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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Box Busters: 2011 TRISTAR Obak football cards
09.21
Join Beckett Football’s Dan Hitt and Andrew Tolentino as they rip into a box of 2011 TRISTAR Obak football cards in this latest edition of Box Busters.
What will they find inside? Watch and find out …
Box Busters: 2011 Timeless Treasures football cards
09.21
Join Beckett Football’s Dan Hitt and Andrew Tolentino as they rip into a pair of 2011 Timeless treasures boxes in this latest edition of Box Busters.
What will they find inside? Watch and find out …
Box Busters preview: 2011 Timeless Treasures Football
09.21
By Andrew Tolentino | Football Editor
In a soon-to-post Box Busters episode, collectors can watch a two-tin break of 2011 Timeless Treasures Football. But before that, we fired up a scanner to preview Panini America’s new, six-card-per-pack pigskin product.
As the gallery (from a single tin) indicates, the hits are consistent, but their magnitude is a little less stable. More often than not though, “hit or miss” is the best way to describe a low-quantity$100 gamble like this one. Greats like Red Grange, Jim Thorpe and Troy Aikman headline the brand new brand, but their cards aren’t (and shouldn’t be expected) in every pack.
What appears on a Panini video card, anyway? (w/poll)
09.21
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By Chris Olds | Beckett Basketball Editor
Not long ago, the idea of a video trading card arrived with a lot of noise.
Since then, particularly since their arrival, there’s only been one noise — cha-ching! – as the Panini HRX cards have commanded some serious cash at times on the secondary market.
Vintage: Does what’s new define what’s old? (w/poll)
09.20
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor | Commentary
What’s vintage?
The answer to that might vary depending on how old you are or when you started collecting. Or, it might vary depending on what you collect.
To me, that’s an interesting thought.
Our next issue of Beckett Sports Card Monthly is going to focus on many things vintage, and that prompted some deep thoughts — I’m wondering when/if the definition of vintage might change for the hobby.
Leaf Poker is on the way with new autograph inserts
09.20
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Contributing Editor
Poker as a sport? Maybe.
But poker in trading card form gets no argument.
Leaf is coming out with its latest poker release next month, updating last year’s set with new inserts that should delight poker fans.
The Texas Longhorns are coming to cardboard
09.20
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Contributing Editor
One of the most iconic teams in college football history will be memorialized in trading cards next month.
Upper Deck is releasing a set dedicated to the University of Texas Longhorns featuring memorable figures such as Colt McCoy, Darrell Royal, Earl Campbell, Priest Holmes, Vince Young, Ricky Williams and plenty of others.
Your turn: Obsessin’ over Ovechkin
09.20
By Andrew Tolentino | Hockey Editor
In preparation for the forthcoming issue of Beckett Hockey, we’re brewing our own list of reasons that justify all the obsessin’ over Alex Ovechkin. But we wanted to turn the microphone over to his loyal hobby fans as well.
Is it his visor? His Rookie Card from 2005-06 The Cup? His I’m-not-afraid-to-lose-a-tooth-or-two grill? Leave us a comment explaining why he’s your player, and who knows — your words might appear in the Top 10 reader reasons section featured in the November issue.
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Entrepreneur John Rogers knows the worth of a few pictures – and it’s good business
09.20
Details on how you can own this framed Conlon Collection print of "Shoeless" Joe Jackson can be found in the upcoming Vintage Issue of Beckett Sports Card Monthly, which arrives next month.
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
The old saying is that a picture’s worth 1,000 words, but John Rogers knows that they can be a bit more valuable than that.
So he’s made them his business.
The Arkansas entrepreneur is a noted collector — he paid $1.62 million for a Honus Wagner T206 card in 2008 — but the next step for him was to own the original pieces that have made a few baseball cards in the past but really are items that have helped shape something much more impressive, something more indelible.
History.
New Steiner items commemorate Rivera’s MLB record
09.20
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera now sits atop the all-time saves list with 602 — and counting — and that means one thing.
It means that Steiner Sports is sitting pretty with plenty of Rivera commemorative items already up for grabs for baseball fans with game-used memorabilia from the history-making game on the way soon as well. Steiner has the rights to handle all licensed products for Rivera’s record, including caps and t-shirts, as well as its autographed and game-used products related to the record.