04.06
Posted on April 6, 2013 – 6:29 pm | Author: chrisolds
Pro Wrestling | AJ Lee, Alberto Del Rio, Big E Langston, Big Show, Bob Backlund, Booker T, Brie Bella, brock lesnar, Brodus Clay, Bruno Sammartino, Cameron, Chris Jericho, CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandow, Daniel Bryan, Dolph Ziggler, Donald Trump, Fandango, Jack Swagger, John Cena, Johnny Curtis, Kane, Mark Henry, Mick Foley, Naomi, Nikki Bella, Randy Orton, Ryback, Sheamus, Tensai, The Miz, The Rock, The Shield, Triple H, Trish Stratus, Undertaker, Wade Barrett, World Wrestling Entertainment, WrestleMania 29, Wrestlemania 29 results, wrestlemania predictions, Wrestlemania results, WWE, WWE Hall of Fame | Comments (11)
By Chris Olds | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor | Commentary & Opinion
The biggest event in sports entertainment, WrestleMania, is little more than 24 hours away with the WWE‘s showcase event coming from a sold out MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
It’s no secret among wrestling fans that trading cards can be hot commodities as the print runs are often far smaller than their baseball or football counterparts and the volume of autographs and memorabilia for the stars of today pale in comparison to those other sports, too.
But there’s only one wrestling card that matters tomorrow — who’s facing who at WrestleMania (7 p.m. Eastern on pay-per-view) — but we’ve taken a look at the match-ups and the competitors’ cardboard stats on Beckett.com to give you a tale of the tape for each match — and for the latest WWE Hall of Fame class going in tonight.
Check them all out … after the jump.
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04.05
Posted on April 5, 2013 – 10:58 pm | Author: chrisolds
Baseball, Basketball, Beckett 20 Questions, Boxing, Football, Golf, Hockey, Non-Sports, Pro Wrestling | Art Modell, Art Monk, Art Shell, Art Shorin, Babe Ruth, Beckett Spots Card Monthly, Brian Kong, DC comics, Diamond KIngs, Dick Perez, Family Guy, featured, Fleer ProVision, Jerry Lawler, Johnny Manziel, Jose Canseco, Leroy Neiman, lithographs, Marvel Beginnings, Marvel Comics, Masterpieces, mike trout, NAR!, National Chicle, NBA, packaged toys, paintings, Postage stamps, Propaganda Sports Art, Randy Johnson, Rocky, sculpture, Sketch cards, Sports Illustrated, sports photography, sports toys, stamp collecting, Star Wars Galactic Files, Sylvester Stallone, The Art Issue, Todd Marinovich, Vinyl figures, Walter Iooss | Comments (5)
By Chris Olds | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor
Our annual look at art’s place in the sports card and memorabilia world is coming in the next issue of Beckett Sports Card Monthly and, simply put, we want to know what you think about many a thing in the hobby.
From non-sports and sketch cards to Diamond Kings, toys, photography and more, there’s plenty to explore in the world of art as it’s seen on our collectibles.
Here’s the latest 20 Questions where we seek your take on it all.
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See the rest of the questions … after the jump.
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04.01
Posted on April 1, 2013 – 4:40 pm | Author: chrisolds
Box Busters & Ripping Retail, Pro Wrestling | 2013 TRISTAR TNA Impact Wrestling Live, Christy Hemme, Gail Kim, Kurt Angle, Mickie James, Sting, TNA, TNA Knockouts, TNA Wrestling | Comments (0)
Join Beckett Sports Card Monthly‘s Chris Olds and Bryan Hornbeck as they rip into boxes of 2013 TRISTAR TNA Impact Wrestling Live cards in this latest edition of Box Busters.
What will they find inside? Watch and find out …
03.31
Posted on March 31, 2013 – 12:53 pm | Author: chrisolds
Basketball, Pro Wrestling | Blake Griffin, Carmelo Anthony, CM Punk, He-Man, Hello Kitty, Jeremy Lin, John Cena, Kill Bill, KISS, LeBron James, NBA, Ozzy Osbourne, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, Rocky, Scarface, SDCC, Steve Austin, The Beatles, The Big Lebowski, The Hangover, The Ramones, The Rock, The Wizard of Oz, WWE | Comments (2)
By Chris Olds | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor
For toy fans, they’re no secret. But for sports fans? Well, there just might be something cooking.
In the world of vinyl toys, that is.
Lynnwood, Wash.-based Funko is readying its second offering of Pop! vinyl toys coming in late summer with a handful of World Wrestling Entertainment stars getting the collectible anime-style treatment. Six WWE stars will be appearing on 4-inch, $10 figures — The Rock, CM Punk, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, John Cena, Sheamus and Rey Mysterio.
The figures will arrive in August — but won’t be the first sports toys from the company as it signed a deal with the NBA last year. Its second series of NBA player figures arrives in April — part of a massive offering of entertainment licenses that, if one isn’t purely a sports collector, should entice.
Literally everything from The Walking Dead to Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and even Alan and Carlos from The Hangover have appeared on pieces of the pop culture-inflused art.
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03.29
Posted on March 29, 2013 – 6:12 pm | Author: chrisolds
Pro Wrestling | 2013 Topps WWE, A.J. Lee, box breaks, brock lesnar, CM Punk, Paul Heyman, Ripping Retail, WrestleMania, WWE, WWE Divas | Comments (1)
Join Beckett Media’s Chris Olds as he rips into some 2013 Topps WWE packs in this latest episode of Ripping Retail.
What will he find inside? Watch and find out …
03.08
Join Beckett Sports Card Monthly‘s Chris Olds as he rips into a 20-pack repack of nothing but pro wrestling cards in this latest Ripping Retail.
What will he find inside? Watch and find out …
02.21
By Chris Olds | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor
TRISTAR‘s next TNA wrestling set arrives on March 27 with a few surprises, plenty of autographs and a few firsts.
Like the first dual autograph of Hulk Hogan and his daughter, Brooke.
The 2013 TNA Impact Wrestling Live product will be limited to only 100 24-box cases with every 20-pack box containing three autographs, one memorabilia card and three parallel or short-printed cards.
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