08.28
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Football Editor
Get your credit cards ready, Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III collectors.
Panini America is adding a new high-end football product to its line – 2012 Black. Much as the name states, the cards show players set against dark backgrounds.
One of the selling points of Black are the Rookie Signatures Materials Prime, which will have on-card autographs and prime pieces of memorabilia embedded in the card. These cards – featuring players such as Luck and RGIII – are numbered to 349 or less.
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08.28
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Hockey Editor
As the hockey world awaits for the owners and NHL Players Association to come to an agreement and avoid a lockout, a couple of hundred people have descended in Toronto for the NHLPA Rookie Showcase.
It was a great way for these groups to get their minds off a potential shortened season.
Much like football and basketball, the rookies for the upcoming season get together for the card companies. They take dozens of pictures and sign autograph cards and memorabilia for Upper Deck and Panini America, the companies with both NHL and NHLPA card licenses for 2012-13.
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08.28
Join Beckett Basketball‘s Rob Springs and Chris Olds as they rip into a box of 2012-13 NBA Hoops in this latest edition of Box Busters.
What will they find inside? Watch and find out …
08.27
By Chris Olds | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor
As a founding member of Apple and the creator of the first Apple computer, Steve Wozniak knows a thing or two about making history.
And with his memorabilia card in 2012 Goodwin Champions? Well, he just might have done it again.
How? Well, his memorabilia cards in the Upper Deck release don’t feature a piece of clothing — nothing that simple. They include a piece of a computer disc — a likely first for the hobby.
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08.27
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
Mike Trout‘s all-around dominance this season has made a mockery of the can’t-miss cardboard around him and, by season’s end he just might have the American League Rookie of the Year and American League MVP awards in his grasp.
For the next issue of Beckett Baseball and as the season winds down, we simply want to know … Who are your 2012 hobby award-winners?
We want to know who your Rookie of the Year, MVP and Cy Young winners are … on cardboard. (Tell us other players in other areas if you feel they stand out, too.)
Tell us in the comments below. Please include your name and location with your comment. We’ll run a selection of the best answers in the next issue of Beckett Baseball.
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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.
08.26
Posted on August 26, 2012 – 7:44 pm | Author: chrisolds
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By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor | Commentary
When collectors rip into their newest Topps packs and find an autograph of Bryce Harper they’re not only finding one of the more in-demand Rookie Cards of the most-hyped prospect in MLB history.
They’re also finding a perfect example of how a player’s autograph changes over time.
The Washington Nationals rookie is no stranger to signing autographs, and the demands for his ink have inevitably become time-consuming as his signature has become dramatically different in just the two newest releases from Topps — 2012 Topps Chrome (the latest, above) and 2012 Finest. His signature essentially has become an abbreviated “BH” — something different than the older autograph stickers the company presently is using on some of his cards and even more different than many of his other past releases.
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08.25
By Chris Olds | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor | Commentary
Astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has died, according to an NBC News report, following complications from a recent heart operation. He was 82.
On July 11, 1969, the Apollo 11 crew landed on the moon with Armstrong the first to set foot on the lunar surface. It was an event millions of people watched, a moment in history forever remembered by those who witnessed the event.
But when it comes to mass-produced collectibles featuring Armstrong — and in particular his autographs — there’s not a lot to choose from, despite there being a healthy interest in NASA memorabilia and astronaut sigs.
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08.25
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor | Commentary
The biggest waiver-period trade in some time, if not ever — a nine-player deal that sends Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford and Josh Beckett from Boston to Los Angeles to play for the Dodgers — may shake things up on the field and in the playoff hunt, but it likely won’t matter that much where it matters for collectors.
On cardboard.
While Gonzalez, Crawford and Beckett are established stars, none of them have been hobby Hot List mainstays of late and none ultimately have upper-echelon Rookie Cards that will explode in value in the coming days as those in Dodger Blue adopt them into their collections.
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08.25
By Dan Good | Contributing Editor
Sorry, A.J. Burnett – someone else beat you to the shaving cream celebration.
The now-Pirates pitcher, who spent three seasons with the Yankees, gained notoriety for smashing his teammates’ faces with towels full of shaving cream. The shenanigans usually followed clutch wins, leaving heroes to wipe fluff out of their eyes after achieving their biggest moments.
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