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  • 19
    May

    Babe Ruth: The Sultan of Licensing

    Baseball Cards, Beckett PLUS, Vintage News
    By Mike Payne
    0
    Babe Ruth has been dead 74 years now, but he still is having a better year than the president, bringing ...
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  • 8
    May

    2022 USA Baseball Stars & Stripes Brings Exclusive Complete-Set Blaster

    Beckett Updates
    By Mike Payne
    1
    USA Baseball and Panini are introducing a new, complete-set blaster box of 2022 Panini USA Baseball Stars & Stripes that ...
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  • 28
    Mar

    USA Baseball and Panini Extend Exclusive Deal

    Baseball Cards
    By Mike Payne
    0
    Details on USA Baseball and Panini America extending their exclusive baseball card deal.
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  • 17
    Mar

    Milestones Ahead: MLB Career Achievements Within Reach in 2022

    Baseball Cards, Beckett PLUS
    By Mike Payne
    0
    When he collects his 3,000th hit this coming season, and he’s just nine shy entering 2022, future Hall of Famer ...
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  • 7
    Mar

    Who Will Be Topps Living Set MLB’s #500?

    Baseball Cards
    By Mike Payne
    1
    With Topps set to release card #500 of its MLB Living Set this week, we thought we would take a ...
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  • 3
    Feb

    Lauren Taylor: In Her Own Words

    Baseball Cards, Sports Art
    By Mike Payne
    2
    Interview with artist Lauren Taylor on her work, Topps Project70, working through mental struggles and her desire to help others.
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  • 27
    Jan

    Before “FF” — The Beauty of Freddie Freeman’s Original Signature

    Baseball Cards, Beckett PLUS
    By Mike Payne
    0
    Don’t recognize the early Freddie Freeman autographs? Well, as a 16-year-old in the summer of 2006 (he turned 17 that ...
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  • 20
    Jan

    Game Used Tone Adds RJ Barrett, Khris Middleton

    Basketball Cards
    By Mike Payne
    0
    Game Used Tone, a memorabilia company specializing in one-of-a-kind game-used NBA shoes, jerseys and basketballs, has announced partnerships with New ...
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  • 4
    Nov

    Sports Artist Spotlight: Doug Stromenger

    Sports Art
    By Mike Payne
    0
    Doug Stromenger can recall standing in line at card shows to meet autograph guests, thinking everything seemed just a little ...
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  • 29
    Oct

    1954 Mickey Mantle Game-Used Jersey in November Heritage Auction

    Auction News
    By Mike Payne
    0
    Heritage Auctions calls its Nov. 18-20 Fall Sports Collectibles Catalog Auction one “for the ages.” And it’s hard to disagree ...
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  • 15
    Oct

    Max Scherzer: Not Close to Maxing Out

    Baseball Cards, Beckett PLUS
    By Mike Payne
    0
    Here’s how fast a card can get hot in a short amount of time. In November’s issue of Beckett Baseball, ...
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  • 20
    Sep

    Sports Artist Spotlight: Mike Kupka

    Sports Art
    By Mike Payne
    0
    Mike Kupka has been creating art for “as long as I can remember.” “I always had a pencil or marker ...
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  • 17
    Sep

    Sports Artist Spotlight: Thomas Borowski

    Sports Art
    By Mike Payne
    0
    After graduating from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena in 2009, Thomas Borowski began working in animation and also ...
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  • 1
    Sep

    The Passing of a Good Man: Panini’s Ben Ecklar Dies at 53

    Beckett Updates, Industry News
    By Mike Payne
    5
    I received news from a mutual friend a few days ago that Ben Ecklar had passed away unexpectedly that very ...
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  • 24
    Aug

    Sports Artist Spotlight: Melysa Gorlicki

    Sports Art
    By Mike Payne
    0
    Melysa Gorlicki can’t remember a time when she wasn’t drawing something. “As a child my parents would leave me for ...
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  • 17
    Aug

    Sports Artist Spotlight: Christian Paniagua

    Sports Art
    By Mike Payne
    0
    Christian Paniagua grew up in New York City, reading comics and admiring graffiti. And along the way he learned to ...
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  • 16
    Aug

    Sports Artist Spotlight: Justyn Farano

    Sports Art
    By Mike Payne
    0
    As a kid, Justyn Farano collected cards with his father. He also read a certain Price Guide magazine. “I vividly ...
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  • 11
    Aug

    “Shoeless” Joe Jackson’s Driver’s License Tops $125,000

    Auction News, Baseball Cards, Vintage News
    By Mike Payne
    0
    The signed South Carolina driver’s license belonging to “Shoeless” Joe Jackson in the 1940s sold for $125,460 (including buyer’s premium) ...
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  • 6
    Aug

    Sports Artist Spotlight: Paul Jennis

    Sports Art
    By Mike Payne
    0
    As the cover artist of our third Beckett Baseball Artist Spotlight issue, Paul Jennis took about seven weeks of his ...
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  • 29
    Jul

    Project70 Artists at the 2021 National Sports Collectors Convention

    Baseball Cards, National Sports Collectors Convention
    By Mike Payne
    0
    The VIP night Wednesday at the 41st National Sports Collectors Convention featured a dose of Topps Project70 with some of ...
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  • 9
    Jul

    Graig Kreindler: Baseball’s Visual Custodian

    Baseball Cards, Sports Art
    By Mike Payne
    0
    Profile and interview with sports painter Graig Kreindler, looking at his work, inspiration and art goals.
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  • 16
    Apr

    Tork Talk: Spencer Torkelson Talks About Getting Back to Baseball, the Price of His Cards

    Baseball Cards, Beckett PLUS
    By Mike Payne
    0
    Interview with Spencer Torkelson covering baseball cards, his autograph, what he learned in college and getting back to the game.
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  • 8
    Apr

    Not Badd at All: Akil Baddoo’s First Week for the Ages

    Baseball Cards
    By Mike Payne
    1
    Full disclosure from this devout Tigers fan: I had never heard of Akil Baddoo before December 10, when Detroit made ...
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  • 29
    Mar

    Gum, Football Cards and Innovation: Philadelphia Gum Had Them All

    Beckett PLUS, Football Cards, Vintage News
    By Mike Payne
    0
    A brief look at the history of the Philadelphia Gum company, its origins, key figures, trading card contributions and what ...
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  • 17
    Mar

    Alive and Kicking: Topps Talks MLB Living Set as Checklist Approaches #400

    Baseball Cards, Beckett PLUS
    By Mike Payne
    0
    Interview with Topps Art Director, Michael Linkens, reflecting on the first 400 cards of the MLB Living Set and what ...
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  • 8
    Feb

    True Rarity: The Story of a Signed 1955 Topps Harry Agganis Card

    1950s Baseball Cards, Auction News, Vintage News
    By Mike Payne
    1
    A 1955 Topps card signed by the late Harry Agganis – who died at age 26 just months after the ...
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  • 25
    Jan

    Samurai Mike: Mike Singletary Remembers Mike Ditka, Buddy Ryan and the Super Bowl Shuffle

    Beckett PLUS, Football Cards
    By Mike Payne
    0
    Mike Singletary is a busy man. He’s talking to a writer on this day, while also working on business plans ...
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  • 1
    Dec

    Red-Hot Retail and Million-Dollar Modern Cards, Welcome to the Hobby’s New Normal

    Beckett PLUS, Industry News
    By Mike Payne
    1
    The sports card industry is evolving. One needs to look no further than the huge prices modern cards are getting ...
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  • 21
    Nov

    Plugged In: Chris Torres Has Lots to Say About Topps Project 2020

    Baseball Cards
    By Mike Payne
    0
    Interview with Chris Torres on Topps Project 2020 and his YouTube show about the set.
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  • 3
    Nov

    Jimmy Butler: Sweet Home South Beach

    Basketball Cards, Beckett PLUS
    By Mike Payne
    0
    In 2015, satirical rapper/songwriter Froggy Fresh released a video that made Jimmy Butler a household name to millions of YouTube ...
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  • 29
    Oct

    Game Used Tone Signs Exclusive Shoe Deal with Luka Doncic

    Basketball Cards
    By Mike Payne
    1
    Add Luka Doncic to the list of NBA superstars signing a partnership with Game Used Tone to broker the sales ...
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  • 23
    Oct

    Our Favorite Cards from the First Half of Topps Project 2020

    Baseball Cards
    By Mike Payne
    0
    Three Beckett staff members pick their favorite cards from the first half of Topps Project 2020.
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  • 23
    Sep

    Sports Artist Spotlight: John Bartlett

    Sports Art
    By Mike Payne
    0
    It was a couple of guys you may have heard of – Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo – that inspired ...
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  • 3
    Sep

    The Sale: The Story Behind the $1.8 Million LeBron James Card

    Auction News, Basketball Cards, Beckett PLUS
    By Mike Payne
    0
    Ultimately, the 2003-04 LeBron James Exquisite Rookie Patch Autograph Parallel sold for a little more than Ken Goldin was hoping ...
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  • 28
    Aug

    Back Home: Isiah Thomas Reunited with 1984 All-Star MVP Trophy

    Basketball Cards
    By Mike Payne
    0
    Isiah Thomas has been reunited with his 1984 All-Star MVP trophy. It had been stolen from his high school before ...
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