Card of the Day: Chevy Chase 2021 Leaf Pop Century Signatures Silver

Card of the Day: Chuck Norris 2021 Leaf Pop Century Signatures Red, White, & Blue

Card of the Day: 2020 Leaf Pop Century Classic Roles “Ralphie” Peter Billingsley Green Parallel Auto

Card of the Day: Donald Trump 2012 Leaf Pop Century Signatures

Card of the Day: Jesse Jane 2020 Leaf Pop Century Signatures

Card of the Day: William Shatner 2019 Leaf Pop Century Sci-Fi Signatures

Card of the Day: George Wendt 2018 Leaf Pop Century Signatures

Card of the Day: Chevy Chase 2017 Leaf Pop Century Walk Of Fame Auto

“Pin-Up” of the Week: Batman 2015 Pop! Pins

I know this isn’t sports related, but its just too cool.  Funko’s line of Pop! vinyl figures have grown in popularity over the years.  Comic-Con and Loot Crate exclusives can command serious money on the secondary market.  Starting last fall they began making pins based on some of their most popular figures.  They aren’t rare, and can easily be purchased for a couple of bucks.

Funko needs to make more sports figures.  They have some, but not a lot.  Characters from television and movies seem to get the Pop! treatment more often.  The San Francisco Giants had a Toy Story Pop! figure they gave away in 2014.  I’d like to see more teams give out exclusive Pop! figures as stadium giveaways.  The most valuable sports themed Pop! figure I believe is the Seattle Seahawks Freddy Funko one that was available during San Diego Comic-Con last year.  I could be wrong though.  Those can sell for $100-$135.  Sometimes prototypes can find their way out and go for a lot too.

Flashback Product of the Week: 2005 eBay Live! Pop Culture Classic Listings

From what I hear, the eBay Live! annual conference was a pretty big deal.  I personally never attended any of them though.  But reading up on them, it sounds like sellers were treated like kings at one time.  eBay would listen to sellers, and offer fun classes to attend.  eBay is still the main place to buy/sell stuff, but I think that sense of community has really been lost.  Yeah, the message boards are still there, but it just doesn’t seem like it use to be.  eBay tends to care more about the buyers now.

Over the years, eBay has slapped their logo on tons of merchandise.  They use to have a store, but that closed up years ago.  Some of their merchandise has become quite collectible.  During the eBay Live! conference they gave out huge amounts of stuff.  That includes their own trading cards.

There was a card set made for almost every single eBay Live! event.  Each one has it’s own uniqueness about it, but the set made in 2005 seems to stand out the most to me.  Both from a design standpoint and subject matter.  eBay was celebrating it’s 10th anniversary in 2005.  They decided to create a set that commemorated the most notable items put up for sale up until that point.  The set consists of (13) cards.  Card fronts feature an animated drawing of a specific item on foil card stock.  On the reverse side, you’ll find a write-up about that item.  The checklist includes the following cards:

• Real Arkansas Civil War Dirt
• Size 12 Wedding Dress/Gown
• Early Blown Glass Cathedral Pickle Bottle
• 2005 Jay Leno Harley Davidson
• The Meaning of Life
• Gulfstream II Business Jet
• Kidney For Sale
• Oldest Known Pair of Levis Jeans
• Ghost Cane
• Ten Years of Community and Commerce
• Pierre Omidyar’s Broken Laser Pointer
• Shoeless Joe’s Bat
• Virgin Mary in Grilled Cheese

Shoeless Joe’s Bat refers to the famous “Black Betsy”.  It sold on August 7, 2001 for $577,610.  That was Joe Jackson’s main bat he used throughout his career.

These cards aren’t that difficult to find.  Ironically there usually is a good supply on eBay.  Its funny to think that eBay made cards.  But they did.