This week in important reminders, deadlines and announcements

• Submit your Super Collector entries to be in BSCM (Deadline: July 1)
• Win a piece of original art from Diamond Kings! (Deadline: July 1)
• Weigh in on the looming NFL Lockout (Deadline: June 28)

Mega-important announcement of the week

• JULY IS BECKETT CUSTOMER APPRECIATION MONTH!

Box Busters

• 2011 Topps Series 2 Baseball
• 2011 Topps Rising Rookies Football

This week in Chris Olds’ mailbox

• What did Olds buy this week? (Video)

First looks and sneak peeks of the week

• 2011 Absolute Memorabilia Football
• Plans for the 2011 National Sports Collectors Convention coming together
• Upper Deck partners with Marvel for Captain America card set
• The latest from Onyx Authenticated
• 2011 TRISTAR TNA Signature Impact Wrestling

Auction Action

• 2011 Dirk Nowitzki original art sketch card – BGS 1/1 (Starting bid: $49.99)
• 2009 Michael Jackson autograph (Starting bid: $999.99)
• 2000 Lakers Master Collection Magic Johnson Jersey (Starting bid: $99.99)

NHL and NBA Draft delights

• Panini signs Kyrie Irving to exclusive deal
• Oh yeah, and they got Derrick Williams, too
• Upper Deck set to appear at this weekend’s NHL Draft

Other news nuggets

• New USA Baseball event gets more exposure
• Stephen Strausburg Superfractor raffle site goes live

Just for fun

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