Colorado Springs, Colo. “I thought it deserved slightly more. I had $5,000 in mind, but I honestly have gotten a little disillusioned with collectibles lately. I am thinking about liquidating my entire collection in the next few months in favor of more outdoor/exercise pursuits. Just shifting my focus to different things. Still love baseball.”
Blanchard said that he has followed the pitcher since long before his current run at the history books. He is presently at 14-1 with a 1.83 ERA this season and has been on the upsurge in the hobby.
“I have always loved him since they brought him up at the end of ’07,” he said. “And I’m glad he finally has his control issues in check.”
And, like other collectors and those who own SuperFractors, he said he marveled at the Strasburg sales.
“Can’t believe the Strasburg card sold for that much more the second time around,” he said.
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.
06.29
This year’s rendition of Allen & Ginter baseball cards from Topps arrives on Wednesday and this will be the card that everyone is seeking.
It’s Stephen Strasburg’s first packed-out MLB Rookie Card, though it won’t carry an RC designation because it’s only available as a mini insert card. (Inserts, even parallels of RCs, don’t get RC tags.)
Strasburg does not have a standard card in the set because of his late addition to the product.
Read more about Allen & Ginter by clicking here and clicking here for the Box Busters video.
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.
06.29
Officials from Creative Cardboard Concepts recently released an interest-piquing ensemble of cut-signature card images from its three newest products — Ringside Boxing (live last week), Sportkings Series D (live July 15) and Famous Fabrics Second Edition (due out in early August).
The images capture a stunning roster of autographs from some of the greatest names in the history of sports (such as Mickey Mantle, Jim Thorpe, Walter Johnson, John L. Sullivan) as well as civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King Jr.
Stay tuned to Beckett.com for additional information on all three of these products. But for now, enjoy this stunning gallery.
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