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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Monday Morning Collector: Week 6
10.17
By Dan Hitt | Sports Data Publishing Manager
Every Monday morning throughout the NFL season, we’ll select our rookie, veteran and breakout players of the week and provide a run down on why collectors should take notice.
Here are our selections for Week 6, which include Andy Dalton, John Beck and Ahmad Bradshaw.
Dan Wheldon appears on few cards, diecasts
10.16
By Chris Olds | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor
Former IRL IndyCar champion and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died in a crash at the IndyCar season finale in Las Vegas on Sunday. He was 33.
Wheldon, who made his debut in 2002, won 16 races during his career and the 2005 series title. The accident happened just 11 laps into the event, which was called off after the multi-car wreck.
He appears on just 15 items in the Beckett.com database — just seven of those cards. His lone widely issued trading cards came in the 2007 Rittenhouse IRL set, which included his Rookie Card (above) and his only certified autograph card.
What’s on your Hobby Holiday Wish List?
10.14
By Andrew Tolentino | BSCM Editor
Want to see your name in the coming Holiday Gift Guide issue of Beckett Sports Card Monthly?
Without the trouble of sitting in the lap of some stranger at the mall, this is an opportunity to share what you’re hoping to get (or give) this holiday season. Sure, it’s a little early — considering that Halloween hasn’t even happened yet. But we’re curious as to what products, cards, players, teams and other memorabilia might be on present-inclined collector wish lists.
Comment with your name, where you live (city and state) and what hobby gifts you’re wishing for or recommending this season. We’ll print a few holiday desires from below in Beckett Sports Card Monthly, and who knows?
Your wishes just might come true.
First look: 2012 Topps Heritage (with poll)
10.14
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
Topps formally unveiled the latest chapter in its annual throwback staple, Topps Heritage, on Friday, assuring us all that when the calendar moves forward to 2012 the throwback calendar will, too.
Just like in 1962, replacing the wood-bordered cards will be a colorful multi-image release with bright fronts, bright cardboard stock and even more colorful card backs than those found on the ’62 design.
Each 24-pack hobby box of Heritage will include one autograph or Relic card when it arrives on March 14.
Read more — and let us know what you think with our poll after the jump.
Ripping Retail Retro: A 1990s basketball break
10.13
Join Beckett Basketball’s Chris Olds as he rips into six packs of a favorite brand of many NBA collectors back in 1992-93 in this latest edition of Ripping Retail.
What’s he opening? What will he find inside? Watch and find out …
LeBron James’ first football cards are here … sort of
10.13
By Andrew Tolentino | Football Editor
“Former NBA star LeBron James leads a Miami Dolphins dream team to a stunning Super Bowl loss.”
Wouldn’t that sentence be so poetically sublime for the throngs of King James critics out there?
Hate him or love him, one of basketball’s biggest names is making recent headlines for publicly flirting with the idea of playing in the NFL — one league that managed to resolve its lockout in a timely fashion.
In the interest of speculation and downright fun, Panini America definitely went there with a pair of theoretical Rookie Cards.
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Prized Pulls: Share & Comment to win
10.13
Want a shot at one piece of hobby sweetness seen here?
No problem. In no particular order, complete the following steps for a chance to win …
- Find the link to this news item on the Beckett Media Facebook page and “Share” it.
- Comment here, on the Beckett.com news item itself with your name, email address and the item you want. Please note: If your Facebook name is, for whatever reason, different from the name you’ve posted with your comment, please include your other alias to confirm your identity.
Plain and simple, that’s it. The only catch is that you must complete both steps to be eligible for the item you selected. Next Monday, we’ll cross-reference the Facebook “Shares” with the comments here, and then we’ll randomly select a winner for each prize, respectively (seen in greater detail after the jump). Good luck! Read More
Box Busters: 2011 Topps Update baseball cards
10.12
Join Beckett Baseball’s Chris Olds and Brian Fleischer as they rip into a box of 2011 Topps Update baseball cards in this latest edition of Box Busters.
What will they find inside? Watch and find out …
Box Busters: 2011 Topps Prime football cards
10.12
Join Beckett Football’s Dan Hitt and Andrew Tolentino as they rip into a pair of 2011 Topps Prime boxes in this latest edition of Box Busters.
What will they find inside? Watch and find out …
Topps adds Eric Hosmer, Dustin Ackley autographs to 2011 Bowman Chrome (with full checklist)
10.11
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
While Matt Moore was a previously announced addition, Topps confirmed on Tuesday that he’s not the only big-name rookie who will appear on autographed cards in the forthcoming 2011 Bowman Chrome baseball card set.
Also inked up and ready to be found are American League Rookie of the Year candidates Dustin Ackley of the Seattle Mariners and Eric Hosmer of the Kansas City Royals.
Their autographs will be one of several found inside boxes of Bowman Chrome when it arrives next week with yet another Chrome auto of a highly touted prospect you might have heard of inside them, too, Bryce Harper.
Get a full checklist of the product’s inclusions after the jump.