Category Archives: Basketball

Box Busters: 2012-13 Panini Past & Present basketball

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Join Beckett Basketball‘s Brian Fleischer and Chris Olds as they rip into boxes of 2012-13 Panini Past & Present in this latest edition of Box Busters.

What will they find inside? Watch and find out …

Need a checklist or OPG for Past & Present? Click here.

Box Busters: 2012-13 Panini Preferred basketball

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Join Beckett Basketball‘s Brian Fleischer and Chris Olds as they rip into boxes of 2012-13 Panini Preferred in this latest edition of Box Busters.

What will they find inside? Watch and find out …

Need a checklist or OPG for Preferred? Click here.

Box Busters: 2012-13 Momentum basketball cards

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Join Beckett Basketball‘s Brian Fleischer and Chris Olds as they rip into boxes of 2012-13 Momentum in this latest edition of Box Busters.

What will they find inside? Watch and find out …

Need a checklist or OPG for Momentum? Click here.

Beckett magazines now in the Google Play store

Beckett Media has launched a set of apps in the Google Play store for Android systems.

The apps will allow you to download each Beckett magazine issue with news, reviews, the latest price guides and more. Each issue in the Google Play store will cost $7.99.

The magazines include Beckett Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey and Sports Card Monthly.

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Beckett 20 Questions on … sports families

By Chris Olds | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor

With Mother’s Day just passed and Father’s Day on the radar, we figured now might be the time for the latest Beckett 20 Questions.

Oh, and the upcoming Families Issue of Beckett Sports Card Monthly had a bit to do with that, too, where we’ll explore the family ties that go along with sports and collecting and take a look at some of the notable fathers, sons, mothers and daughters who share cardboard with us all. (Need a player checklist or OPG? Click here for our new player directory to find it fast.)

Also, we’d like to know … who got you started into collecting? Tell us in the comments below — after you offer your take on the latest 20 Questions.

1. DId a family member get you into collecting?

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Beckett 20 Questions … on the NBA (and cards) today

By Chris Olds | Beckett Basketball Editor

It’s a busy time in the NBA with the postseason marathon ongoing and the awards season generating headlines beyond the court.

On cardboard, it’s just as busy with several new products arriving and stars making their own pushes with strong performances. (Need a checklist or OPG for one of the 541 basketball sets already made this year? Click here.)

Here’s the latest Beckett 20 Questions on cards and the court. Tell us what you think about the state of cards today, its stars and more with your votes and the comments below.

1. Kobe or LeBron? (You decide why ... just pick one.)

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See the remaining 19 questions … after the jump.

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Panini America goes back to the Studio for 2013 Father’s Day promotion

By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor

One of the most-memorable debut baseball card releases of the 1990s, 1991 Studio, is making a comeback and it’s coming soon.

In Panini America‘s Father’s Day promotional program.

The in-shop pack-incentive program for buying Panini products has been a hit of sorts for the last few years with packs including autograph and memorabilia cards typically not found anywhere else in the company’s lineup.

This year, the training, err trading, ground includes a look back to the past with Studio’s unique love-it-or-hate-it look never-before revisited in a Panini line. That set will comprise 24 cards in the standard-card offering. They will be numbered to just 499. The design also will be applied to athletes from other sports as the promotion includes all of the company’s major licenses.

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Before Leon Sandcastle, there was Johnny Kilroy

By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Football Editor

Leon Sandcastle is not the first fictional character to appear on a card.

In 1993, Michael Jordan abruptly retired from basketball, but the man wasn’t done playing – at least that was the message Nike put out with its own commercial that featured Johnny Kilroy, Jordan disguised as a different basketball player.

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Kobe Bryant takes mom to court over auction

By Chris Olds | Beckett Basketball Editor

Earlier this week, it was announced that a treasure trove of early Kobe Bryant memorabilia was headed to the auction block, consigned to Goldin Auctions by Bryant’s mother, Pamela.

On Thursday, Kobe Bryant filed a cease-and-desist order saying the items are his and that he doesn’t want them sold, according to a story by the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Demand rises for Jason Collins’ certified autographs

By Chris Olds | Beckett Basketball Editor

Simply put, there is now more demand for his autographs.

On Monday, NBA veteran Jason Collins became the first active player in a major American sport to announce that he’s gay, and since that time his limited number of certified autographs has skyrocketed — at least relatively speaking — as they have gone from unsold online auction fodder to as much as $100 on eBay.

In particular demand are his 2001-02 SPx autos, which have gone from unsold auctions at $1 to consistent sellers at $20 or so — and more for the rarer Spectrum verison.

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