First Rookie Cards of the 2017-18 NBA Draft Class in uniform! Potential superstar Lonzo Ball could carry the entire Basketball trading card season. But there are several players that could make this year a special one for collectors of licensed NBA cards. 2017-18 NBA Hoops Release Date: October 25, 2017 Hobby Box Configuration: 24 Packs…
Ryan talks about a great move by Panini, undercutting all the top retailers. Two hobby business ideas. Nice work by a card blog. An ePack question. Problem with Brandon Ingram. Download and Listen Podcast Show Page Watch/Listen on YouTube Direct Download iTunes Show Page Podcast Archive Opening Music: “Press Play” – Stone Temple Pilots Show…
<p>It would be a dream come true to be able to go back in time and buy all the old wax boxes of the 1950s-1970s. Packs could be purchased for loose change. Today, some of those boxes are worth thousands of dollars. </p><p>While certainly not complete, here are some of the highest selling sports card boxes…
<p>Tired of these ultra high end Baseball Card boxes that leave you with a feeling of regret after opening them? There are only so many times you can get slapped by a box that costs $100 on up. </p><p>This page is dedicated to bring you boxes of Baseball Cards that will arrive at your door for…
Topps has told dealers they can’t sell MLB products on Amazon. Will they enforce it? Upper Deck ePack makes a mistake and fanboys come running to defend them. A group breaker website was hacked. Byron Buxton update. Download and Listen Podcast Show Page Watch/Listen on YouTube Direct Download iTunes Show Page Podcast Archive Opening Music:…
Topps sent a cleverly worded statement to some Amazon sellers in early September, stating the company had a policy against listing any of their MLB products on the #1 e-commerce website. The selling ban covers new and old Topps unopened MLB items. It presumably does not include single cards or used goods, although those aren’t…
Looking back at the 1984 Topps set, one could have mixed reactions. It was probably one of the sets that helped usher in the junk wax era. Personally, I like the design of the cards. But the set does lack the big name list of rookie cards, which may hurt its overall collectible factor. The…
Initially I thought this would be a shorter show, ended up being about the same length as usual. Talk about Panini’s “First Off The Line” offering. Topps Baseball has been on FIRE! Almost all releases are out of stock at distributors – showing strong demand across the board. I hit $10,000+ in Amazon sales in…
The Godfather of Group Breaking got hacked! An email from Firehand Cards CEO Chad Redfern sent to customers on August 30th states several customer accounts were tampered with. According to the email, no payment card data or bank account information was impacted. Firehand promises new security features “to ensure nothing like this will ever happen again.” A…
The 20th episode – Ryan talks about Panini’s announcement of 1st Off the Line. American Greed does a show on Mastro Auctions. Update on the U.S. Tax Courts case against Upper Deck. Download and Listen Podcast Show Page Watch/Listen on YouTube Direct Download iTunes Show Page Podcast Archive Opening Music: “No Rain” – Blind Melon…
In 1988, the popularity of baseball cards was on the rise. Production numbers are not known, but it’s believed the 1988 Fleer set easily tops the production run of the ’87 set. The cranked up production run limits the value of any individual 1988 Fleer Baseball card. Today, most cards from the set can be…
In this episode Ryan goes over the top players at each position in the NFL and discovers what their cards sell for. How much are key employees at sports card companies worth? Topps Employee autograph sells for $205. What happens if Byron Buxton hits .300 next year? Update on Brandon Ingram and Kristaps Porzingis buying….
Box Configuration: 24 Cards Per Pack 4 Cards Per Pack Release Date: October 15, 2003 03-04 Upper Deck Standing O! – Base Set Veteran Die Cut Parallels 1:1 [one_half_first]1 Shareef Abdur-Rahim 2 Jason Terry 3 Theo Ratliff 4 Paul Pierce 5 Antoine Walker 6 Vin Baker 7 Jalen Rose 8 Tyson Chandler 9 Michael Jordan…
eBay seller jra0113 described the card as the holy grail for Kris Bryant cards. He probably wasn’t lying. On July 29, 2017 a 2015 Topps Chrome Superfractor 1/1 Bryant rookie card sold for $15,000 on eBay. The seller left feedback for the buyer, noting s/he paid lighting fast. 2015 Topps Chrome Autograph Rookie Kris Bryant Superfractor…
Notorious high stakes gambler David Oancea, who is better known as Vegas Dave, has been making waves in the sports card world. He’s reportedly been throwing around big money buying high end graded cards. Update: In May 2018, Vegas Dave reportedly purchased a Mike Trout Superfractor for $400,000 on eBay. Update: May 2018 – Vegas Dave…
Saw Trevor Story take about 100 AB’s in the minors. He had 5 hits. Looks like he’s worked out lately. You all wont remember him in 2 months. — Sports Card News (@SportsCardNews) April 11, 2016 On this show Ryan talks about a scam involving T206 cards and Topps. A notorious high stakes gambler, Vegas…
Some guys will do anything to make a buck in the hobby. During the 2000’s Topps released a set dubbed Topps 206. Randomly inserted into packs were buybacks of original T206 tobacco cards. The scam centers around putting an authentic or counterfeit T206 card into a holder of a common card from the Topps 206…
Find rookie cards of LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh, Carmelo Anthony and more. Hobby Box Configuration: 12 Packs Per Box 4 Cards Per Pack Boxes For Sale [divider style=’left’] 2003-04 UD Sweet Shot – Base Cards [one_half_first]1 Shareef Abdur-Rahim 2 Jason Terry 3 Theo Ratliff 4 Paul Pierce 5 Antoine Walker 6 Vin Baker…
Features rookie cards of LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Carmelo Anthony. 2003-04 Upper Deck Hardcourt Release Date: November 7, 2003 Hobby Box Configuration: 15 Packs Per Box 5 Cards Per Pack Boxes For Sale [divider style=’left’] 03-04 UD Hardcourt Base Set [one_half_first]1 Shareef Abdur-Rahim 2 Jason Terry 3 Glenn Robinson 4 Paul Pierce 5 Antoine…
Hobby Box Configuration: 18 Packs Per Box 4 Cards Per Pack 1 Game Used Card Per Box [divider style=’left’] 2001 Spx Base Set Cards 1-120 have Spectrum Parallel [one_half_first]1 Darin Erstad 2 Troy Glaus 3 Mo Vaughn 4 Johnny Damon 5 Jason Giambi 6 Tim Hudson 7 Miguel Tejada 8 Carlos Delgado 9 Raul Mondesi…
03-04 UD MVP Basketball Release Date: November 6, 2003 Hobby Box Configuration: 24 Packs Per Box 8 Cards Per Pack 1 – Rookie Card Per Pack [one_half_first][/one_half_first][one_half_last][/one_half_last] [one_half_first][/one_half_first][one_half_last] 03-04 UD MVP – Base Set Silver Parallel Hobby Pack Odds: 1:2 Packs Gold Parallel Hobby Pack Odds: 1:85 Packs Serial Numbered #/100 Black Parallel Hobby Pack…
This tweet has aged well: Dated: October 30, 2014 My advice. Don’t sell any Aaron Judge cards you have. Wow. #afl14 pic.twitter.com/all9y1l61y — Sports Card News (@SportsCardNews) October 30, 2014 Ryan talks about some of the sights and sounds from the National Sports Collectors Convention. No need to get upset at different types of hobbyist…
Release Date: August 16, 2017 Base Set Parallel Cards: Silver Foil Red Foil #/199 Blue Foil #/99 Black Foil #/49 1 Enter Damage Control 2 Voided Contracts 3 Move It and Lose It 4 Alien Tech Opportunities 5 Best Buds 6 The Stark Internship 7 Girl Watching 8 Join the Decathlon 9 Web Chemistry 10…
The annual tradition continues! On today’s show we talk to Ryan @SportsCardNews about the 2017 National Sports Collectors Convention being held in Chicago, IL. The show is JAMED packed this year and it seems like sports cards is really in a good place with collectors around the country. You’d think breakers, dealers, and shops would…
The 1989 Fleer Baseball Cards set will be most known for the infamous Billy Ripken error card. How the Ripken card ended up in circulation is still part of hobby lore. In 1989 Ripken told a dealer: “I never even saw the bat in advance, I don’t even know if it’s my bat. The Fleer…
Pro Set Inc. owner Lud Denny was a man before his time. He correctly predicted the market for sports trading cards would extend past baseball and made a big bet on football cards. Prior to 1989 Pro Set cards, football only accounted for about $10 million in the $365 million sports card market. By October…
This week we discuss the Dak Prescott “Auto Pen” scandal involving Panini America. We discuss the language in contracts signed by other Panini signers – and why it places all responsiblity on Panini. We discuss why Dak Prescott might have done this, and why it might not make sense to have used an auto-pen. Beckett…
The Dak Prescott Autopen Scandal is discussed. Panini waited 48 hours to give a statement, what impact will those 48 hours have on the industry. Card molesters don’t want to blame Panini, but are they right? Read more about the scandal here: Dak Prescott Panini Autopen Scandal Download and Listen Podcast Show Page Watch/Listen on…
The golden boy of the 2016 NFL Football season has some explaining to do! Collectors have been waiting months for Dallas Cowboys star Dak Prescott to sign his 2016 Panini Prizm Football rookie cards. When they started to show up in mailboxes, it didn’t take long for questions to be raised. These four Prescott Prizm…
Today’s show highlights COMC’s recent fee changes. Some fees went up, some actually went down. It demonstraits a shift in the market COMC is trying to go after. The company has a massive moat around their ‘low-end’ card business – it’s unlikely any challenger will emerge to take that business away from them. So in…
COMC raised fees…. or did they? Ryan discusses some of the reaction from COMC’s announcement. Warning: Very explicit language podcast What are Sports Card Radio’s plans for the National? A Group Breaker hit the case of a lifetime and some wanted to complain…. wait what?? Blowout Cards makes it obvious to users how they got…
With the sports world on hold with only MLB being in action – there’s not too much going on around the hobby. So on this podcast we take a break from the normal card talk and discuss some sustainable ways to make money in this hobby. Surprisingly the two best ways I can think of…
Haters are going to hate. Big Baller Brand owner LaVar Ball signed 200 cards for Leaf Trading Cards and each one is a conversation piece. Leaf listed the cards for $60 each on eBay and sold out in less than a minute. Each buyer got 1 random autograph of Ball.
It’s all out war between Leaf Trading Cards and Upper Deck to sign the best young hockey talents to exclusive contracts. Some Hockey collectors are butt hurt. Leaf Cards owner Brian Gray allegedly sent emails to Upper Deck brash to try and call off the arms race. The emails were posted to the Hobby Insider…
Released May 18, 2017 We have a jammed packed edition of the sports card show podcast where we discuss multiple topics that have happened in the sports card hobby over the last few months. Blowout cards was hacked and their reaction was typical. Panini left patrons of the Industry Summit hanging with no black boxes….
Are you a sports card industry troll? In court documents filed on March 16, 2017, Upper Deck claims industry trolls are hurting its business! Since 2012 Upper Deck has been involved in a dispute with the IRS. One of the more eye-opening court documents is from July 2013 which states Upper Deck had “combined deficiencies exceeding $160…
In this episode I talk about the hacking of Blowout Sports Cards. What happened and what was the company response? Why did I write an article about the hack? I describe how the greatest inspiration for the article and others on the site, is actually TMZ, and why I choose to write in that style….
Group Breaker switches out card during group break.
Blowout Sports Cards Hacked – One Collector Hit For $30K
The top mistakes, blunders, scams and boo-boos in the history of Panini America Trading Cards.
Why did Mickey Mantle sign with Panini? Some inside information is shared. The Las Vegas Industry Summit ended, did anything exciting happen? The print runs for Topps Now MLB Baseball cards seems flat to low this year. What is going on? Upper Deck begins selling gold and silver hockey coins on their ePack website. Selling…
Very explicit language episode. The Industry Summit begins on Sunday. Connor McDavid Young Gun cards are selling for $250+ on COMC. What does this mean for the hobby and for the dealers, distributors and critics of Upper Deck ePack? I run down my March 2017 sales on COMC, eBay and Amazon. You can view the…
We cover multiple topics in this ‘comeback’ edition of the Sports Card Show podcast. We discuss what areas of the baseball card market that are booming. Here is a link to the Blowout Forum thread I reference on the show. Could baseball cards booming include 1990’s ‘junk wax’ era cards as well? I give you an update…
Show #7 Sent a bunch of stuff to Amazon FBA and also listed about 300 items on eBay. What have been the challenges and successes so far. Signed up for the B2B DealerNet website and I talk about its plus and minuses. Collectors Universe, PSA, had another record quarter grading sports cards and coins. Had…
On March 17, 2016 Cardboard Connection CEO Mike Smeth assaulted 3 people with a gun and threatened to kill them! The erratic Smeth was sentenced to 5 years and 12 months probation after pleading guilty on February 9, 2017. Keep in mind, Cardboard Connection CEO Mike Smeth has also been accused of hacking into Panini’s Tracy Hackler and several…
Reviewing the Topps 65th Anniversary Party held January 18, 2017. What was good and bad from the party. The giveaways were great for me and those in attendance, but did it anger collectors? I read tweets from people who responded to my coverage on Twitter. Topps wasn’t thrilled with my live coverage, I give theories as to…
Las Vegas is the land of losers, but not for most who attended the Topps 65th Anniversary Party on January 18th. See Video From Inside Party (YouTube) Topps handed out gifts to the privileged crowd, that in most cases, exceeded the steep price to attend. Over 66 Kris Bryant cards were a part of the swag given to…
On the episode – recorded January 16, 2017 I over payed for a website and it reminded me of the countless times I’ve over payed for sports cards. Purchased another domain, vintagebaseballcards.com and I contemplate what to do with it and vintage cards in general. Heading to the Topps 65th Anniversary party on January 18th. The more I…
An extended episode of the Sports Card Show Podcast, where we touch on 8 different topics. Included are discussions on the Panini Replay Prizm Mosaic replacement set/boxes that are being offered up by Panini as a “make good”. Topps Trancendent baseball was one of the most expensive products of all time – does the hobby…
The collectibles industry is on fire. Despite this website’s focus primarily being on new card releases from Topps & Panini, and how often the products can suck – the bulk of the sports collectibles industry is focused on items from the distant past. 2016 saw prices inflate nearly across the board for high-end vintage baseball cards….