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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Sneak peek: Upcoming Topps products’ wax boxes
09.20
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
Topps has plenty of baseball and football products to come for the rest of this year, and it has released teaser images of precisely what some of those products’ wax boxes will look like.
There’s always a bit of curiosity about who might appear on, say, the box for a flagship product, and while Robinson Cano and Joe Mauer were the stars of 2011 Topps Series 1 and 2 boxes, the forthcoming 2011 Topps Update ups the ante with three pretty big names in the baseball world — Derek Jeter, Albert Pujols and Ichiro Suzuki.
What else is in store — and will be in hobby shops soon? Find out after the jump.
Moneyball is almost here … and collecting the movie’s memorabilia won’t be too tough
09.19
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor | Commentary
The economics of Major League Baseball are set to play out on the big screen on Friday with Moneyball, and it’s almost fitting that there’s been a surge in interest for some of the baseball cards for some of the biggest names involved as well as some of the memorabilia involved.
A small surge of interest — one befitting a small-market team with a small cashflow. We can all relate to that, right?
We’ll find out this weekend whether this latest sports movie — with Brad Pitt playing Oakland A’s GM Billy Beane — cashes in at the box office, but here’s a look at some of the stuff you can collect. You know … some of the cards, items and other pieces of memorabilia relating to the film.
Box Busters: 2011 Topps Chrome baseball cards
09.19
Join Beckett Baseball’s Chris Olds and Brian Fleischer as they rip into a pair of 2011 Topps Chrome boxes in this latest episode of Box Busters.
What will they find inside? Watch and find out …
Dominion vs. The Cup: Comment to win
09.19
By Andrew Tolentino | Hockey Editor
Some contests are bigger than others. This one, for instance, is big — very big.
At this point, both highest-of-high-end 2010-11 hockey products (Panini’s Dominion and Upper Deck’s The Cup) are now on shelves. But the two P.K. Subban cards seen in the poster and below aren’t. After landing the stunning Subbans in respective boxes of each premium product, we decided to dream up this opinion-based opportunity for two lucky collectors.
Monday morning collector: NFL Week 2
09.19
By Dan Hitt | Sports Data Publishing Manager
Every Monday morning throughout the NFL season, we’ll select a rookie, a veteran and a breakout player of the week and provide a rundown on why collectors should take notice. Denarius Moore, Tom Brady and Matt Stafford round out our selections for NFL Week Two.
Steve Delabar’s first cards came long before debut
09.19
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
Steve Delabar. If you don’t know the name, don’t worry — you’re not alone.
But if you’re still watching the Seattle Mariners this time of year, you probably know him as a rookie pitcher who made his big-league debut last week. Again, if you’re not familiar there’s no reason to panic — he merely pitched a scoreless inning of relief for the last-place Mariners against the Kansas City Royals in that first game and picked up his first big-league win three days later with another scoreless inning. This time, it was against the New York Yankees.
But what makes Delabar interesting?
First look: 2011 Topps Five Star Football
09.19
By Andrew Tolentino | Football Editor
Topps Five Star Football is back. Returning to defend its title, the reigning football product of the year is scheduled to make its sophomore debut in mid February, 2012.
Ultra-premium 2011 Topps Five Star Football headlines the manufacturer’s greatest of gridiron offerings with four on-card autographs and one jumbo jersey or patch card per pack. Of course, this information merely scratches the surface for high-end hobbyists and cardboard whale hunters.
More details and a first-glance opinion poll after the jump.
The Force is strong with this odd MLB-approved piece
09.17
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor | Commentary
“I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror over a Blu-Ray DVD edit,” I thought to myself. “I fear something remarkable has happened for sports fans, though.”
Those were my thoughts when I finally got my hands on a remarkably odd piece of new officially licensed Major League Baseball memorabilia on Saturday while all the other Star Wars geeks around the globe were busy watching their new DVDs.
What is it? It was proof that The Beard is even cool in Carbonite.
Weekly Highlights (Sept. 12 – Sept. 15)
09.16
This week in Panini producing baseball cards
- Panini lands MLBPA baseball card license
- Josh Hamilton has come full circle on trading cards
- Panini reaches its goal faster than expected
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First looks and sneak peeks of the week
- First look: 2011 Plates & Patches Football
- First look: 2011 Topps Precision Football
- Topps adds final four to 2011 Bowman Draft checklist
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Box Busters: 2010-11 Dominion Hockey Cards
09.16
Beckett Media’s Tim Trout and Andrew Tolentino rip into a box/pack of 2010-11 Dominion Hockey. What will they find inside Panini’s highest-of-high-end 2010-11 hockey product? Watch and find out.
Be sure to check out the image gallery after the jump.