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		<title>Warning: Tracy Hackler calls collect</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beckett Media publisher Tracy Hackler likes calling collect -- calling those who influence how we collect, that is. See what Topps' Clay Luraschi says in the first episode of Call Collect.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9287&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Walter Cronkite appeared on trading cards, too</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Walter Cronkite, the influential CBS television news anchor for two decades died Friday at 92.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9277&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Barack Obama Cut Autograph Added to Sportkings Series C</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Less than two weeks before the product hits, Sportkings officials announced late Friday afternoon that they have added a Barack Obama cut autograph to Sportkings Series C’s First Pitch Cut insert that honors American presidents who have thrown out ceremonial first pitches.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9271&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Preview gallery: 2009 Panini National autographs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Panini America released the following images of autograph cards that will be found only in wrapper redemption packs at this year's National in Cleveland. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9240&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>St. Louis Cardinals OF Colby Rasmus is fifth Topps Finest Rookie Redemption</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Topps announced the fifth player in its 2009 Finest Rookie Redemption set on Friday and it's St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Colby Rasmus.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9264&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Upper Deck offers Pioneers cut card for collector who grabs all Legendary Cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Upper Deck announced on Friday that it will award a single quad cut autograph card of Abner Doubleday, Dr. James Naismith, Knute Rockne and Frederick Stanley, a.k.a. “Lord Stanley” to the first collector who completes this year's Legendary Cuts Cut Signature set.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9233&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First look: TRISTAR&#8217;s Obak National preview cards</title>
		<link>http://blogbeckett.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/first-look-tristars-obak-national-preview-cards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRISTAR released preview images and basic information on Thursday for its set of Obak preview cards that will be produced for this year's National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, later this month.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9217&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Neil Armstrong has eluded collectors for years</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon upon us this coming Monday, there might be more than a few collectors interested in picking up something related to the mission that starred Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and "Buzz" Aldrin.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9196&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Topps reveals 2009 Allen &amp; Ginter SPs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Topps announced the short-printed autographs, Relics and inserts list in 2009 Topps Allen &#38; Ginter on Thursday.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9201&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>USA Today: Jason Giambi buys his old Yankees locker</title>
		<link>http://blogbeckett.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/usa-today-giambi-buys-his-own-locker-as-part-of-yankee-stadium-sale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[USA Today's Game On has an interesting story on how well the Steiner Sports sale of Yankee Stadium memorabilia has been going -- well enough to the tune of eight-figures (i.e. more than $10,000,000) so far.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9192&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Upper Deck to Produce Special Michael Jackson Cards</title>
		<link>http://blogbeckett.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/9178/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Hackler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You knew it was just a matter of time: Michael Jackson has new trading cards.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9178&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Atlanta Braves pitcher Tommy Hanson is Topps&#8217; fourth Red Hot Rookie</title>
		<link>http://blogbeckett.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/atlanta-braves-pitcher-tommy-hanson-is-topps-fourth-red-hot-rookie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chrisolds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Topps announced its fourth 2009 Red Hot Rookie Redemption on Wednesday and it’s Atlanta Braves pitcher Tommy Hanson.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9174&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chrisolds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sports Illustrated's David Bergman snapped this photo behind the scenes at the MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday in St. Louis. President Barack Obama signed more than a dozen baseballs while meeting the AL and NL All-Stars, but this batch was for the umpires, according to Bergman.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9171&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Press Pass adds to its promotions at the National</title>
		<link>http://blogbeckett.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/press-pass-adds-to-its-promotions-at-the-national/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chrisolds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Press Pass has announced its popular box redemption programs for football and NASCAR collectors at this year's National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland later this month.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9161&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brock Lesnar Gets Revenge, Collectors Get No Certified Autos</title>
		<link>http://blogbeckett.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/brock-lesnar-seeks-revenge-collectors-seek-his-certified-autos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Hackler</dc:creator>
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UFC Heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar defended his title against Frank Mir in the main event of the ballyhooed UFC 100 pay per view Saturday, doing so with revenge on his mind and zero certified autographs on his checklist.
The former World Wrestling Entertainment phenomenon, who also tried his hand at the National Football League before entering mixed martial [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9143&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Panini Larry Bird Card Highlights National Promo</title>
		<link>http://blogbeckett.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/panini-larry-bird-card-highlights-national-promotion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Hackler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Panini America is combining the best of all its worlds – football, basketball and Americana – to produce a wrapper redemption set for the 30th National Sports Collectors Convention that includes, among other goodies, the company’s first card of NBA legend Larry Bird.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9135&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MLB auctions All-Star Game memorabilia</title>
		<link>http://blogbeckett.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/mlb-auctions-all-star-game-memorabilia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chrisolds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MLB Auctions announced on Thursday that several lots of game-used memorabilia from past All-Star Games and other events surrounding the Midsummer Classic are on the auction block.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9128&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More 2009 Topps Allen &amp; Ginter</title>
		<link>http://blogbeckett.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/more-2009-topps-allen-ginter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chrisolds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Collectors are quite interested in what's to be found in this year's Allen &#38; Ginter baseball card set from Topps. Here's what was found at the Topps TV Rip Party. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9126&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beckett Media tag teams with WWE Magazine</title>
		<link>http://blogbeckett.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/beckett-media-tag-teams-with-wwe-magazine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chrisolds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beckett Media's Chris Olds penned two pages of wrestling card and memorabilia trivia for a special issue of WWE Magazine, which arrives on newsstands this week as "The Hobby's Most Reliable and Relied upon Source" reaches out to the WWE Universe.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9115&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Jackson: A Thriller in vinyl</title>
		<link>http://blogbeckett.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/michael-jackson-a-thriller-in-vinyl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chrisolds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toy manufacturer Yamato USA had three vinyl figures in the works at the time of Michael Jackson's death as part of its Canyon Crest Collection -- two 7-inch Thriller figures, one dancing and one as a zombie, and a Bad toy.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9110&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Topps announces its plans for All-Star FanFest</title>
		<link>http://blogbeckett.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/topps-announces-its-plans-for-all-star-fanfest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chrisolds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Topps unveiled its plans for this year's All-Star FanFest on Thursday with the company planning to give away sample cards, hold contest and games for youngsters as well as some exclusive cards.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9104&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Want a piece of Michael Phelps&#8217; Speedos?</title>
		<link>http://blogbeckett.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/want-a-piece-of-michael-phelps-speedos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chrisolds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sure, the mania surrounding Michael Phelps has gone a bit up in smoke since his record-setting performance in the last Olympics, but a little off-the-field (err, out-of-pool?) controversy probably won't stop fans and collectors from chasing the latest in MP Memorabilia.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9082&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Cuts Added to 1972: The Year in Hockey</title>
		<link>http://blogbeckett.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/new-cuts-added-to-1972-the-year-in-hockey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Hackler</dc:creator>
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In the Game President Brian H. Price poses a rather interesting question in his company’s most recent email newsletter: Where were you in 1972?
Price also answers that question with a one-sentence reply and a telling, and highly entertaining, card image. (For the record, Price had just graduated with a degree in dentistry from the University [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9086&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More details on eTopps Ultimate Fighting Championship MMA cards</title>
		<link>http://blogbeckett.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/more-details-on-etopps-ultimate-fighting-championship-mma-cards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chrisolds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the sport of Mixed Martial Arts grows in popularity, eTopps is proud to partner with the premier organization in the industry to offer Ultimate Fighting Championship® eTopps cards! eTopps is the exclusive online trading card of UFC®, and will begin offering special limited-edition cards in brilliant eTopps technology featuring the most dominant fighters in the UFC®, commemorating their performance in some of UFC®’s biggest events.  These cards will be the most beautiful, most premium UFC cards available anywhere!  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9078&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Even more Allen &amp; Ginter autographs &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blogbeckett.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/even-more-allen-ginter-autographs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chrisolds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We couldn't wait until later in the week to talk up some more unusual Allen &#38; Ginter autographs.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blogbeckett.wordpress.com&blog=1882719&post=9064&subd=blogbeckett&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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