Card of the Day: Ty Cobb 1910-12 Sweet Caporal Pin

These pins could be found in boxes of American Tobacco Sweet Caporal tobacco products during the early 20th century.  Some pins are rarer than others.  There are about 205 pins to a complete set and you’ll find many small and large letter variations.  You can get them graded and/or authenticated.  I think look cool in the tiny grading holders PSA puts them in.

My Top 6 New Year’s Themed Cards

Whenever a holiday rolls around, I like to see if there are any cards floating around The Hobby which contain the theme of that specific day.  I thought I might have a difficult time with New Year’s, but it wasn’t that hard.  Christmas by far is the holiday that has the most trading cards.  After digging around, I was able to come up with my Top 6 New Year’s Themed Cards.

#1 – 1941 War Gum #24: Gum, Inc created a ton of cards between 1938 and 1941 that dealt with WWII.  This one depicts the Luzon Repels New Year’s Push.

#2 – 1999 Upper Deck Encore 2K Countdown: These were randomly inserted into packs of ‘99 UD Encore Baseball.  They fall 1:11 packs.  The word “countdown” has been used a lot with cards.

#3 – 1995 Skybox Impact Countdown: This is a 10-card set that features all horizontal cards.  They fall 1:30 packs.

#4 – 2002 Atomic Countdown to Stardom: The Atomic brand is no longer around, but Pacific did create some great looking inserts.  These fall about 1:11 packs.

#5 – 1997 Pacific Fireworks Die Cuts: What would New Year’s be without fireworks?  These condition sensitive die cuts look cool and fall 1:73 packs.

#6 – Dick Clark 1993 American Bandstand: It wouldn’t be New Year’s Eve without America’s oldest teenager.  This card comes from an American Bandstand set.

As you can see, there are a bunch of cards that you could say have a New Year’s theme.  I’m sure there are a ton more, especially from products such as “Turn Back the Clock”.  I could see Upper Deck including a piece of the ball that drops in New York City into their Piece of History product next year

Sports Card Info Turns Two!!!

Today Sports Card Info turns two years old.  Two years ago today I started Sports Card Info over on Blogger, but for some crazy reason Google shut me down because they thought I was spam.  I originally started SCI because I wanted to link from the Beckett Message Boards to some of the guides I had written on cards.  Since Beckett wouldn’t allow users to have a link in their signature to eBay, I had to move some of my popular guides over to Blogger.  In May of 2008 I moved the site over to WordPress since I was shut down and the site has grown steadily ever since.  Thanks to the now retired Mario from Wax Heaven, I have been able to obtain new products from Press Pass, TRISTAR, and hopefully Upper Deck soon to review and use for contests.  Wax Heaven gave me some great ideas to help further improve my blog.  Blowout Cards is now an official sponsor of SCI too.  In return for displaying their logo in the sidebar, they give exposure to specific blog posts I send to them.  When I started blogging two years ago I never thought I would be teaming up with manufacturers and distributors.  As of right now, SCI has received well over 100,000 total hits and averages about 400 visitors per day.  2009 was a great year for SCI and I hope 2010 goes even better.  I’d like to thank everyone that has visited this year and has taken part in many of the contests.

Card of the Day: Emmitt Smith 1990 Pro Set RC #685

Welcome To Perfectville: Population 1

The Colts just lost their first game this year which means the ‘72-’73 Perfect Season Miami Dolphins are safe for another year.  Every year there seems to be a team that looks like they might go all the way without losing, but it hasn’t happened in 36 years.  There are a ton of players from that team that should have relics and autographs made, but only a handful do.  Griese, Csonka, Yepremian, Scott, Little, and Shula make up the small amount of players that have relic and autographed cards.  I’d like to see more.  I highly doubt we’ll ever see another team go undefeated again.

Flashback Product of the Week: 2007 Leaf Certified Materials Football

Usually when I do “Flashback Product of the Week”, I pick a product that hasn’t been made in awhile.  This time I chose one of my favorite products that is still being produced today, 2007 Leaf Certified Materials Football.  The first time I opened a box of this stuff I wanted to pull a Sid Luckman jersey and I did.  After opening a few more boxes I pulled a Laurence Moroney Mirror Black insert #’ed 1/1, Dwayne Bowe Mirror Gold Helmet/Shoe/Patch autograph #’ed/25, and two Vince Young Mirror Emerald inserts each #’ed/5.  If that wasn’t enough, I got lucky again and pulled another Luckman relic containing three pieces of jersey #’ed/10.  I had a ton of luck with this product and I still recommend it.  Boxes can be found for around $100.00 and you still have a good chance of pulling an Adrian Peterson rookie.

Card of the Day: Chris Johnson ‘08 UD SP Authentic RC Patch Auto

Will he make it to 2,000 rushing yards this season?  If he does, be prepared for his rookies to take off.  Right now his rookies are pretty affordable, but I have seen a little rise in is stuff this year.  I think I have a 2008 Bowman Chrome rookie of him.  Looks like I should dig it out.

Christmas Box Pulls: Season’s Greetings From Sanchez

I got some great stuff for Christmas this year.  I got a new blank football that I can use to get autographs on.  I don’t think I can fit anymore more signatures on my other one  I also got a 2010 Phillies calendar, Phillies coasters for my room, and a new Phillies mug.  I also received a box of 2009 Donruss Classics and 2009 Absolute Football.  It was a blast opening both of these boxes.  Check out what I pulled!!!

What did you get for Christmas?

Card of the Day: Albert Pujols 2001 Bowman Chrome RC Auto

When 2001 Bowman Chrome Baseball was released, this card was only made available through a redemption.  At the time, nobody had any idea this card would amount to what it is today.  While attending card shows, I still have to chuckle when I see a dealer trying to sell a box of ‘01 Bowman Chrome trying to convince people they have a chance of pulling the Pujols rookie.  They lack to inform people that redemption has expired.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!