I consider Jim Thorpe to be the Babe Ruth of football. Its been almost 5 years since I opened up that pack of 2003 Leaf Limited and pulled a 2 color piece of jacket limited to only 25 copies. Back in 2003, Donruss/Playoff purchased a jacket/sweater once worn by Thorpe so they could cut it [...]
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In January, Topps plans to release its highly anticipated 2010 National Chicle Football product. One of the artists that worked with Topps to paint some of the base cards and inserts is Monty Sheldon, who I have interviewed for the site in the past. Monty sent over some scans of his paintings that you could [...]
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Over the years, many manufacturers have created Christmas themed cards. Some were made available to the public through packs, and others were provided only to company employees but slowly made their way on to the secondary market. Some of these cards are more collectible than others. If you ask collectors what they think of Christmas [...]
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Even though Press Pass technically created the first relic card that could be pulled from packs, 1997 Upper Deck Baseball Series 1 for some reason always steals the show. This was the first baseball product that included game-used jersey inserts. There were only three kinds of jerseys that you could pull: Griffey, Jr, Tony Gwynn, [...]
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Today I graduated from college with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management. On top of all that, I also won the Board of Directors Award too. I really wasn’t looking forward to the whole graduation ceremony and everything, but it went ok. I’m just not one for wearing a dress shirt and tie. I find [...]
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Historically speaking, the Score brand has always been a low-end product. If your a collector on a serious budget, Score is where you want to go for cheap rookies of star players. Bo Jackson, Barry Sanders, and Troy Aikman are probably some of the best known athletes to have their best rookies on a Score [...]
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