06.30
Posted on June 30, 2011 – 8:19 pm | Author: chrisolds
Non-Sports, Pro Wrestling | Bret "Hitman" Hart, Canadiana, Donald Sutherland, Emmanuelle Chriqui, hockey, In The Game, Larry Walker, Manon Rheaume, Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon, Michael J. Fox, non-sports cards, Pamela Anderson, Trish Stratus, William Shatner, wrestling | Comments (2)
By Chris Olds | BSCM Editor
Friday is Canada Day up north, and In The Game‘s latest release will celebrate the country that will be doing some celebrating.
In The Game Canadiana will include a 100-card base set comprised of notable Canadians while the insert lineups will include autographs and memorabilia cards from notable athletes from all sports as well as celebrities from the country.
Among the signers? Pamela Anderson, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Michael J. Fox, Bret “Hitman” Hart, Manon Rheaume, William Shatner, Trish Stratus, Donald Sutherland, Larry Walker, Maurice “Mad Dog” Vachon and many more.
It’s an eclectic mix and some will be first-time signers — Fox, for example, has never had a certified autograph card. (Or at least if one exists it’s not in the Beckett.com database.)
Originally scheduled for release on Friday, the set has been delayed until later in the month as one key signer did not return autographs in time, according to ITG. Each pack will include an autograph, a memorabilia card and an additional insert to make up for the delay.
See more images from the product after the jump. (Click on the images for a closer look.)
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06.30
Posted on June 30, 2011 – 7:54 pm | Author: chrisolds
Non-Sports | 2011 Panini Americana, Americana, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Hayden Panettiere, Heroes, Michael J. Fox, non-sports cards, Pamela Anderson, panini, Selma Blair | Comments (4)
By Chris Olds | BSCM Editor | Commentary
The latest Americana release from Panini America is roughly three weeks away but us fans of the non-sport staple of the last few years can’t help but wonder about what’s about to arrive.
It looks like there will be a slightly lower suggested retail price for the hobby version of the product — just $25 a pack, which will include either an autograph or memorabilia card inside — and one insert set this year has a new look to it and a few names you might not be used to seeing in Americana.
Michael J. Fox, Pamela Anderson, Selma Blair, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Hayden Panettiere and more will be found inside packs of Americana — presumably as autographs, too — but only in the Prime Time Stars insert set that we know of so far.
A few of those inside will be first-time signers, too.
See more cards from the set after the jump.
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06.30
By Chris Olds | Baseball Editor
In the Game made its debut in the baseball market back in February with 2011 Heroes & Prospects Baseball Hits and now it’s ready for a second helping.
This time, it’s 2011 Heroes & Prospects Baseball Series 2 Low Numbers, and it will arrive on Aug. 3 — the opening day of the National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago.
Just like Series 1, there will be five cards per pack — all “hits” that are autographs, memorabilia cards or cut signatures.
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06.30
Beckett Basketball Editor Chris Olds recruits Dallas Mavericks fan and Art Director Eric Knagg to break open a set of the 2011 Panini Mavericks NBA Champs cards in this latest edition of Box Busters.
What will they find inside? How will the Mavs fan react?
Watch and find out …
06.30
By Chris Olds | Baseball Editor
It started a decade ago when an eventual Hall of Famer spotted his autograph at a team store in a stadium.
Only problem? The autograph wasn’t real.
From that initially embarrassing moment came an authentication program that has documented more than three million pieces in the last 10 years, assuring that your collecting dollars go to something that’s real – autographed or game-used, not forged or pulled off the store shelf.
Beckett Baseball recently caught up with Michael Posner, the MLB Authentication Program Manager, for a trip down Memory Lane and to revisit some of the basics of the program for newcomers to the hobby.
So, who was the Hall of Famer?
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06.28
Join Beckett Media’s Andrew Tolentino and Bryan Hornbeck as they rip into a box of 2011 Panini Michael Jackson cards in this latest episode of Box Busters.
What did they find? Watch and find out … and see what you can win.
06.28
Every once in a while, a letter in the ol’ mailbag stands out … this is one of those letters.
Chris,
I visited the Tristar Card Show in Houston on Saturday where I purchased a hobby box of 2011 Bowman from one of my favorite dealers. I returned home and sat down to open it hoping I could get much closer to completing the set. Like everyone else, I dreamed of a magical moment of pulling a Bryce Harper Auto. Well, that didn’t happen. What did happen was very strange and amazing! I pulled not one or two autos, but six autos! I am not kidding. I pulled six autograph cards! I pulled the following:
Blake Forsythe #BCP81 Blue Refractor Auto 145/150
Greg Halman Base set RC #198 Auto
Lars Anderson Base set #192 Refractor Auto 314/500
Sean Coyle #BCP100 Refractor Auto 015/500
Dee Gordon #BCP80 Blue Refractor Auto 075/150
Wagner Mateo #BCP88 Auto
Have you ever heard of such a thing? Did Topps just mess up making me the beneficiary of their mistake? Or was this intentional? It seems very strange to me. What do you think?
– Randall, Humble, Texas
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A box like this is a gift, but it’s definitely not intentional. The typical Bowman box should deliver one autograph. You got half of a case. Does this mean that five other boxes were shorted? Let’s hope not. Sometimes, at the end of a packaging run, it’s not unheard of for packs to get packed out regardless of odds. However, it doesn’t happen often. — Chris Olds
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