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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Press Pass releases schedule for 2012
11.14
Update: Added shipping dates added Dec. 6.
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Contributing Editor
Press Pass is releasing a slew of new products for the 2012 racing card season. The company has come out with a preview list of its product line for next year and included are some non-sports titles as well at least three new racing products.
New products means some favorites are off the calendar for now, but Press Pass is trying something different for NASCAR and racing collectors.
Biggest Busts: Which rookies did you FAIL with?
11.14
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
The next issue of Beckett Sports Card Monthly will take a look at Rookie Cards — you know, the cards who make the collecting world go round.
But for every can’t-miss guy there are countless who do … and we want to hear your prospecting horror stories (any sport).
What rookie/prospect did you go wrong with — and how many cards did you hoard?
Include your name and location with your answer and it will be included in a collection of replies showcased in the issue.
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.
Monday Morning Collector: NFL Week 10
11.14
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. Denarius Moore, John Skelton and Tom Brady round out our selections for NFL Week 10. Here’s why…
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Photos from the Expo: Day Three
11.13
We’re busy wrapping up on the last day at the Toronto Fall Expo, but we wouldn’t dare leave you without any parting images — specifically the few shots of Gordie Howe we managed to snap as he walked towards the autograph pavilion.
Stay tuned to Beckett.com in the coming days for plenty more interviews, photos, videos and other media from the Expo.
Voices from the Expo: A game of NHL Spot It!
11.13
One of the two main brains behind CSE Games, Fabio Del Rio invited us over to play a round of the company’s latest and greatest. Watch as Beckett Media’s Misti Floyd takes on her younger opponent in mind-bending NHL Spot It!
Pulling with everyday people: Rob the hot dog guy
11.13
By Andrew Tolentino | Hockey Editor
One of the hardest working vendors at the show, Rob the hot dog guy took the time to open a few packs of cards from now and then. Although he has been selling his sausages, dogs and other bun-able meats at the Expo for a few years in a row now, he hadn’t opened a pack in 30 years — until this weekend.
Check out his reunion with O-Pee-Chee and a few other Upper Deck products in this episode of Pulling with Everyday People.
Photos from the 2011 Toronto Fall Expo: Day two
11.12
From the usual show suspects to your run of the mill Britney Spears back tattoos, this is the ongoing gallery from day two at the 2011 Toronto Fall Expo.
Voices from the expo: CuJo SuperCollector Sighting
11.12
Collector, goalie, and all-around standup Canadian Connie Craig came by the Beckett booth to see if we had the SuperCollector issue of Sports Card Monthly on hand. She was featured in the magazine as a Curtis Joseph SuperCollector.
Check out our interview to see just how much CuJo cred she has.
ITG’s Brian Price & the All-Star Jersey evolution
11.12
By Andrew Tolentino | Hockey Editor
In The Game president Dr. Brian Price takes us deep into hockey’s past with a stout selection from his personal collection. On display from Nov. 11 through Nov. 13 at the Toronto Fall Expo, his jersey exhibit traces the NHL All-Star Game back to its origins in 1934 with the Ace Bailey benefit game.
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Voices from the Expo: Allan Levine from ITG Land
11.12
In The Game’s Allan Levine gives us a walking tour of one of, if not the largest booths at the show. In fact, it’s so big that the company has claimed the space as “In The Game Land” for the duration of the Fall Expo.