Even though its not due out for another few days, Press Pass sent over a box of their new 2009 Wheels Main Event for me to break and review. I’ll probably bust it on Friday and hold a contest this weekend for some of the stuff inside. Each hobby box contains (1) autograph and (2) [...]
Filed under: Maildays | Tagged: 2009, cards, event, main, nascar, pass, poker, press, wheels | Leave a Comment »
I know the big news of the day is that Kobe Bryant signed an exclusive deal with Panini. I think its great that it happened. For years he was with Upper Deck and for him to switch sides really stirs the pot of competition between the major manufacturers. Hopefully the competition will lead to newer [...]
Filed under: Finds, Fun, Thoughts | Tagged: autograph, basketball, bryant, eli, fake, honor, kobe, manning, of, panini, ring | Leave a Comment »
Its no secret that manufactured patches get pushed to the side like a piece of trash in The Hobby today. Most collectors don’t enjoy them because some companies classify them as “hits”, but in my opinion some of them are cool to own. Believe it or not but manufactured patches surfaced a long time before [...]
Filed under: Flashback Product of the Week | Tagged: 1974, flashback, fleer, football, of, patches, product, the, week | 1 Comment »
In all my years of collecting, it never occured to me why Press Pass didn’t produce baseball cards. I guess I’ve always thought of them for making college football, basketball and NASCAR stuff. I’m sure by now you’ve heard that in November they plan to release a new Multi-Sport product called Fusion. It will cover [...]
Filed under: Preview, Thoughts | Tagged: 2009, baseball, basketball, football, fusion, mma, multi, olympics, pass, press, Preview, sport, wrestling | Leave a Comment »
Overall Score: 3 hot dogs out of 5 Today I went to the Valley Forge Convention Center to attend the Philadelphia Sports Card & Memorabilia Show which is operated by Hunt Auctions. Hunt Auctions must have read my report on the last show because things seemed to run a bit smoother this time. Entering the [...]
Filed under: Card Shows, Events | Tagged: 2009, angelo, auctions, autograph, bat, bench, card, carlton, cole, december, dundee, fisk, frazier, grove, guests, hamels, hunt, joe, johnny, lefty, memorabilia, mike, pete, philadelphia, photos, Pickups, report, rose, schmidt, september, show, sports, steve | 8 Comments »
Monty Sheldon is one of the better known sports artists in today’s hobby. After graduating from the Joe Kubert School of Cartooning and Graphic Art in Dover, New Jersey, he went on to become one of the early employees at Dark Horse Comics. After leaving Dark Horse Comics in 1998 he went on to pursue [...]
Filed under: Interviews | Tagged: artball, artist, black, cards, comics, dark, horse, interview, jackson, mantle, monty, schedule, sheldon, sketch, sox, sports, woods | 3 Comments »
I’ve been waiting for one of these to show up. This is the first 2009 TRISTAR Obak Cut Signature to hit eBay. Its of Chuck Connors and is serial numbered 1/1. I didn’t realize that these were inserted as redemptions. I guess they did that to protect the autograph. Right now it can be yours [...]
Filed under: Card Info | Tagged: 2009, autograph, chuck, connors, cut, ebay, first, obak, signature, tristar | Leave a Comment »
There are a ton of low-end grading companies within the industry. Rarely do they ever give a card less than a 10 grade. This evening I came across this seller who has a bunch of these Gem Mint 10 rookie cards up for sale. At first glance I thought they were graded by PSA, but [...]
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When you think of Press Pass, the phrase “cut signature” doesn’t always pop into your head. They aren’t known for making a lot of cut signatures for The Hobby and maybe thats a good thing. One of the few cut signatures they have made has popped up for sale. This one is of the King [...]
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If TRISTAR brings Obak back next year I have another historical figure they could add to their list of Game Changers, John Newbery. Newbery started the entire children’s literature genre back in 1744 with is publication A Pretty Little Pocket-Book. What makes this book so fascinating to sports collectors is the fact that it contains [...]
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