Beanie Contest Winner Announced

Congrats to Dustin Abernathy on being the lucky winner of the Beanie Wells 2011 Prestige – Prestigious Pros 1-Color Prime Jersey #’ed/50.  Once Dustin Abernathy sends me his mailing address I will mail this card ASAP.

Thanks!  Another contest will start soon!

Beanie Contest! – NOW CLOSED

Time for another contest.  This time the winner will receive a Beanie Wells 2011 Prestige – Prestigious Pros 1-Color Prime Jersey #’ed/50.  Good luck!!!

Contest Details:

• This contest will end Friday, June 3, 2011 @ 8:00 p.m. EST
• To enter, please leave a comment in this post
• You can enter once per day
• The winner will be selected at random
• Please provide a valid e-mail address when entering
• Once the contest is over, I will need the winner’s mailing address so I can ship them this card for FREE!!!

Flashback Product of the Week: 1999 Team Best Diamond Best Edition

In 1999, Team Best released a product called Diamond Best Edition.  Each box contained 6 packs with 6 cards per pack and a 9″ Salvino Rookie Bammer Bear.  It also included 1 serial numbered trading card of authenticity.  I have no idea what that means.  Maybe it means that only the one card is authentic. Some of the more popular players in this product would be Burrell, Drew, and Ankiel.

When I started attending card shows back in the mid-90’s, there was a craze going on that annoyed the hell out of me – Beanie Babies.  It wasn’t uncommon to see dealers have their glass cases full of great cards only to have them covered with these furry little bean bags from hell.  Today you don’t see these things at shows very often since the craze died, but every once in awhile you’ll see them pop-up.