Card of the Day: Peyton Manning 1998 Metal Universe RC #189

Card of the Day: Michael Jordan 97-98 Skybox Metal Universe Titanium #1

Flashback Product of the Week: 1990 Marvel Universe

The 1990 Marvel Universe set consists of 162 cards and randomly inserted holograms (remember this is 1990 and holograms are awesome!!!).  I like the artwork.  Its classic looking and not overdone.  Boxes of this stuff are still popular, some selling for $50.00.

We are yet on the eve of another Marvel superhero movie.  Tomorrow, Captain America: The First Avenger hits the theaters and I’m looking forward to seeing it this weekend.  After this, eager fans will be awaiting The Avengers which comes in May 2012.  I think Marvel is doing a fantastic job connecting all these individual films together.

Card of the Day: Michael Jordan 1998-1999 Metal Universe Precious Metal Gems

The Great Wrapper Caper

This afternoon I headed over to the Collector’s Universe sports card forum to see what was going on, and my attention went right to this post written by user summerof68.  They did some excellent detective work discovering that this seller was purchasing old wax wrappers and reselling them as if they were sealed packs.  That seller has been one of the largest suppliers of wax packs on eBay for awhile and it just seemed strange that they always had so many to sell.  You really need to have a trained eye to see what this seller was doing.  There are little things that you can see on the wrapper that show up on the resealed pack they sold.  Collecting old packs is a great way to enjoy the hobby, but you really need to be careful who you are buying from.  Many authenticators grade/certify packs to ensure that its never been opened or resealed.  Its probably better to purchase a vintage pack in person so you can inspect it yourself.  The detective work done on this case is probably some of the best I’ve ever seen.  

On a side note, someday I’d like to add a few sealed packs to my collection (thats if I could keep them sealed).  I’d like to add a 1984 Topps football, and a  1995 Bowman’s Best baseball pack to my collection.  The ’84 Topps would be for the Marino RC and the ’95 Bowman’s Best for the Rolen RC.  Older packs containing rookies of players from the Miami Dolphins Perfect Season would also be nice to add, but they can get really expensive.

If anyone has a lot of money and wants to be a big star on YouTube, buy some vintage packs and open them up on camera.  I’m sure many collectors would love to see a pack of 1933 Goudey busted.