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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Soon-to-shelve slideshow: 2011 Prestige Football
05.18
By Andrew Tolentino | Football Editor
Tired of lockout gridlock? Football cards are here to help.
In just about a week’s time — on May 25 — football fans can get their hands on the earliest Rookie Cards of the season. Panini America’s 2011 Prestige Football is slated to hit shelves next week — no matter the NFL lockout.
Known for being one of the hobby’s earliest sources for the Rookie Card race, Prestige is a product that sets the tone for what’s to come on cardboard. Its maker — in another act of reassurance — recently unveiled a massive gallery of actual card scans and other signs of NFL livelihood.
From the looks of it, Prestige will hit shelves with an ample amount of autographs, materials and other highlights — even if the stars don’t play a single down.
Behold what collectors will be holding shortly after the jump. Read More
Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew loses cancer battle
05.17
By Chris Olds | Baseball Editor
Baseball Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew lost an ongoing battle with esophageal cancer on Tuesday. He was 74.
Killebrew played 22 seasons in the big leagues — 21 of those for the Washington Senators and Minnesota Twins before he played a single season for the Kansas City Royals in 1975. He was known for his tape-measure home runs — earning him the nickname “Killer” — and he hit 573 round-trippers in his career, which placed him fifth on the career list at the end of his career.
Today, Killebrew still ranks 11th.
Elected to the Hall of Fame in 1984, Killebrew was a 13-time All-Star and the 1969 American League MVP after he hit a career-high 49 home runs and drove in 140 for the Twins. He appeared in just one World Series in 1965 when his Twins lost to the Dodgers.
Killebrew hit 40 or more home runs eight times in his career, a total second only to Babe Ruth, and it’s Killebrew’s stance that is said to have inspired the silhouetted batter on the MLB logo.
On cardboard, Killebrew appeared on 2,853 different cards during his lifetime, including 813 different certified autograph cards. He appears on 1,213 different memorabilia cards made through the years but has just one Rookie Card, which is in the 1955 Topps set. It typically can be found for $250 or less.
His most recent autograph cards signed in larger quantities can be found in the 2010 Panini Century Collection product, which included many Hall of Famers and retired baseball stars alongside astronauts and other celebrities.
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.
First 2011 Bowman Harper autograph sale tops $1,000
05.17
By Chris Olds | Baseball Editor
There will be plenty of big pricetags attached to the autograph cards of 18-year-old Washington Nationals prospect Bryce Harper in the coming days as his highly sought-after first Nationals autographs are found in 2011 Bowman.
Like this one, for example, that is attached to a card that was not announced but was found in packs.
However, the only pricetags that matter — and the only ones that count in the price guides — are actual sales, and the first copy of Harper’s autograph sold on Monday night in advance of the product’s release on Wednesday.
How much?
Ripping Retail: 2011 Bowman baseball blaster boxes
05.16
Join Beckett Baseball‘s Chris Olds as he rips into some 2011 Bowman baseball blaster boxes in this latest edition of Ripping Retail.
What will he find inside? Watch and find out in Part 1 above.
Look for Part 2 — after the jump.
How many Bryce Harper cards will he find? Find out …
Box Busters: 2011 Topps UFC Title Shot
05.16
Join Beckett Media’s Andrew Tolentino and Bryan Hornbeck as they rip into a pair of 2011 Topps UFC Title Shot boxes in this latest edition of Box Busters.
What will they find inside? Watch and find out …
Collecting 101: Get your questions about the hobby answered in the next BSCM
05.16
Do you have any questions about the hobby — easy or hard — that you’d like answered in the next issue of Beckett Sports Card Monthly?
We’re prepping the “Collecting 101″ issue, which will be an issue that lays out a lot of the basics of collecting as well as answer other questions.
Leave them in a comment below and they just might get answered in the next issue.
Weekly Highlights (May 9 – May 13)
05.13
Redemption announcements of the week
- Wrappers and readiness in 2011 Press Pass Legends Football (plus, a walking dolphin!)
- In The Game offers redemption recompense for Masked Men Emerald error
Box Busters
- 2011 Topps Gypsy Queen Baseball
- 2011 Topps Attax Baseball
- 2010-11 Pinnacle Hockey
- 2011 Leaf U.S. Army All-American Bowl Football
First Pricing
This week in greeting cards, lawsuits and other MARVELs
- Short Punch cards pack a punch in greeting cards
- Upper Deck cuts up classic comics for Marvel Beginnings set
- Panini America sues Art of the Game … over a few things
- Steiner Sports + Amar’e Stoudemire = B.F.F.
R.I.P. Bill Gallo
ITG offers two Emerald Masked Men redemptions
05.13
By Andrew Tolentino | Hockey Editor
Following In The Game‘s announcement and apology about incorrectly-serial-numbered Masked Men III Emerald cards, the company announced a redemption program this week.
The first public statement served to clarify that these Between the Pipes inserts are actually limited to 340— and not 1/1 as the cards would indicate. However, in an effort to give collectors some cardboard recompense, In The Game presented not one, but two new deals.
Details and mailing information after the jump. Read More
Press Pass reveals wrapper opportunity, other ready redemptions in 2011 Legends
05.13
By Andrew Tolentino | Football Editor
Not that its latest football line lacks redeeming qualities, Press Pass recently unveiled its wrapper redemption program and some significant signature news for 2011 Legends collectors. Just now hitting shelves, the early-season favorite is filling out right on time.
What might your wrappers warrant? Press Pass Director of Product Development Nick Matijevich explains:
“With the economy still in the process of turning around, and collectors looking to get the most value for their money, we have decided to deliver an exclusive bonus auto of Daniel Thomas to collectors who send in 18 opened wrappers, while supplies last.”
Why tout Thomas?
“With the Dolphins trading up to get him in the second round and their two current running backs entering free agency, it appears as though he will be a starter from Day 1, so we expect these cards to be highly sought-after.”
Assuming that this Dolphin can truly move on the ground (hopefully, better than this), collectors could end up kicking themselves if they miss this opportunity.
Here’s how to avoid that shoulda-coulda-woulda scenario:
- Get your hands on 18 2011 Press Pass Legends wrappers (buying a box is easier than dumpster diving)
- Legibly print or type your first and last name, mailing address, email address and phone number on a 3″ x 5″ index card
- Stuff all of the above inside a mailer of your choice and address it to:
Press Pass Inc.
Dept. 11 Press Pass Legends FB Wrapper Redemption
9115 Harris Corners Parkway, Suite 200
Charlotte, N.C. 28269 - Mail it ASAP to beat the “while-supplies-last” curve.
But before you go trapsing off to the post office though, you might want to double check your box for a few redemption autographs — now ready for fulfillment.
Low-condition classic comics become cut cards in new Upper Deck Marvel Beginnings set
05.13
By Chris Olds | BSCM Editor
Take one single and expensive item … and cut it into many pieces to make cards.
Sports fans are probably used to this idea since many a piece of history has been cut up in the past, but one of the latest products from Upper Deck takes low-condition — yet still expensive — comic books and turns them into collectibles that can be owned by many instead of just one.
That means we can all potentially own a piece of issue No. 2 of The Amazing Spider-Man — a book that would cost several thousand dollars in top condition – or perhaps one of several other issues from that title … or perhaps issue No. 181 of Daredevil, which features the death of Elektra.
These Ultimate Panel Focus cards can be found in packs of 2011 Marvel Beginnings, which is in stores now. The cards have fetched as much as $80 a pop in online auctions and there are just 554 total cards made, each technically one-of-a-kind cards from particular cut comic books.
How do the comic book fans among us feel about that? Should be an interesting reaction — after all, many a sports collector still reacts harshly to the notion of rare memorabilia getting the chopping-block treatment before being placed into cards. Yet, at the same time, the allure of a cool card is obvious, too.
Before you make up your mind where you stand, though, watch this behind-the-scenes video from Upper Deck …
Now that you have seen the comic’s condition — and learned about the process — let us know what you think.
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.