
CPL Retail Energy and Corpus Christi Hooks have decided to join forces and create a fund-raiser to help pay for the renovations for a new USO of South Texas wing at the Corpus airport. The Hooks are the AA affiliate for the Houston Astros and have listed over 30 game-used jerseys in the camo-style on their [...]
The NFL season is still plenty months away, but companies are working hard to keep football card collectors satisfied with ample releases before then. Product information for 2013 Strata has been released and Topps is claiming it’s better than last year with strong design elements and those shadow box autos that were a huge hit [...]
As the NHL season begins its descent, fans of Upper Deck’s hockey products can start getting excited about the upcoming Red Rookie wrapper redemption program. These will be exclusive to Canada, so for everyone in the states, try and find a friendly Canadian collector willing to ship these down for you. For now, enjoy a [...]
The first two rounds of the 2013 MLB First-Year player draft have concluded, and the future of baseball has been selected. With young talent it’s hard to gauge how many will actually go on to be stars, but it’s fun to hope and wish these players will improve the team that they ultimately end up [...]
The Los Angeles Dodgers have had a shock of electricity given to them in the form of Cuban breakout star, Yasiel Puig. In the first three games of his major league career, Puig has hit two homeruns and has had five runs batted in. He also threw a runner out on 1st base from [...]
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Posted on 13 June 2013
I came across this pin on one of my favorite antique shops to visit here in Austin, TX. To be honest, I wasn’t sure of its importance when I first saw it, but I liked it because it was Jackie Robinson and it appeared to be of the era he played in. It wasn’t until [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 11 June 2013
CPL Retail Energy and Corpus Christi Hooks have decided to join forces and create a fund-raiser to help pay for the renovations for a new USO of South Texas wing at the Corpus airport. The Hooks are the AA affiliate for the Houston Astros and have listed over 30 game-used jerseys in the camo-style on their [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 11 June 2013
Upper Deck began releasing pack-out images of its flagship high-end product, Exquisite, this evening. I know the price point and NCAA license will turn off a few collectors, but I LOVE COLLEGE FOOTBALL. In fact, I love college football cards so much that even though the RGIII card below is an abomination to me (featuring [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 10 June 2013
The NFL season is still plenty months away, but companies are working hard to keep football card collectors satisfied with ample releases before then. Product information for 2013 Strata has been released and Topps is claiming it’s better than last year with strong design elements and those shadow box autos that were a huge hit [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 10 June 2013
As the NHL season begins its descent, fans of Upper Deck’s hockey products can start getting excited about the upcoming Red Rookie wrapper redemption program. These will be exclusive to Canada, so for everyone in the states, try and find a friendly Canadian collector willing to ship these down for you. For now, enjoy a [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 07 June 2013
The first two rounds of the 2013 MLB First-Year player draft have concluded, and the future of baseball has been selected. With young talent it’s hard to gauge how many will actually go on to be stars, but it’s fun to hope and wish these players will improve the team that they ultimately end up [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 06 June 2013
The Los Angeles Dodgers have had a shock of electricity given to them in the form of Cuban breakout star, Yasiel Puig. In the first three games of his major league career, Puig has hit two homeruns and has had five runs batted in. He also threw a runner out on 1st base from [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 03 June 2013
Jesse Loving is a card collector with a passion for the history of what the cards represent. His appreciation of the artwork that comes with it was a key factor in creating his own line of trading cards named, Ars Longa Art Cards. The translation for Ars Longa is, “Art is long, Life is short”, [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 02 June 2013
The flagship Topps set kicks off the baseball card sets for the year, but as in life, things change. Players get trades, other players gain recognition, etc, so the Update set allows for special editions and a focus on the All-Star game. 2013′s Update set is a standard continuation of the first two series, but [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 25 May 2013
BASE CARDS 1972 TOPPS 1 Babe Ruth New York Yankees® 2 Gary Carter Montreal Expos™ 3 Carlos Beltran St. Louis Cardinals® 4 Marco Scutaro San Francisco Giants® 5 Allen Craig St. Louis Cardinals® 6 Adrian Gonzalez Los Angeles Dodgers® 7 Jon Jay St. Louis Cardinals® 8 Roy Halladay Philadelphia Phillies® 9 Ryan Braun Milwaukee Brewers™ [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 22 May 2013
In The Game President, Dr. Brian Price, announced Wednesday that ITG acquired all assets of Sport Kings LP. This acquisition allows ITG to continue manufacturing Sport Kings labeled items going forward. In a statement released on the ITG website, Price says, ” By making this acquisition, I will be able to continue the production of [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 13 May 2013
Sports Card Album takes your card collections mobile BustingPacks.com founder, Sergio Dubois, recently announced a new website and app that is set to turn the sports card world on its heels. It’s called, Sports Card Album , and it is a reinvention of how collectors have been able to organize and share their collections to others. Collectors [...] Continue Reading