What Was Inside That Dare To Tear Box Topper?

A couple of weeks ago I held a contest for a sealed Felix Potvin 2010-2011 Zenith Dare To Tear box topper.  Matthew Wilson from the blog Tenets of Wilson was the lucky winner.  I received an e-mail from Matthew early today.  The urge to open it was too much to handle and Matthew decided to tear.  Inside waiting for him wasn’t a base card or a parallel.  Instead what was waiting for him was a Taylor Hall 2010-2011 Donruss Elite RC Auto #’ed/99.  The odds of pulling a card like this are out of this world.  I couldn’t be more happy for Matthew.  I’m glad one of Sports Card Info’s contests could yield such a high-dollar card.  This has to be the most valuable card awarded to a reader.  The last Taylor Hall ’10-’11 Elite RC Auto #’ed/99 sold for $125.00.

Dare To Tear Winner Announced

Congrats to Matt on being the lucky winner of the Felix Potvin 2010-2011 Zenith Dare To Tear 5×7 sealed box topper.  Once Matt sends me his mailing address, I will ship this card out ASAP.

Thanks!

Contest: Will You Dare To Tear? – Revisited – NOW CLOSED

Last week’s winner of the Felix Potvin 2010-2011 Zenith Dare To Tear 5×7 sealed box topper never came forward, so I’m hosting the contest again.  Inside this bad boy could be a base card, parallel, or autograph.  Good luck!!!

Contest Details:

• This contest will end Friday, August  12, 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
• 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!!!

Dare To Tear Contest Winner Announced

Congrats to Sean Dickerson on being the lucky winner of the Felix Potvin 2010-2011 Zenith Dare To Tear 5×7 Box Topper.  Once Sean Dickerson sends me their mailing address, this card will be mailed ASAP.  Thanks.

Contest: Will You Dare To Tear? – NOW CLOSED

Last week I pulled this Felix Potvin 2010-2011 Zenith Dare To Tear 5×7 box topper.  Inside could be anything from a base card to an autograph.  If your the lucky winner, what will you do?  Keep it sealed or tear it open?

Contest Details:

• This contest will end Friday, July  29, 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
• The winner will receive an e-mail when the contest is over
• Once the contest is over, I will need the winner’s mailing address so I can ship them this card for FREE!!!

Pinnacle Zenith Dare to Tear

Last night I was reading a book by Dr. James Beckett called “Collecting Baseball and other Sports Cards”, and while reading the history of hockey cards I came across a list of top cards.  One that stood out to me came from a pack of 1997-1998 Pinnacle Zenith Dare to Tear, which was the first product to feature “cards within cards”.  I remember this product so well because back when it came out I subscribed to Tuff Stuff and sometimes they would include promo cards in the magazine.  One month I got a promo card of Joe Sakic from this set and within the card was an Eric Lindros normal sized card.  I wonder if this is where Topps got their idea for the “rip card”?  I miss Pinnacle and Zenith.  They had some of the coolest insert cards ever made for the hobby.