KISS Contest Winner!

Congrats to wickedortega for winning this week’s contest.  wickedortega wins all of the inserts that I pulled from my box of KISS 360 that Press Pass sent me.  Would wickedortega please send me an e-mail at: rosschrisman2003@yahoo.com with their mailing address?  Once I have your mailing address, I can send your cards out ASAP.  Thanks [...]

Unique Baseball Patch Find

A few days ago I received a package in the mail from an older family member.  Inside was an old Dutch Masters cigar box filled with old newspaper clippings and various other stuff I really didn’t know why they wanted to send me.  Near the bottom of the box I discovered a really old Irving [...]

Response From Press Pass

After Upper Deck came out and said that they will have the exclusive rights to produce NCAA licensed cards starting in April 2010, I sent an e-mail to my contact at Press Pass, Inc to see what they plan to do with their popular line of college football cards.  Today I got the following response: [...]

Autographs and Pizza

Yes, I’d like to place an order for an extra large pizza with pepperoni, sausage, and a Yogi Berra autograph. For a long time food companies placed sports cards within their products for promotional purposes.  One of the most notable food related cards would probably be the ones that could be found with Red Heart [...]

“It’s like deja-vu, all over again”

I hope Yogi doesn’t mind me using one of his all-time favorite quotes, but thats the first thing that came to mind when I saw pictures of the new UD Ballpark Collection. Seven years ago Upper Deck released a multi-sport product called Superstars, which I have blogged about once in the past.  Unfortunately it never [...]

Cards Picturing Cards

Here is a design feature you don’t see all the time – cards that picture other cards.  There was a set made during the 90′s (I think it was Stadium Club) that would put a picture of that player’s rookie card on the back.  Today you don’t see it very often.  The three products that [...]

Flashback Product of the Week: 1993 Pinnacle Joe DiMaggio Box Set

For some crazy reason, I’ve been seeing these 1993 Pinnacle Joe DiMaggio Box Sets appear more and more at card shows.  Each box contains a certified autograph of Joe DiMaggio.  There are 5 different types of autographs you can collect and each one is limited to 1,800 copies.  Also included in each box is a [...]

2009 Press Pass KISS 360 Box Break/Review

I never know what the UPS guy will drop off at my doorstep.  On Friday I got a package from Press Pass which contained a box of their new KISS 360 product.  This is the first time I’ve ever opened a product which hasn’t been released yet.  Press Pass’s last KISS product Ikons quickly soldout [...]

Interview with Ball Dome Inventor John Weldon

One of the coolest new inventions unveiled during this year’s National and one of the most talked about items around the sports memorabilia blogosphere has to be the Ball Dome.  Inventor/Collector John Weldon of The Memorabilia Factory has revolutionized the way collectors store their collectible baseballs.  Recently I caught up with Mr. Weldon and asked [...]

Press Pass Mailday!

This afternoon the UPS man dropped off another package from Press Pass.  This time they sent me a box of their new KISS 360 to review.  This product isn’t suppose to be released until 8-12-09 but it looks like this one snuck out of the factory a little early.  Press Pass had a lot of [...]