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Monthly Archives: August 2011
First look: 2011-12 UD NHL Black Diamond
08.19
By Andrew Tolentino | Hockey Editor
Marching right along into the 2011-12 hockey season, Upper Deck leaked a sneak peek at its December-dropping NHL Black Diamond product.
Features like flashy Lustrous Rookies and appropriately named Championship rings cards carry brand appeal in nuance, while other signature elements shine with a new finish. The jersey cards seen here, for instance, offer something different for the material set builder.
We’re not quite clear on how many pairings there are, but these Capitals cards (when coupled) align to spell “Washington” — a simple, but handsome hobby puzzle.
Black Diamond comes five cards per pack, 24 packs per box (plus an advertised “bonus,” which means 25) and yields the following, on average … Read More
First look: 2011 Gridiron Gear Football
08.19
By Andrew Tolentino | Football Editor
Promising more Rookie Gridiron Gems than in previous years, Panini America‘s 2011 Gridiron Gear will arrive to the pleasure of pullers in mid November.
The manufacturer revealed information today regarding the influx of these now numbered-to-349, eight-per-case Rookie Cards and more about the upcoming release.
Through 18 packs, a box of 2011 Gridiron Gear should yield:
- Two autographs limited to 349 or less
- Two memorabilia cards numbered to 299 or less
- 18 Rookie Cards
- Nine other inserts or parallels Read More
Nick Matijevich leaving Press Pass after five years
08.19
By Chris Olds | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor
Long-time Press Pass employee Nick Matijevich is leaving the company effective today, according to an email he sent to hobby industry members and athlete representatives this morning.
“After five years at Press Pass and 11 years in the trading card industry, the time has come for me to move on to pursue other endeavors,” he wrote. “With that said, today will be my last day at the company.”
Matijevich was most recently the director of product development at Press Pass. He previously worked at Donruss as a brand manager. Press Pass’ Tom Farrell will assume some of the duties previously handled by Matijevich.
“I have greatly enjoyed working with each of you over the years,” he wrote, “and hope that our paths will cross again at some point in the future.”
Chris Olds is the editor of Beckett Baseball magazine. Have a comment, question or idea? Send an email to him at colds@beckett.com. Follow him on Twitter by clicking here.
First look: 2012 Topps baseball (updated)
08.18
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
Topps unveiled the design for its 2012 flagship baseball card set on Thursday — the first look at what the company promised would be a “game-changer” of a year for the company’s products.
It looks like it will first attempt that with gold.
New this year is the Golden Giveaway, a successor to the Diamond Giveaway, which will allow collectors to unlock, you guessed it, cards with gold embedded into them. Code cards call one every six packs and will have a chance to unlock Golden Moments die-cut cards, Chrome parallels of those cards and virtual coins that can add up to win prizes. Also to be found are autographed gold coin cards, which will be limited to just five copies apiece along with 1/1 gold-embedded Golden Moments die-cut Chromes.
Series 1 will include one autograph or Relic in every 36-pack hobby box when it arrives on Feb. 1, while each HTA Jumbo box will include autograph and two Relics in each.
Box Busters: 2011 Topps football cards
08.18
Join Beckett Football’s Andrew Tolentino and Dan Hitt as they rip into a box of 2011 Topps football cards in this latest edition of Box Busters.
What will they find inside? Watch and find out …
Voices from the 2011 NSCC: ‘What do you collect?’
08.18
By Andrew Tolentino | BSCM Editor
Nearing the two-week mark since the 2011 National Sports Collectors Convention came to a close, I’m going through a withdrawal period … and I don’t think I’m alone here.
Reliving the experience through the “Voices from the Show” video series, I felt it would be selfish to hoard an extended National narrative — one final fix until next year — on my hard drive. Better yet, it’s something more meaningful than bonus footage.
Armed with a camera, and probably to the annoyance of many attendees, I prodded fellow show-goers with one simple question — What do you collect?
And I couldn’t be happier with each and every reaction.
Each response — spanning sports, players, generations and genres — adds to the rhythm of the hobby’s heartbeat. This is but a mere glimpse at what motivates the hobby core.
First look: 2011 Bowman Sterling baseball cards
08.18
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
Topps unveiled the first looks and basic product information for 2011 Bowman Sterling on Thursday, giving collectors the first glimpses at the first cards of 2011 draft picks Trevor Bauer, Dante Bichette Jr. and more.
Sterling will pack two autographs, one Relic one Rookie Card and one prospect card in every pack when it arrives on Dec. 21.
Every six-pack box will include 12 autographs, six USA Baseball or rookie Relics, one dual autograph limited to 299 or fewer copies as well as one dual-Relic box topper also limited to 299 or less.
New to the brand will be Canary Diamond 1/1s, while the typical array of Refractors (Red, Purple, Black, Gold and standard) will be included for the prospects autographs and for the dual autographs.
The USA Baseball presence in the product will include players from the Collegiate National and 18U National teams, while also in the set will be MLB Rookie Cards of Eric Hosmer, Dustin Ackley, Mike Moustakas and more.
Box Busters: 2011 Sweet Spot football cards
08.18
Join Beckett Football’s Dan Hitt and Andrew Tolentino as they rip into a pair of 2011 Sweet Spot football boxes in this latest edition of Box Busters.
What will they find inside? Watch and find out …
Upper Deck unveils 2011 College Football Legends
08.18
By Andrew Tolentino | Football Editor
By way of its Facebook page, Upper Deck recently delivered details concerning its 2011 College Football Legends line.
The California-based card company posted a 15-image gallery (with room to grow) and described the brand through configuration and college football figureheads. In what looks to be one of the best NCAA products of the season, College Football Legends highlights the history of the game in late November.
Each 20-pack box (five cards per pack) offers a total of three hard-signed autographs — aptly autographed by legends like Troy Aikman, Dan Marino, Paul Hornung, John Elway, Barry Sanders and more. The set also features 26 cards showcasing Earl Campbell, Andre Ware, Cam Newton among other former Heisman Trophy winners.
Arriving in the midst of another NCAA season, the nostalgic brand is headlined by a number of autographed inserts, including … Read More
Behold … the greatest baseball card ever made
08.17
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor | Commentary
If it seemed quiet around here this week, it’s because I’ve been neck-deep in the trenches researching items for stories to be found in the upcoming Sports Movies Issue of Beckett Sports Card Monthly.
It’s consisted of a lot of writing, a lot of emails, talking to Hollywood types on the phone about props for the movie Moneyball, watching Disney cartoons — you know, the usual kind of stuff. (Oh, and baseball cards, too — you’ll see the results soon.)
But I found a little bit of me-time on Monday evening while doing some heavy database searching of Beckett.com when I discovered what is quite possibly the greatest baseball card ever made. In nearly 25 years of collecting, I had never seen the card before. I had no clue that it even existed until I randomly discovered it in a search for “Bill Murray” on Beckett.com while compiling some highlight-worthy cards of actors who also have appeared on collectibles.
I did a double-take when I saw its listing.
“Nah, can’t be,” I said to myself. “That’s a pretty common name.”
There were other Bill Murrays to be found — a trainer who did a tour of duty down on the farm has cards, too — but I did some research and found that this really was a card of, well, you know who.
It’s a 1988 Salt Lake Trappers Team Issue card of Bill Murray — yes, that Bill Murray — if you can’t tell from the ever-so-slightly Murray-esque photo. (It just needs a bit more … how do I say it, disheveled flair?)
“That’s Carl Spackler … Peter Venkman,” I thought, shaking off mental cobwebs of a long day before some I-must-have-it adrenaline kicked in.
But here on Beckett.com, on card No. 29 of the 1988 Trappers set, he’s just Bill Murray, owner.