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Monthly Archives: July 2010
First look: 2010 Bowman Platinum baseball cards
07.30
Topps released the basic product information and preview images for its newest prospect-laden line, Bowman Platinum, on Friday, a product that carries some high-end possible hits at a lesser price point.
Set to arrive in mid-November, the new line will include two on-card autographed Refractors and one autographed patch card per 24-pack box. Each pack will include three Platinum cards and two Chrome prospect cards.
The Platinum Chrome autographs will all be signed on-card and the checklist includes 48 minor league stars, all with SuperFractors and Printing Plates as well as Red, Blue and Green Refractor parallels. (The most plentiful cards are numbered to 199, while Reds are limited to 10.)
Box Busters: 2010 Press Pass Showcase racing cards
07.29
Join Beckett Media’s Tim Trout and Tracy Hackler as they rip into a box of 2010 Press Pass Showcase racing cards in this latest episode of Box Busters.
What will they find inside the highest of high-end racing sets?
Watch and find out …
Box Busters: 2009-10 National Treasures basketball cards
07.29
Join Beckett Media’s Tracy Hackler and Keith Hower as they rip into a pair of 2009-10 National Treasures boxes from Panini America in this latest episode of Box Busters.
What will they find inside each $400 box?
Watch and find out …
First Look: 2010 Topps Unrivaled Football
07.29
Topps officials on Thursday afternoon released preliminary information and images on 2010 Topps Unrivaled Football, a brand new product due out in mid November delivering two rookie autographs and one patch autograph per box.
The rookie autographs are variations of the 50 base RCs and include Platinum hobby-only 1/1s, Red parallels numbered to 10 and Black parallels numbered to 99. Unrivaled also features the hobby-exclusive Six Sigs Rookies book cards and Quad Rookies four-signature book cards (both #’d to 10).
Unrivaled’s autograph patch card roster consists of a base 60-card Patch Relics insert (40 rookies, 20 veterans) paralleled again by Platinum, Red and Black versions. There are also Jumbo Patches (#’d to 15), Dual Jumbo Relics (#’d to 15) and Dual Jumbo Patches (#’d to 10) enticements.
The 150-card set (including 50 RCs numbered to 999) is joined by seven different base parallels, including the veteran-only Unrivaled parallel (one in six packs), and Platinum and Printing Plate hobby-only 1/1s. The base relic offering includes Unrivaled Triple Relics (one legend, one superstar veteran, one rookie), Rookies, Veterans and Greats versions.
Mandatory, Massive Gallery: 2010 Press Pass Showcase Racing
07.29
The day that racing collectors have been anxiously anticipating for the better part of a year arrived today with the release of 2010 Press Pass Showcase Racing, the heavily anticipated followup to last year’s history-making debut of the most expensive racing product in trading card history.
Showcase’s 2009 premiere was one the most talked-about sports card releases of the year and it lived up to its billing with a stunning ensemble of some of the greatest racing cards ever made. Judging by the massive gallery that follows, it would appear that 2010 Showcase is every bit as alluring.
Showcase’s $225 boxes include three five-card packs, each including one autograph or memorabilia card. The 51-card base set is bolstered by four unique autograph programs, three unique memorabilia programs and five sequentially numbered parallel levels.
For those of you partaking in the Showcase thrill ride in the coming days, enjoy. For those of you who just want to window shop or kick the tires first, feast your eyes on this . . .
Ever wonder how many 1/1 cards have been made?
07.29
I personally love it when a 1/1 is found in a Beckett Box Busters box and “outrage” erupts from a seemingly always agitated few.
Why?
Because the 1/1 is nowhere close to being what it used to be.
Ever wonder how many 1/1s have been made?
Well, I looked up last year’s total — just for baseball.
It will surprise you. Find out how many were made after the jump …
Incoming! New Arrivals for 2009-10 National Treasures Basketball
07.28
Panini America‘s first foray into ultra-high-end basketball card production becomes official one week from today with the release of 2009-10 Playoff National Treasures, a $400-for-eight-cards proposition that guarantees its fair share of thrills among its eight cards per pack.
When the stakes are as high as they are with a hand-packed, super-premium product like this one, card manufacturers will wait until the last possible second to complete pack out in order to squeeze every last card into production.
That, of course, means lots of jaw-dropping jewels featuring lots of superstar players have been creating lots of excitement inside Panini America headquarters in recent days. Jaw-dropping jewels such as . . .
Stephen Strasburg 1/1 Red autograph card sells for $17,000
07.28
The premiere Stephen Strasburg card from 2010 Bowman — his 1/1 Red autograph — sold for $17,000 (not including any additional fees) after 10 bids Wednesday evening in an auction that ran for a good portion of this month with Huggins and Scott.
The Silver Spring, Md.-based company’s auction of the card opened at $9,000 after it was found by a collector in Florida who initially opted for an eBay auction that ended with plenty of bad bids.
The card jumped from $12,000 to $17,000 on its final day, prompting overtime in the auction. It had been set to end at 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time but ended at 11:30 p.m. Eastern as interested bidders were allowed extra time if they remained interested if a bid was placed late.
The card came up short of the highest price paid for a Strasburg card from 2010 Bowman, though this card’s status as a 1/1 autograph clearly trumps the other card.
The Strasburg SuperFractor from 2010 Bowman has been sold twice since it was discovered — on eBay for $16,403 and to Razor Entertainment’s Brian Gray for $21,403.
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.
Upper Deck unveils signed LeBron Heat memorabilia
07.28
Upper Deck released the first glimpses of its new LeBron James autographed Miami Heat memorabilia on Wednesday, a small assortment of items marking The King’s decision to take his talents to South Beach.
The initial assortment from Upper Deck Authenticated includes the autographed photo seen above, limited to 100 pieces, an NBA basketball branded with the Heat logo and, of course, the autographed jersey.
Prices for the items was not announced, but the company pointed interested fans toward UpperDeckStore.com for details to come soon.
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.
Box Busters: 2010 Topps Tribute baseball cards
07.28
Join Beckett Baseball’s Chris Olds and Brian Fleischer as they rip into boxes of the high-end 2010 Topps Tribute baseball card set in this latest edition of Box Busters.
What will they find inside these boxes?
Watch and find out … and you can find out how to win the sweetest cards from these boxes in future issues of Beckett Baseball.