Monthly Archives: October 2012

First look: 2012 Prizm Football

By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Football Editor

Panini America is bringing its Prizm technology to football.

The 2012 product will feature a 300-card base set with 100 Rookie Cards, which will also have autographed versions.

Panini will release Prizm into hobby and retail shops.

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ITG reveals redemptions for 2012 Fall Expo

By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Hockey Editor

In the Game will showcase two of its products at the 2012 Fall Expo, and collectors have a chance to get exclusive expo cards.

Forever Rivals and Superlative Hockey Volume III will be highlighted at the 2012 Sportscards & Memorabilia Expo, both of which will be available at the show.

To get the exclusive game-used cards, open a box at the In The Game booth at the expo.

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Panini reveals Fall Expo wrapper redemption plans

By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Hockey Editor

Panini America is continuing its popular wrapper redemption program at the 2012 Fall Expo.

Collectors can get base cards, short-prints and wild memorabilia cards.

Each wrapper redemption pack will contain two cards that can be from a variety of subsets. And the only way to get them is at the 2012 Sportscard & Memorabilia Expo, right outside of Toronto.

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Toronto Fall Expo Collectors Guide

By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Hockey Editor

Even if there isn’t a hockey season, many fans aren’t going to let a lockout get in the way of their fun.

The 2012 Sportscard & Memorabilia Expo (known informally as the Toronto Fall Expo) is considered the National for hockey. The Toronto International Centre is covered with about 900 tables holding countless hockey cards.

Here is your Fall Expo guide with links and information (wrapper redemptions, autograph signings) about the Expo.

Make sure to bookmark the page and check for updates as more information is released.

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Beckett By The Numbers: 2011-12 Exquisite Collection

By Chris Olds | Beckett Basketball Editor

The auctions have ended, the numbers have been crunched. The ranges have been tabulated and the OPG has been posted.

The 2011-12 Exquisite Collection basketball card set has arrived on Beckett.com with the favorites, autographs and memories in tow. Let’s take a look inside the numbers crunched by Beckett Basketball Senior Market Analyst Rob Springs – and see even more — after the jump.

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Win a Lebron James card

Beckett Customer Appreciation Month continues where registered users can win great prizes throughout October.

Go to www.Beckett.com/customerappreciation and click on “Enter the Contest.”

There is a limit of one entry per day and you need a valid name and email address registered with your Beckett.com account.

Visit the Beckett Forums to see daily winners.

Today’s prize: 2011 Upper Deck All-Time Greats Gold Spectrum #43 Lebron James

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Beckett 20 Questions … to start the NBA season

 

By Chris Olds | Beckett Basketball Editor

The NBA season tips off tonight with three games that will inevitably restart the fires with a few collectors and perhaps prompt a few others if there are any surprises.

But we’re not waiting for a 7 p.m. tip-off in Cleveland for the season to begin. We’ve got 20 questions about basketball and basketball cards that we’re curious to see how you, the collectors, answer.

Some are for fun, some are more serious … if you have more to say about the NBA these days — or collecting, of course — you can let us know in the comments below.

1. Do you collect basketball?

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2. Where would you rank NBA cards among the Big Four (MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA)?

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See the rest of the questions … after the jump.

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Win a Blake Griffin autograph card

Beckett Customer Appreciation Month continues where registered users can win great prizes throughout October.

Go to www.Beckett.com/customerappreciation and click on “Enter the Contest.”

There is a limit of one entry per day and you need a valid name and email address registered with your Beckett.com account.

Visit the Beckett Forums to see daily winners.

Today’s prize: 2010-11 Classics Significant Signatures #43 Blake Griffin /99

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Who’d you get? Panini America drafts its 2011-12 NBA rookie redemption class

By Chris Olds | Beckett Basketball Editor

You might have pulled one of the cards, now you can know who they are.

Panini America drafted the checklist for its 2011-12 NBA Draft cards on Monday night … the redemptions found in packs of 2011-12 Past & Present, 2011-12 Limited and 2011-12 Gold Standard found in lieu of Rookie Cards this past season.

See the results of what’s what … after the jump.

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Sereal shows off KHL cards of NHL players

By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Hockey Editor

The KHL’s trading cards are coming together.

The Kontinental Hockey League cards feature several NHL players who are competing overseas because of the NHL lockout.

Some of those players include Alexander Ovechkin, Nail Yakupov and Ilya Kovalchuk, which makes a great addition to the fifth anniversary of Sereal’s trading cards.

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