Tag Archives: sports cards

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

05.04
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Posted on May 4, 2013 – 1:57 pm | Author: chrisolds
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One of the most-memorable debut baseball card releases of the 1990s, 1991 Studio, is making a comeback and it’s coming soon.

Beckett 20 Questions: Rookies, RCs & collecting

09.08
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Posted on September 8, 2012 – 7:33 pm | Author: chrisolds
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Here, we present 20 rookie-focused questions — some serious, some fun — that we want to know how you would answer.

Your take: CBS News segment examines ‘dying’ baseball card industry (take our polls)

03.25
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Posted on March 25, 2012 – 7:45 pm | Author: chrisolds
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CBS News examined the card industry during a four-minute, 49-second segment on Sunday.

Vintage: Does what’s new define what’s old? (w/poll)

09.20
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Posted on September 20, 2011 – 6:12 pm | Author: chrisolds
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Does defining what’s vintage come down to a bit of a philosophical question?

Ripping Retail: Random packs from Target …

08.19
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Posted on August 19, 2011 – 9:10 pm | Author: chrisolds
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Join Beckett Baseball’s Chris Olds as he rips into some random packs of cards from Target in this latest episode of Ripping Retail.

If there’s one word to define the National Sports Collectors Convention, it’s …

08.07
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Posted on August 7, 2011 – 8:02 am | Author: chrisolds
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As the final day of the National Sports Collectors Convention begins here in a few minutes, I find myself pondering just how I would sum up the show so far — in a single word.

Long-time hobby media rep Terry Melia among five laid off at Upper Deck

08.03
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Posted on August 3, 2011 – 8:53 pm | Author: chrisolds
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After more than a decade of working with media and producing marketing materials for Upper Deck, long-time hobby media rep Terry Melia was laid off from the company.

Colorado-based dealer raises hobby’s profile through publicity stunt purchase

07.24
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Posted on July 24, 2011 – 5:06 pm | Author: chrisolds
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But if you live in Colorado, where the Balloon Boy case happened, it might resonate more — and if you’re a Colorado-based sports card dealer like Mike Fruitman it’s resonating quite well as a publicity stunt to get people into his shop.

Blowout Cards’ parent company sues Upper Deck over distribution policy

07.21
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Posted on July 21, 2011 – 11:17 am | Author: chrisolds
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Blowout Cards’ parent company, Frontline Collectibles, counter-sued Upper Deck in a U.S. District Court on Wednesday, alleging that the Carlsbad, Calif.-based card company’s distribution policies introduced earlier this year are illegal under antitrust laws and have “manipulated the pricing of its products” and “have harmed and continue to harm competition for the sale of hobby sports trading cards.”

Collecting 101: Get your questions about the hobby answered in the next BSCM

05.16
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Posted on May 16, 2011 – 9:54 am | Author: chrisolds
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Do you have any questions about the hobby — easy or hard — that you’d like answered in the next issue of Beckett Sports Card Monthly?