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chrisoldsFiled under: BSCM, Beckett Football, NFL, Panini, the National | Tags: 1989 score football, 2009 National Sports Collectors Convention, Donruss, football cards, Free stuff, National VIPs, NFL, Panini
Panini America revealed the six-card 1989 Score-inspired set that will be given out to all VIPs at this year’s National Sports Collectors Convention in late July in Cleveland, Ohio, on Monday evening.
The six-card set will feature the memorable green-bordered 1989 Score football design and include Matthew Stafford, Mark Sanchez, Ben Roethlisberger, Larry Fitzgerald, Matt Ryan and Brady Quinn.
See them all below.
For more on the annual show, click here.
Chris Olds has collected sports cards and memorabilia since 1987. Before coming to Beckett Media, he wrote about the hobby for the Orlando Sentinel on his blog, SportsStuff, and for the San Antonio Express-News and The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News. Do you have a comment, question or idea? Send e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com.
Filed under: Autographs, BSCM, Beckett Football, Donruss, Memorabilia, NFL, Panini | Tags: 2009 Playoff Absolute Memorabilia, Donruss, football cards, NFL, NFL draft, NFL rookies, Panini, Playoff, rookie cards
Panini America has released its basic breakdown and images for its 2009 Playoff Absolute Memorabilia football card set, which will arrive in late September with four cards in every $40 pack.
Each box will include four material or autograph cards (at least one autograph), one Rookie, one parallel, one insert and one other of those cards.
See a full breakdown and more images (click for a closer look) after the jump …
Filed under: Autographs, BSCM, Beckett Football, Donruss, First look, Memorabilia, NFL, Panini | Tags: 2009 Donruss Certified, football cards, NFL, Panini
Panini America released the basic product information and preview images for 2009 Donruss Certified football, which arrives in mid-October packing four autographs or memorabilia cards as well as four inserts or parallels per box.
Each 10-pack box (suggested retail price $10 per pack) includes five cards and there will be 24 boxes per case.
See additional images — and a complete breakdown of what Certified is packing after the jump.
Filed under: Autographs, BSCM, Beckett Football, Checklists, First look, Memorabilia, NFL, Topps | Tags: 2009 Bowman Sterling Football, 2009 Bowman Sterling football checklist, Autographs, football cards, Memorabilia, NFL, NFL autographs, NFL draft, NFL rookies, Topps
Topps released basic product information and preview images for 2009 Bowman Sterling Football on Monday, which will pack plenty of punch into its mini boxes when it arrives in late August.
Each six-mini box display box will include 12 Rookie Cards, six autograph cards, 12 Relic cards and two autograph Relic cards.
Each five-card pack (mini-box) contains two Rookie Cards, one rookie or veteran autograph, one veteran Relic card and one rookie Relic. Autographed Relics are found one in every three packs.
Each eight-box case also contains two dual autograph Refractors.
See more images and information after the jump.
Filed under: Autographs, BSCM, Beckett Football, Memorabilia, NFL, Upper Deck | Tags: 2009 SPx, Autographs, football cards, memorabilia cards, NFL, Upper Deck
Upper Deck released basic preview images and product information for its 2009 SPx football set on Monday, a product that will pack as many as four autographs per box when it arrives in September.
The base set will consist of 90 cards, 34 SPx Rookie Autograph jerseys, 40 SPx Rookie Signatures and 60 SPx Rookies.
Each 10-pack box will include as many as four autographs, including one Rookie Signature Triple Memorabilia card, as well as six serial-numbered memorabilia cards. Each case will include one Shadow Box card and a minimum of three autographed memorabilia or multi-signed cards.
The insert lineup will include SPx Shadow Box, Super Scripts Duals (as well as Trios, Quads, Sixes and Eights) Signatures, X Factor Signatures, Winning Trios Auto Patches and Fantastic Foursomes.
See more from the set below.
Filed under: BSCM, Beckett Football, Memorabilia, NFL, mcfarlane toys | Tags: Aaron Rodgers, Baltimore Ravens, Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, Drew Brees, football, football toys, Green Bay Packers, Jay Cutler, Joe Flacco, mcfarlane toys, New Orleans Saints, New York Jets, NFL SportsPicks, Peyton Manning, Pittsburgh Steelers, sports toys, Troy Polamalu
Pittsburgh Steelers DB Troy Polamalu – and his hair — returns to McFarlane Toys’ 21st series of SportsPicks, the company’s popular 6-inch vinyl action figures.
It’s not Polamalu’s first figure — but perhaps this one showcases his famous mane the best. He previously appeared in Series 14 and in a Super Bowl XL two-pack, while a Steelers two-pack of Polamalu with Hines Ward is set to arrive in August.
His latest figure is scheduled to arrive in October with that series also including debut figures for six players. A sneak peek with freshly released images is below.
Filed under: BSCM, Inkworks, Memorabilia, non-sports sets | Tags: Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, Inkworks, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Stephenie Meyer, Twilight, Twilight books, Twilight movie, Twilight trading cards, vampire
Collectors who don’t dabble in anything other than sports cards probably have missed out on what are some of the hottest cards of the last eight months or so.
A handful of sets have made serious waves in that time, and it’s perhaps Inkworks’ cards from the teen-age vampire movie/book series Twilight that caught our attention the most.
While Inkworks has taken a break from producing cards, collectors haven’t taken a break from Twilight cards, consistently paying more than $200 — and sometimes as close as $300 — for a 24-pack box that includes just one Pieceworks (screen-worn memorabilia) card and a selection of base cards and other inserts inside.
No autographs. Just a lot of vampires — and obviously a lot of demand.
The biggest hit of them all so far has been Robert Pattinson’s shirt card seen above, which is consistently selling for between $150 and $300.
Want to know what other cards from the set are worth? Here’s a free downloadable PDF that prices everything from the popular set. (Click on the link below.)
Check it out — and pass this link along to your friends …
Chris Olds has collected sports cards and memorabilia since 1987. Before coming to Beckett Media, he wrote about the hobby for the Orlando Sentinel on his blog, SportsStuff, and for the San Antonio Express-News and The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News. Do you have a comment, question or idea? Send e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com.
Filed under: BSCM, Beckett Baseball, Beckett Media, MLB, Memorabilia, sports movies | Tags: Baseball movies, bobblehead dolls, Charlie Sheen, Cleveland Indians, Corbin Bernsen, Dennis Haysbert, Major League, Major League Movie, MLB, Rick Vaughn, Rick Vaughn Bobblehead Night, SGA, Tom Berenger, Wesley Snipes
Today might as well be a national holiday — Rick Vaughn bobblehead night — in Cleveland where every fan in attendance will receive a nodder of “Wild Thing,” the greatest Indians pitcher in reel life.
The Indians will face the Milwaukee Brewers — and if you know your Wisconsin radio hosts that means that broadcasting legend Harry Doyle (aka Brewers Hall of Fame announcer Bob Uecker) will be on hand for the game.
Now for those of you who live juuuuuuuussssst a bit outside Cleveland, there’s already quite a market for the Vaughns over on eBay. Fifty of the bobbleheads have sold in the last 30 days — most for somewhere between $15 and $36 (not including shipping). Most of them have sold for $20-25.
Filed under: BGS, BSCM, Beckett Basketball, NBA, Topps | Tags: 1996-97 Topps Chrome basketball, basketball cards, Kobe Bryant, Kobe Bryant Rookie Card, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA, NBA Champions, NBA Finals
Final sales of Kobe Bryant’s key Rookie Card, 1996-97 Topps Chrome, has taken off since the Los Angeles Lakers won their NBA championship Sunday night.
Dating as far back as January, the highest amount paid for a BGS 9.5 was $505 with the majority of sales falling between $350 and $400.
Since June 1, there have been sales at $510, $515, $550 and $575 — and in the 15 hours since Bryant wrapped up his fourth NBA title, copies have shown up on eBay with Buy It Now prices of $600, $650 and $1,000.
For the Refractor version of the card, only one BGS 9.5 and one PSA 10 sale have been made at $2,350 (Best Offer) and $2,360 respectively since January.
In the 15 hours since the Lakers’ championship? Copies of the card have been listed on eBay with Buy It Now prices of $10,000, $12,000 and $12,500.
Filed under: Autographs, BSCM, Beckett Baseball, MLB, Topps | Tags: 2009 Topps Red Hot Rookie Redemptions, Autographs, Chicago White Sox, Georgia Bulldogs, Gordon Beckham
Topps announced its second 2009 Red Hot Rookie Redemption on Monday and it’s Chicago White Sox infielder Gordon Beckham.
The card has a twist — one in 10 redeemers will received a card signed by the former University of Georgia star and 2008 first-round pick.
Beckham made his major league debut earlier this month and is hitting just .114 (4-for-35) with four RBIs through his first 10 games.
Collectors who already redeemed their card can check their Topps account to see whether they received a signed version.
The remainder of the 10-card Red Hot Rookies set will be announced throughout the season. Each Series 2 hobby box includes one of the redemption cards.
The first Red Hot Rookie of the year was New York Mets rookie Fernando Martinez.
Chris Olds has collected sports cards and memorabilia since 1987. Before coming to Beckett Media, he wrote about the hobby for the Orlando Sentinel on his blog, SportsStuff, and for the San Antonio Express-News and The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News. Do you have a comment, question or idea? Send e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com.
Filed under: Autographs, BSCM, Beckett Basketball, Memorabilia, NBA, Upper Deck | Tags: 2008-09 Exquisite Collection, basketball cards, LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers, Michael Jordan autographs, NBA, Upper Deck
Upper Deck has released additional images of cards to be found in its forthcoming 2008-09 Exquisite basketball set.
The set arrives in late July with every box including one autographed rookie patch, one autographed card, one more memorabilia or autographed card, one base card and one additional autographed, memorabilia, parallel or base card.
Check ‘em out. (Click for a closer look.)
Filed under: Auction Houses, Beckett Baseball, Beckett Football, Beckett Hockey, Memorabilia | Tags: baseball, football, Goodwin tobacco cards, Hockey, Lelands.com, sports auctions, Super Bowl rings
Lelands.com’s June catalog auction totaled nearly $2 million in items sold during the weekend led by an 1889 Goodwin & Co. advertising poster that topped $115,000.
The poster sold for $115,271. It’s an advertisement for the Goodwin Round Album, which features Hall of Fames Cap Anson and John Montgomery Ward.
A Jackie Robinson game-used bat, which came from his widow, Rachel, sold for $86,165, while a Chicago Bears jersey worn by Walter Payton in his final regular season game went for $53,502.
Other highlights included $27,754 for Roberto Clemente’s signed 1955 rookie contract and several championship ring sales. Those included $22,690 for a Larry Brown ring from Super Bowl XXX, $30,200 for a Michael Carter ring from Super Bowl XXIV, $27,455 for an Anthony Jones ring from Super Bowl XXII, $20,627 for a Guy LeFleur ring from the 1976 Stanley Cup champs, $24,959 for a Boston Red Sox 2007 World Series ring and $22,108 for Sparky Adams 1931 World Series ring.
Chris Olds has collected sports cards and memorabilia since 1987. Before coming to Beckett Media, he wrote about the hobby for the Orlando Sentinel on his blog, SportsStuff, and for the San Antonio Express-News and The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News. Do you have a comment, question or idea? Send e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com.
