We found a goodie in the mail today, an early box of 2008 Playoff Prestige football. Product will be in stores May 14. We ripped these 24 packs between games of pong.
We are having a 30-minute conference call with some of our readers about Beckett Sports Card Monthly at 2:30 p.m. Central time today. If you are interested in participating, send me an email at phastings@beckett.com
Long-time hobbyist, collecting advocate and the Orlando Sentinel’s own Chris Olds recently had some fun during his day job (hey, that sounds familiar) creating some truly one-of-a-kind “Cards That Never Were.”
Outstanding work, Chris; thanks for sharing.
For those who may have missed it, the cards are worth a closer look. We’ll get to working on approximate book values now.
We’ve just posted some video sneak previews of some of the new Beckett.com site features. Check them out and let us know what you think!
Not due in shops until next Friday, May 9! Get a first look here.
Press Pass cards are printed at a plant in the Dallas area. So when Press Pass Football Brand Manager Nick Metijevich flew in from North Carolina for the pack out of 2008 Press Pass Signature Series, he stopped by Beckett HQ with some goodies, where he met burnt orange clad David Lee and the newly goateeless Tracy Hackler. Check out the vid for some behind the scenes stuff.
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Tomorrow (May 3) is Free Comic Book Day. Visit your local comic book store and cash in.
A few years ago, there was a groundswell for a National Trading Card Day. Krause Publications and Beckett Media took the lead, bringing the card manufacturers together in a series of conference calls in an effort to put together a free pack of cards.
Those calls were amazing. Card Company X wanted to make sure it had a card from all sports represented. Car Company Y, who only produced two sports, was upset about Card Company X having more cards in the pack. Card Company Z said that if X and Y had cards in the pack, it wanted to have a similar amount.
Guys, what about the free cards for the customers?!
Eventually, the packs were delivered to shops and distributed on Opening Day weekend of the MLB season. But the whole process was such a colossal beat down for everyone that it never happened again. Meanwhile, Free Comic Book Day enters its seventh year on Saturday. – ph
From time to time, they call in the B-Team photographer (me) to film an informal quick box break on the fly. Here’s yesterday’s tomfoolery. Concerning vid at 4:58 — was Rose Mary Woods doing her infamous “stretch” during final production? – ph
Evidently the tickets for the MLB All-Star Game, to be played at Yankee Stadium in July, are being printed on rice paper or, the ink used on the tickets is oil-based. The prices make filling your tank seem like a bargain.
Here is the comparison from 2007 to 2008.
Furures Game tickets rose from $22.50-$125.00 to $50.00-$225.00. The Home Run Derby went from $50.00-$225.00 to $100.00-$650.00. And if you are fortunate enough to attend the game itself, you will pay $150.00-$725.00, up from $75.00-$285.00 in 2007.
Talk about double-digit inflation! How many tickets are you buying? RIDICULOUS.
Brian called me today from upstairs and says he’s going to open a couple of boxes of Co-Signers today at 2 p.m. I’m going to get my camera and head up there. Stay tuned. Should have a vid up by 3 or so.
Frank Pierce of Baltimore won the cut sig DiMaggio card which was a contest in a recent Baseball Plus magazine. Here’s his live reaction. While you’re there, subscribe to Beckett Media’s You Tube Channel.
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