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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Box Busters: 2011 Topps Triple Threads baseball cards
10.11
Join Beckett Baseball’s Chris Olds and Brian Fleischer as they rip into a pair of 2011 Topps Triple Threads boxes in this latest edition of Box Busters.
What will they find inside? Watch and find out …
Box Busters: 2011 ITG Canada vs. The World
10.11
Join Beckett Hockey’s Andrew Tolentino and Tim Trout as they rip into a pair of the latest boxes from In The Game in this latest edition of Box Busters.
What will they find inside? Watch and find out …
http://youtu.be/1mQq2Le05bE
8D Network readies first sports memorabilia auction
10.10
Watch an interview with the 8D Network’s Ed Manguiat above.
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By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
Back in August, we brought you news of the 8D Network‘s soft launch at the National Sports Collectors Convention.
Now, the launch is official as the first auction will launch next month and end in early December. Meanwhile, several athlete’s causes’ websites have been showcased under the 8D umbrella.
For those who don’t know, the 8D Network is a way for athletes to have their causes be found and a portal to help bring the casual fans into the sports memorabilia world while bringing the memorabilia collectors in as well all in once place. If needed, it also offers support for those groups to have websites built.
Next Topps UFC product includes fistographs & more
10.10
By Chris Olds | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor
Collectors often say they want more in a product and in the forthcoming 2012 Topps UFC Knockout they’re going to get just that via the Fistograph.
What’s a Fistograph? It’s an over-sized box-topper that includes not only an autograph but an inked print of a fighter’s fist — you know, an impression of what makes an impression in the sport, albeit typically inside a glove.
Ten different fighters will sign and ink up for the box-toppers in the high-end hobby-exclusive product that will include a hit in every pack and two autographed Relics, two autographs and four Relics in every box. For a look at what else can be found, see a gallery of some cards in the product arriving on Jan. 25 after the jump.
Leaf Metal Ichiro patch autos coming soon
10.10
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
Leaf‘s debut baseball set, 2011 Leaf Metal Draft, is scheduled to arrive this week and it’s going to have some surprises.
As in Ichiro Suzuki autographed patch cards.
Dick Perez takes his Immortals digital
10.10
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
Some of the baseball card world’s most memorable paintings — and hundreds more — are now available at your fingertips as Dick Perez has taken his Immortals book digital.
No, it’s not a virtual baseball card collection — it’s a virtual art collection that’s available in The Immortals – An Art Collection of Baseball’s Best now available as a seven-part electronic series through iTunes and Amazon.com for iPad and iPhone users.
More than 1,400 pieces in oil, watercolor acrylics and more are found in the book with nearly a third of them never published before — all from the artist who became known to the card-collecting masses via Donruss baseball cards for much of the 1980s.
Monday morning collector: NFL Week 5
10.10
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. Victor Cruz, Alex Smith and Andy Dalton round out our selections for NFL Week 5. Here’s why …
Al Davis’ legacy not reflected on many cards
10.08
By Chris Olds | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor
Al Davis, the controversial owner of the Oakland Raiders and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died on Saturday. He was 82.
A maverick owner whose mantra was “Just win, baby,” Davis built a franchise with an iconic silver- and- black-laced image — one that won three Super Bowls and four conference titles. In the last 15 years, though, his team had just three winning seasons.
Although he was not a player, he was an assistant coach, head coach, GM, owner and the AFL’s commissioner during a life lived in football. He also was a character — and that has led to 15 trading card appearances through the years, according to the Beckett.com database.
Weekly Highlights (Oct. 3 – Oct. 7)
10.07
This week in sensational SuperCollectors
- Find yourself on Facebook: The Beckett Media SuperCollector gallery
- Eric Juhl’s collecting dreams have come true, and so can yours
This week in college football rivalries
- Upper Deck prevents paper-cut massacre by not yet releasing Texas, OU card sets
- Beckett Football‘s Andrew Tolentino puts forth a friendly challenge for Sooner fans Read More
YouTube lip syncher makes mark with MLB teams
10.07
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
From the Just For Fun file …
If you don’t know who Keenan Cahill is, you’ve probably been living under a rock — or at least not spending a lot of time on YouTube recently.
For those who don’t know Cahill’s story, he’s a 15-year old Illinois high-schooler who suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Mucopolysaccaridosis, a metabolic affliction that stunts growth and physical abilities. Despite this, he’s become a bit of a viral phenomenon with more than 300 million views of his lip-synching videos on YouTube — popularity that has had him in videos with 50 Cent, Katy Perry, Jennifer Aniston, The Miz and many more celebs.
It’s also a feel-good kind of story that has touched on the world of Major League Baseball. Watch the clip above for a rather surreal performance from Cahill and a certain eccentric member of the San Francisco Giants, a video that’s been viewed more than 2.5 million times, itself.