The Secret to Buying Rookie Cards Cheap on eBay.
eBay is a changing beast, one that is scraping and clawing to succeed as a company after years at the top of the e-commerce mountain. When Amazon.com passed eBay in total traffic not so long ago,...
View ArticleYour Next Rookie Card May Have an Autograph… and So Much More.
On Monday at the 2011 Industry Summit in Las Vegas we sat in a crowded ballroom where Panini executives basically did everything that dealers could have ever asked for. They cut out what many dealers...
View ArticleOpinion: Video Cards a Collectible, Not a Trading Card.
Video card products from Upper Deck and Panini are meant to spur interest in the hobby, taking their products to a new dimension. And well they might. But that doesn’t make them a trading card. It...
View ArticleWayne Gretzky O-Pee-Chee Rookie Card Sells for Record $94,163.
The Great One’s greatest card, a PSA 10, 1979 O-Pee-Chee rookie card has just sold in auction for a final bid price of $94,163 California-based SCP Auctions listed an 1979-80 Wayne Gretzky O-Pee-Chee...
View ArticleContempt for Redemptions.
Editor’s Note: In nearly 35 years as an ardent collector and hobby enthusiast I’ve noted a couple things. First, the card companies care very little about the individual as it pertains to their...
View ArticleIs Beckett (BGS) Killing PSA in the Modern Card Grading Market?
Is Beckett Grading (BGS) now the king of modern card grading? Looking at counts of cards online it sure looks that way. While Beckett still has a way to go in the apparently recession-proof vintage...
View ArticleOpinion: National Sports Collectors Convention More Museum Than Mall.
The National Sports Collectors Convention is considered by collectors, dealers and sports memorabilia companies to be the hobby’s Mecca, the most important annual event. Indeed it is. The massive...
View ArticleEarly Report on Potential 2011 Breakout NHL Rookies
Hockey is among the more difficult sports to forecast rookie cards as most of the top entry players have never been seen by the masses, certainly not by collectors south of Canada. So, one is mostly...
View ArticleMore 2011 NHL Hockey Rookies to Watch For.
Yesterday we published a briefing about some of the top 2011 NHL rookies expected to make their professional debuts this year. Now, the author of that piece has followed it up with 12 more ice phenoms...
View ArticleThe Risks of Ripping Retail.
It’s been happening since the beginning of modern card time… searching of packs. In the beginning, it was simple, almost innocent by comparison, as collectors figured out that some Upper Deck products...
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