Archive for May, 2010

Various Upcoming Hobby Releases

2010 Playboy’s Too Hot To Handle – June 1, 2010 2010 James Bond Heroes and Villains – June 2, 2010 2009-10 UD SP Authentic Hockey – June 16, 2010 2010 Donruss Elite Football – June 16, 2010 2010 Ringside Boxing Round One – June 18, 2010 2010 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball – June 23, [...]

Sunday Fun-Day Fun Facts

Each Sunday, Canada Card World likes to bring the fun, interesting, and informative facts about the hobby of collecting sports cards and memorabilia. As many collectors know, there is also a darker side to the hobby. There are some creative individuals who forge signatures or remove one colour game-used material from memorabilia cards and replace [...]

Hobby News – The Saturday Edition

From Upper Deck: Sometimes men need a place to go where they can feel like a man. A place where their sports heroes adorn all four walls, where the couches are comfortable and the big screen plays only in High Definition. These man caves provide men with the chance to recharge and ever since 1992, [...]

Canadian History – On The Auction Block

The hockey jersey worn during Canada’s greatest sporting moment is on the auction block. Paul Henderson wore the jersey when he buried the winning goal in the 1972 Summit Series against the former Soviet Union. It was the goal that brought an entire country to its feet.  Whether it was boardrooms or classrooms, the moment has [...]

2009-10 UD Be A Player Checklist Released

Two weeks. Two new products. Two loaded checklists. In the past two weeks Upper Deck has stocked shelves with 2009-10 Upper Deck Ice and 2009-10 Upper Deck Be A Player. Next up will be 2009-10 SP Authentic in another few weeks. But first, here is the checklist for 2009-10 UD Be A Player. 2009-10 Upper [...]

Upper Deck Videos – NHL Rookie Trick Shots and Celebrations

Upper Deck spent lots of quality time with the top NHL rookies from the Class of 2009 during the first annual NHL Rookie Debut in Toronto last fall. In the video below, the best trick shots and celebrations these players could create were put on display in hopes of taking home an autographed Cleveland Cavaliers [...]

NFL Rookie Premiere Event

Topps Sports and Panini America were situated in adjacent meeting rooms at the Loews Santa Monica Beach hotel in Los Angeles, California this past weekend for the NFL Rookie Premiere event. Not only was it a chance for fans, players, and card companies to mingle, it also gave Topps and Panini their first opportunity to have [...]

Product Preview – 2009-10 UD Be A Player Hockey

Collecting at its purest form is opening packs and completing a set. Taking that up a notch, the feeling one gets from snatching an autograph card can’t be beat! And nothing this side of a premium-priced product delivers signatures like Be A Player. Offering 1 autograph card in every pack, Be A Player Hockey truly [...]

Sunday Fun-Day Fun Facts

4,675 copies of the 1986-87 Fleer Michael Jordan rookie card have been graded. Only two Michael Jordan rookie cards in existence have been graded 10 by BGS. As of November 2009, 116 Michael Jordan rookie cards have been graded as 9.5. In 2003, one such card went for $77,600. In November 2009, a BGS 10 [...]

Hobby News – The Saturday Edition

For the eager 2009-10 Upper Deck Champs Hockey collectors, the company has started to receive the various museum pieces for insertion into the much sought after redemption cards. Here is the design of the cards which will be completed in the near future. The 2009-10 NHL Champ’s Museum Pieces series will feature interesting and genuine prehistoric [...]