Card of the Day: World B. Free 1986-87 Fleer #35

Upper Deck’s 2014 National Plans: Promos, Exquisite Golf, & FREE Cake

Upper Deck may have been quiet when it came to their plans for the 2014 National Sports Collectors Convention, but the silence is gone.  Upper Deck has fully unveiled what they have in store for collectors… and its a lot!

For a full run down on things, check out Upper Deck’s Blog.  But here are some of the things that stick out to me.  I’m going to do something I rarely do, and that’s copy and paste info from one blog to another 🙂  Upper Deck really says it best anyway.  One of these years I’d like to see Upper Deck make some National exclusive Precious Metal Gems parallels.  Its about time collectors see a high-end golf product like Exquisite.  I’m really looking forward to seeing what those cards look like.

Wednesday VIP Party – Upper Deck will help get the show started by making a special presentation at the Wednesday VIP Party to thank the company’s network of dealers in attendance at the show.  Fans in attendance will also score with a special 6-card VIP set produced exclusively for the National Sports Collectors Convention and they will also have the opportunity to win one of three sealed packs of the new 2014 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Golf!  Immediately after the VIP Party fans are invited to visit the Upper Deck booth for birthday cake to help celebrate Upper Deck’s 25th Anniversary and an incredible FREE giveaway you will not want to miss!

Wrapper Redemption Promotion – Every year fans flock to the Upper Deck booth with new packs to score one of the exclusive wrapper redemption packs produced just for this show.  Randomly inserted into these packs are incredibly limited autograph cards of top stars from the world of sports.  Collectors just need to purchase five (5) packs of 2013 Fleer Retro Football, 2014 SPx Football, 2014 Upper Deck Football (Hobby), 2013-14 Fleer Retro Basketball, 2013-14 SP Authentic Basketball, 2013-14 NHL SP Authentic, 2014 SP Authentic Golf, 2014 Goodwin Champions OR one (1) pack of 2014 SP Game-Used Golf to receive one (1) 2014 Upper Deck National Sports Collectors Convention Pack.  EVERY 25TH COLLECTOR WILL RECEIVE A FREE FLEER RETRO AUTOGRAPH PACK FROM FOOTBALL OR BASKETBALL!  These packs must be purchased from a Certified Diamond Dealer who will provide collectors with an Upper Deck issued voucher for the redemption program.  The program will begin at 10:25 a.m. each day starting on Thursday and run as long as supplies last.  Collectors can take advantage of the promotion up to four times per person, per day.

Case Breaker Promotion – Serious collectors who like cracking cases are in store for a very good time during the show as well!  Collectors can open a sealed case purchased from a Certified Diamond Dealer at the show of 2013-14 SP Authentic Basketball, 2013-14 Fleer Retro Basketball or 2013 Fleer Retro Football without waiting in any lines at any time throughout the show to receive the following:

(10) 2014 Upper Deck National Sports Collectors Convention Packs (2 packs from each day)
(2) 2013 Fleer Retro Basketball Autograph Pack (3 autograph cards per pack)
(2) 2013 Fleer Retro Football Autograph Pack (3 autograph cards per pack)
(1) Case Breaker Raffle Ticket good for a random memorabilia item, premium hobby pack/box, trading card, or one of 25 premium National Autograph cards.  The item selected will be immediately available to the participant.
*Note: This promotion is only available to the first 75 collectors who choose to take advantage of it.

The Exquisite Case Break – On Friday at 2:00 p.m. fans in attendance will want to make their way to the Amazon.com Sports Collectibles Center Stage for an extremely special event.  Fans who are not at the show can watch through Upper Deck’s BreakersTV Channel.  Upper Deck will bring up two of the company’s Authorized Group Breakers to help out with this special event in Steel City Collectibles along with Dave & Adam’s Card World, but spots in the break will be absolutely FREE and awarded during a special raffle at the company’s booth on Thursday night at 5:25 p.m.  What will make this such an “exquisite” event is that Upper Deck will be breaking the company’s most premium products with 2013 Exquisite Collection Football and 2014 Exquisite Collection Golf.

Card of the Day: 1933 Indian Chewing Gum Omaha Tribe #16

Speaking of things Omaha, throughout the month of August, Omaha Steaks is running a “Hole in One” promotion, challenging all golf enthusiasts to hit a hole in one to win a FREE package of 4 Omaha Steaks Filet Mignons.  Anyone located in the US that achieves an ace on a hole of at least 150-yards may submit their hole in one certificate to Omaha Steaks via Facebook, email, or by mail to receive four (6 oz.) Omaha Steaks filet mignons.  In support of this exciting initiative, we will be giving away weekly prizes on Facebook and Twitter for our Hole in One Trivia Contest, which will run every Friday throughout the month of August.  In addition, if you check in on foursquare at a local golf course, tweet your check-in to @OmahaSteaks, and mention that you are golfing for Omaha Steaks, you will be entered into a weekly drawing for a chance to win other delicious Omaha Steaks prizes.

Be sure to check out Omaha Steaks on Facebook and Twitter.  Don’t forget to tweet @OmahaSteaks to let them know your golfing for Omaha Steaks!!!

Check Out The New PressPass.com

Yesterday Press Pass unveiled its new and improved website.  It looks so much better than the other one they had for years.  I’m glad to see that they have switched to online redemptions which you can now redeem on their site.  For those collectors that register with PressPass.com between 4/28/10 and 5/5/10, you will receive a FREE pack of cards and be put into a drawing to win a 2008 Hendrick, Roush, Gibbs, or Ganasi team-signed baseball.  There will be 4 winners, one for each team-signed baseball.  What are you waiting for?  Go get your free pack of cards!!!  Be sure to fill in your shipping information.

Finally Print Media Free

The first time I picked up a price guide was back in the early 90’s.  It was a copy of Beckett Baseball with Michael Jordan on the cover.  The first time I actually subscribed to a hobby publication was after I purchased a copy of Tuff Stuff featuring Grant Hill on the front.  For years I received copies of Tuff Stuff before flipping over to Beckett.  Before I even thought of starting a blog, I locked myself into a long term subscription to Beckett.  A few months ago I started to receive notices from Beckett asking me to renew my subscription, and I confidently threw them in the garbage.  I’m not ashamed to admit that while starting Sports Card Info I kept receiving copies of the magazine, but it has been a very long time since I have opened one up.  I never saw the need.  Next month will be the first time I’ve never received a print publication that pertains to The Hobby.  Print media is dead and the blogs have taken over.  Price guides are a complete joke and you can get all the information you need online.  Before I started this blog, I was an active member of the Beckett Message Boards (BMB).  At the time, Kevin Haake was the editor of Beckett Baseball and he would ask members to contribute articles which would then be featured in the magazine.  I had a bunch of stuff printed in their magazine and I thought it was the coolest when the magazine came and I saw it in there.  After they changed their website, I left the boards and focused much more on blogging.  Why wait a month for an article to be published when I can do it instantly at my computer?

Does anyone see a good reason for you to subscribe to a print publication that deals with The Hobby?  I don’t.  You can save yourself a lot of money by reading the blogs.  That extra cash can buy you a lot of cards 🙂

Inside these magazines I remember seeing ads for very large shows.  Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d ever get to attend some of them.

FREE: Exclusive Press Pass Promotional Set

Have you ever been surfing the internet and wondered how you got to a certain website?  Tonight I was doing that very thing and somehow I ended up at Press Pass’s blog.  Press Pass doesn’t update their blog very much, but a few days ago they posted a link to a survey they would like collectors to take.  In return for taking the time to fill out the survey, Press Pass plans to distribute an exclusive promotional set.  At the end of the survey, just fill in your name and address and Press Pass will send you a free promotional set.  They don’t give too much detail about whats included in the set, but here is what one person received:

 

Its nothing really huge, but who wouldn’t pass up free cards.  Click here to take the survey.

Mailday MOJO! Thanks Beckett

Last week I received an e-mail from Beckett saying that I correctly placed my article “How To Spot Fake Sports Cards That Are For Sale” on their website.  They said I would be receiving 3 free packs of 2004 Upper Deck Sweet Spot baseball cards in the mail as a gift.  When I checked the mail today there was a bubble envelope with my 3 packs inside.  I couldn’t believe what I pulled.  I pulled a Jim Thome base card for my Phillies collection, Chris Saenz Sweet Beginings #’ed/799, and a John Smoltz Autograph.  I was so surprised to have received an autograph.  I’ll probably be moving the Smoltz auto soon.  Thanks Beckett!!!!!!!

 

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