Card of the Day: Eli Manning 2004 Topps Finest Gold Refractor Auto

Card of the Day: Eli Manning 2004 Topps Total #350

Manning Prestige Jersey Contest! – NOW CLOSED

This contest will be for an Eli Manning 2012 Prestige Team Foundations Jersey #’ed/249.  Good luck!!!

Contest Details:

• This contest will end Friday, July 13, 2012 @ 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
• The winner will receive an e-mail when the contest is over
• The winner has one week to send me their contact information or the contest will be held again
• Once the contest is over, I will need the winner’s mailing address so I can ship them this card for FREE!!!

Card of the Day: Eli Manning 2004 Playoff Contenders Rookie Ticket Auto

Truly An Honest Fake + My Panini Opinion

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 innovations for The Hobby.  I too wish Panini would embrace the card blogosphere, but for right now it seems like they’re sticking with Big Brother Beckett.  Perhaps someday Panini will come around and realize that collector blogs are the new media.  In my opinion, they make great products.  This year’s Absolute Football is one of my favorite products.

Thats enough about Panini tonight.  Here is something funny I found up for sale this evening.  Its a 2008 Topps Eli Manning Ring of Honor insert with a fake autograph.  What makes this so funny is that the seller writes in the description telling you its fake.  Sometimes you’ll see “custom” cards and various other homemade items up for sale, but rarely will you find one stating its fake right up front.  Believe it or not, but it has (1) bid on it for $0.10 which is probably what this basic unsigned insert is worth.  I guess you could give the seller credit.  At least their being honest 🙂

Manning / Tittle Scammer Caught

I love catching a scammer.  This afternoon I came in from swimming and decided to check eBay to see what NFL logo patches were for sale.  Scrolling down the list I came to this auction.  At first glance this Eli Manning / Y.A. Tittle dual patch looks really cool.  Its from 2007 Leaf Certified Materials which is one of my favorite football products.  Looking closer at the auction I started to see a ton of red flags.  To start, the seller’s feedback isn’t the worst in the world but not the best.  Some of the recent comments accuse them of selling fake stuff.  Beneath each relic window it says “Game-Worn Jersey”.  An authentic card would state “Prime-Jersey” or “Patch” or for the Tittle relic “Laundry-Tag”.  One of the biggest things that sticks out to me is the football on the NFL logo.  If you look at the picture, the football doesn’t have any stitch marks like the authentic ones do.  I plan to report it and lets hope eBay takes it down.

Card of the Day: Eli Manning 2004 Bowman RC Auto