Card of the Day: Cubbie Bear 1988 ProCards Iowa Cubs #554

Card of the Day: Reggie Jackson 1984 California Angels Smokey The Bear

How A Relic Card Is Made

Ever since Panini  started their blog, collectors have been given all kinds of behind the scenes access.  Check out their newest video showing you how they made the Paul “Bear” Bryant relics found in 2010 Century Collection.

Golf’s Greatest Patch Card?

I have always liked the look of golf cards.  Golf is one of the oldest sports in the world and I think it should have more cards.  I would like to congratulate Creative Cardboard Concepts for making one of the coolest looking golf cards ever made.  The card below comes from Famous Fabrics Second Edition and contains almost the entire golden bear logo off of Jack Nicklaus’s golf bag.  Its numbered 1/1 and I think its just freakin awesome!

Who wants to see some John Daly patches?

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.