There are less than 3 days left in the auction for Paul Henderson’s “The Goal” 1972 Canada-Russia Series Game-Worn Jersey. With 29 bids and a current selling price of $309,224, it’s a long way from the original reserve price of a measly $10,000. Paul Henderson had the opportunity to don the iconic #19 sweater for the [...]
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Hobby News – The Saturday Edition
Posted by tgbrown on June 19th, 2010
Panini America Launches Toy Story 3 Sticker Collection With the highly anticipated opening of Disney’s Toy Story 3, Panini America has launched its marketing efforts to introduce the Official Toy Story 3 Sticker Album/Stickers Collection. The Disney Toy Story 3 album is designed to encourage the fun family-friendly activity of sticker collecting. The official Toy [...]
Everyone Was Wondering…
Posted by tgbrown on June 18th, 2010
… and now everyone knows. Robert Power is the eBay winner of the 2010 Bowman Stephen Strasburg 1/1 SuperFractor which sold for $16,403US in a recent auction. Check out The Beckett Blog for an interview with this new celebrity in the hobby. In the interview, he discusses his history with trading cards and also how [...]
Non-Sport Release Schedule Update
Posted by tgbrown on June 17th, 2010
Below is the release schedule for upcoming Rittenhouse Archives Products: • The Quotable Star Trek Movies Trading Cards – June 30, 2010 • LOST Archives – July 21, 2010 • Heroes Archives Trading Cards – August 18, 2010 Also upcoming from other companies in the near future: • Marvel: Heroes & Villains Trading Cards – [...]
Got Bugs?
Posted by tgbrown on June 16th, 2010
Check out the full set of the 2009 Upper Deck MLB Goodwin Champions Entomology inserts. The cards are a collection of DNA memorabilia cards focusing on astounding and rare butterflies and other amazing insects from across the globe! In this video, collectors get a taste of the amazing array of cards available… and another opportunity [...]
Strasburg-Mania!
Posted by tgbrown on June 15th, 2010
More kudos for rookie sensation Stephen Strasburg: He’s the National League player of the week. The baseball world has taken notice… as has the entire card-collecting hobby community. Baseball cards collectors haven’t seen this type of interest since the early 2000′s when Ichiro Suzuki and Albert Pujols took the hobby by storm. The hobby as [...]
Product Preview – 2010 Donruss Elite Football
Posted by tgbrown on June 14th, 2010
On store shelves this week, 2010 Donruss Elite Football is an affordable product with lots of hits for your money. Each box contains 20 packs with 5 cards in each pack. Highlights: Top 2010 NFL rookies with autographed parallels # to 499 or less. Rookie NFL Shield & Team Logos featuring parallel hard-signed autographs. Passing [...]
Sunday Fun-Day Fun Facts
Posted by tgbrown on June 13th, 2010
Take the rarity of a complete set of pre-1950s baseball cards and further compound that with the rarity of cards from the 1920s. Now consider that this set is contained within the album for which the cards were designed. And now add in the fact that the cards are depicting stars from the Cuban Leagues [...]
Hobby News – The Saturday Edition
Posted by tgbrown on June 12th, 2010
As excitement builds with the start of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and in advance of the U.S.A’s opening match versus England today, Panini has launched marketing efforts to introduce the official 2010 FIFA World Cup Sticker collection for the first time in the United States at major U.S. retailers. Panini’s role [...]
Next Season, LeBron Will Play In…
Posted by tgbrown on June 11th, 2010
On May 22, Upper Deck visited many of the top college football draft picks during the annual NFL Players Rookie Premiere Photo Shoot in Los Angeles. While there, UD sought their opinions on where unrestricted free-agent and Upper Deck company spokesman LeBron James might play next season. Their guesses ranged from Cleveland to heading west [...]
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