12.23
By Chris Olds | Beckett Basketball Editor
Panini America‘s offered the first looks and basic product information for its first NBA product of the 2011-12 card season Friday, and it’s a high-end return to the court made up of three past favorites.
It’s 2011 Preferred basketball, and it’s comprised of cards echoing three past products in the company’s portfolio — Panini’s Choice (a nod to Cramer’s Choice from the Pacific days), Crown Royale Silhouettes and Donruss Signatures. In fact, it’s a “three-brand” product without “base” cards at all as every card in the set is autographed except for a selection of booklet cards.
Set to arrive in late-February, this $200-per-pack product will include three autographed cards and one six- or eight-piece booklet card in every pack.
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12.23
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Contributing Editor
Many basketball fans are going to love watching a basketball team in Los Angeles this season.
No, not that one. The other one … the Los Angeles Clippers.
With the Clippers’ Blake Griffin essentially on the highlight reel every night last season, fans had something to cheer about, but the addition of Chris Paul has elevated excitement. The Clippers now have two stars on a team that has only had six winnings seasons since the franchise began as the Buffalo Braves back in 1970.
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12.22
Posted on December 22, 2011 – 12:04 pm | Author: chrisolds
Baseball, Box Busters & Ripping Retail, Non-Sports | 1927 New York Yankees, 2011 Donruss Limited Cuts, autographs, baseball, Box Busters & Ripping Retail, featured, Hall of Fame, New York Yankees, Panini America | Comments (4)
Join Beckett Baseball’s Chris Olds and Brian Fleischer as they rip into a pair of $200 2011 Donruss Limited Cuts packs in this latest edition of Box Busters.
What will they find inside? Watch and find out.
12.22
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Contributing Editor
Golf collectors haven’t had a trading card set dedicated to their sport since 2005.
That about to change in 2012 as Leaf is readying Leaf Metal Golf — a set that will feature a number of world-class golfers and will be loaded with autographs, all be signed directly on the cards.
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12.21
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Contributing Editor
Despite Jimi Hendrix’s popularity as a musician and pop culture icon, he doesn’t have many trading cards to his name.
In fact, before this year, Hendrix has just one listed in the Beckett database: 2001 American Pie. Keep in mind that the non-sports database is not complete, but always growing with new listings.
Ten years later, Topps included Hendrix in American Pie once again. The 2011 version, however, has Hendrix on base cards, parallels and coin collection cards.
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12.21
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
If you’ve been missing the Beckett Graded Card Investor magazine or are late buying a Christmas gift for your collector, you might have a new option straight from Beckett Media.
It’s the first Beckett Graded Card Price Guide book, which arrived in hobby shops and bookstores this week — a 384-page documentation of sales data for cards that have been professionally graded.
The book includes pricing for baseball, football, basketball, golf, hockey, racing, non-sports and Magic cards.
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12.21
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Contributing Editor
Putting together The Guild trading card set was a unique undertaking for Cryptozoic Entertainment from start to finish.
It’s based on web series about gamers where episodes range from three to eight minutes. Not your average television show. But the company saw all the perfect elements in The Guild to create a set – and throw a party to get it finished.
“As huge fans of the show, it was easy for us to see that it had everything we look for when we evaluate properties for trading cards: a large, dedicated audience, and creators who are passionate about what they do and are in touch with their fans,” Cryptozoic’s brand manager Miranda Anderson said. “The Guild is a hit show with viewership that can compete with many televised programs, but it has the freedom of being a web series. The other benefit is that their built-in viewers are gamers and collectors already, making them a very desirable market.”
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