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10/31/2007
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Rare Squirrel card and Jacoby Ellsbury card with MLBPA Rookie Logo found
in 2007 Topps update baseball
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NAXCOM no listing fees auctions start Wednesday November 7th - we're
excited about this and hope it does well for all sports memorabilia fans out
there
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"Want to
win an Indianapolis Colts Super Bowl ring? Here's your chance."
*
Here's an amazing story from over on the new Beckett Blog. It will blow your
mind what these
two sports card set collectors accomplished.
* Arthur
Shorin Sports Card Industry Icon Part 2 - Topps TV
* "Mega Tickets are literally
the next
big thing in sports collectibles," says Dean Macchi, president of That's
My Ticket
10/30/2007
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Due out October 31st Upper Deck Masterpiece Baseball, first ever canvas
cards create a
one of a kind collecting experience
* Have you checked-in with the new Beckett Behind the Scenes blog lately?
They've got a post up about the whole notion/conspiracy of
card grading
companies switching out cards.
10/29/2007
* Topps
2007-08 Echelon Basketball Case Rip-Party
* Five Red Sox who have improved their
standing in
the baseball card hobby
* Upper Deck Adds
Reggie Bush
to All-Star Vinyl Figures
*
Varitek gives final ball to Red Sox
*
Police officers open sports collectibles store
* Simpson case exposes
shady side of memorabilia collecting
10/28/2007
* Santa Rosa, CA -
4 arrested in connection with baseball card theft
* Headline from the UK -
Hunt for sports memorabilia thieves
10/26/2007
Souvenir ball from Game 4 of the 2004 World Series is Red Sox collectors
prized possession
10/25/2007
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Who caught Bonds Ball #762? Right now, no one seems to know
*
New England sports card retailers are doing just fine
* Score
Factory Set Live
* Topps will be auctioning the
original
Dick Perez paintings used to create 2007 Topps Turkey Red Baseball
*
Baseball card collection worth $190,000 to $500,000 completely lost
in flood damage
* Here's an
interesting sports memorabilia article that takes a look at a few items
like Rocky Marciano punchbag, Joe DiMaggio’s passport, Michael Jordan’s
half-smoked cigar, etc.
10/24/2007
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Memorabilia from the 2007 Colorado Rockies run to the World Series that
probably will be worth something
*
Sports memorabilia buyer beware
* “There has been a
rebirth in collecting (sports) trading cards. There has been a dramatic
increase and turnaround in the business the past two years. I attribute that to
us dedicating our resources at attracting more kids into the market,” says Clay
Luraschi, spokesman for New York-based Topps Co.
* 2007 World Series program showcases great baseball writers "It's
probably
the most sought-after souvenir of the World Series,"
*
2007 Topps
Finest Football Rip-Party
10/23/2007
*
Donruss Produces the
Greatest
Cards of All-Time
* Upper
Deck Offices Closed for Second Straight Day Due to Fires in CA
*
Cool story of a sweet pull
Troy Tulowitzki 1 of 1 game used card
10/22/2007
Beckett has gone "web 2.0" with the launch of it's
new blog.
Looks like there will be a variety of authors (Beckett employees) posting on the
blog. We've heard there are even more exciting changes coming to the Beckett web
site.
10/19/2007
* Upper Deck is bringing back "Backstage Pass" for the 2007-08 NHL
season. The program offer collectors the chance to mingle with
hockey's brightest stars. The promotion is found in
packs of
2007-08 Upper Deck Victory and MVP
* Fantastic
Ty Cobb 1
of 1 game used bat card being auctioned via Beckett Select Auctions
10/18/2007
* MLB is donating
unsalable 2007 postseason MLB-licensed apparel to children and families
in developing countries around the world.
* Arthur
Shorin CEO of the Topps Company and a Sports card industry icon
interviewed on Topps TV
*
Color photo featuring Lou Gehrig and several other Yankees players
available to bid on in EAC Gallery auction's November auction
* Game Used Universe has
launched a sports memorabilia auction service using a more interactive
format that allows bidders and experts to comment on individual items
10/17/2007
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Philip Hughes collects baseball cards. His recent post about his Upper
Deck signing session might just be the message board thread of the year
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The National Sports Collectors Convention’s bankruptcy proceeding moves
forward
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Upper Deck unveils B2B site for hobby retailers
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National Baseball Card Day to return in 2008
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A marketing partnership between Donruss and video game giant EA Sports has
led to the creation of a
28-card
insert set found exclusively in packs of Donruss Gridiron Gear Football.
*
2007 Topps Sterling Baseball is Bigger and Better
*
Sale of the Topps Company is complete
*
1909 Honus Wagner baseball card did not sell this past week on Ebay.
Owner now plans to have the card authenticated
10/16/2007
Found
baseball cards will be destroyed if not claimed by their rightful owner
10/15/2007
* Boy is in the right place at the right time to
show up on a baseball card
* An online auction of
Tiger Stadium memorabilia raised about $192,729
10/12/2007
* Mounted Memories and Schwartz Sports team up with Brian Urlacher to
produce some
exciting sports memorabilia of the top-notch linebacker
*
Baseball card collector invests serious money in hopes of staking claim
to a Honus Wagner card possibly worth hundreds of thousands of dollars
*Steiner Sports will
sell pages
of Joe DiMaggio's personal handwritten diary
* The
hobby's most valuable football card sold on eBay recently for a whopping
$10,101.51
10/11/2007
* Beckett did a piece on who's going to win the World Series based on the
team that has the
highest
cumulative Rookie Card values for their respective starting line up and
pitching rotation.
* Barry
Bonds homerun ball #70 sold for $60,000
* Topps TV: Fan gets to meet David Wright and pick a photo to turn
into his baseball card. Turn out that Mr. Wright was a
huge
baseball card fan himself and still collects autographs from all
different sports.
* One lucky school gets a visit from
Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson
"The
sports
memorabilia industry is reported to be worth more than $4 billion in
North America and there've been some big happenings of late to indicate things
are on the rise."
10/10/2007
Texas Tech has banned the sale of a T-shirt bearing the likeness of
Michael Vick hanging the dog mascot of rival Texas A&M
10/9/2007
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Memory Lane's September Auction Grosses $2.7M.
The auction offered more than
1,000 lots
of high grade cards that covered every period and era.
*
O.J. ordered to surrender memorabilia
*
Initial 2007
Sweet Spot Classic Baseball Mystery Cuts Revealed
"Like ‘em. Love ‘em. Or loathe ‘em,
the hobby
needs the New York Yankees."
* Topps Camp Announces
Ryan Howard Baseball Clinic
10/6/2007
A foul ball turns into
a winning piece of sports memorabilia for a 17 year old Red Sox fan
10/5/2007
* A Few Vick Cards
Slipped Through
* Top 10
Most
Popular NBA Jerseys in Europe
*
Authentic
Tiger Stadium seats and memorabilia for sale now online
10/4/2007
* Post
season baseball cards to watch for an increase...and a slide
* Big-market teams could
push postseason card sales
* Many Sports Fans, Dealers Are
Snubbing O.J. Simpson Memorabilia
10/03/2007
* McDonald’s Autographed Cards Added to
All-New NBA Product
* Babe Ruth
and Lou Gehrig SP Legendary Cuts Reel History Print Runs Announced
10/02/2007
* Card shop has a successful
sports card trading night
* NAXCOM is making more of it's new features live. Their
new sports memorabilia auctions are coming soon
* Washington Times Article:
Vintage sports memorabilia is fetching big money
10/01/2007
* Donruss Produces the
Hobby's
Only Collegiate-Themed Set Marks a Return to Baseball
* Upper Deck Releases
Tom Brady
All Star Vinyl Figures
*
Troubled sports stars
take a hit in sports memorabilia
9/28/2007
*
EA Sports Faceoff - win a dream trip to the 2008 NHL All-Star Game and
other great prizes
* An
interview with Matt Murphy (caught Bonds HR 756) and the cabbie who
missed his chance at a share of the prize.
* A sports artists
profile -
Dick Perez has painted portraits of every baseball Hall of Fame inductee.
9/27/2007
Young Stars Make Their Mark in
2007 Upper Deck Rookie Threads Football
9/26/2007
* Check out Sportscollectorsdigest.com's New Auction Prices Database, which
is set to debut this Friday (Sept. 28). For those looking for results and prices
realized from all of the top sports memorabilia auction houses in the country,
you'll need to look no further than
www.scdauctions.com
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Extensive sports memorabilia collection features some of baseball's most
legendary names
* The ball Barry Bonds hit for his record-breaking
756th
home run will be branded with an asterisk and sent to the Baseball Hall
of Fame, its owner said Wednesday
* Staying away from
the shady side of sports memorabilia
9/25/2007
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Sports memorabilia enthusiast uses his collecting passion to teach sales
strategies in other venues
*
Brooklyn Dodgers memorabilia and memories live on
* The Upper Deck Company is launching a new advertising campaign to
help
promote collecting football cards
* Stars and Rookies Collide in
2007-2008 SP Game Used Basketball
*
Eisner, Topps keeping low profile regarding the future
* The 2007 Toronto Fall Expo:
A Celebration of Hockey and a Whole Lot More!
9/22/2007
Donruss announce winner of trip to London to watch NFL regular season
game
9/20/2007
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Topps shareholders approve takeover
* Upper Deck Authenticated to produce
Muhammad Ali Historically Accurate Figure
9/19/2007
*
O.J. has bail set at $125,000
*
Barry Bonds not impressed with man who purchased home run ball #756
9/18/2007
* Tornante, Madison Dearborn
Will Not Raise Price for Topps Company
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Stolen sports memorabilia not as big a problem as fakes
* How much is OJ's
sports memorabilia even worth these days?
9/17/2007
* Yankees rookie
Shelley Duncan's questionable autograph creates a buzz
* You can now vote on
what happens to Barry
Bonds #756 home run baseball. The new owner has created a web site which
allows users to vote to either send the ball to the Baseball Hall of Fame, brand
the ball with an asterisk and then send it to the Hall, or send the ball into
outer space!
* The Future is Now in New Upper Deck Baseball Release:
2007 Upper Deck Future Stars Baseball
* The fan who caught
Jim Thome's 500th home run ball turns out to be incredibly unselfish.
9/16/2007
*
O.J. Simpson Arrested in Armed Robbery of Las Vegas Hotel Room
* Suspect Arrested in O.J. Simpson
Las
Vegas Sports Memorabilia Robbery Case
*
Baseball cards stolen from vendor during festival
*
George Washington piece of hair card finally sells, but not without
controversy and for less than the seller had hoped for.
9/15/2007
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Bonds' homerun baseballs #755 and #756 sell at auction for more than
expected
*
Johnny Damon sells a fly ball to one heckling fan for $20 and then
proceeds to give the money to a young fan a few seats away.
9/14/2007
* Television Writer Buys What Some Are Saying Are
Michael Vick Apology Notes
* OJ SIMPSON UPDATE - Police say OJ Simpson is a suspect in casino room and
sports memorabilia related break-in
* History Comes Alive in 2007 SP Legendary Cuts Baseball. This one is worth
visiting just to see the picture of the
Lou Gehrig game-used cut autograph card!
* A stellar review of
2007 Playoff Absolute
Memorabilia Football
* Game Exclusives is marketing a new
NFL player
of the week game used memorabilia campaign.
* Here's a possible first,
a fan featured on a trading card. Topps is considering putting the
fan, Matt Murphy, who caught Bonds famous 756 homerun ball, onto a trading card.
* OJ Simpson questioned in Las Vegas about a
break-in involving sports memorabilia
9/12/2007
* Here's a good editorial about why a seller might
select one sports memorabilia grading service over another
* Beckett
Basketball Readers Choice Awards
* Donruss Teams Up with
card shop
for Pack Wars
* A massive collection of
Green
Bay Packers memorabilia is going up for auction.
*
Topps Files Investor Presentation Urging Stockholders to Vote 'For' the
$9.75 Per Share Cash Tornante-Madison Dearborn Merger
9/11/2007
* Bond's homerun
baseball
#756 approaches $250K
* TuffStuff Sweepstakes giving away stacks of
great autographed photos and sports memorabilia including bobbleheads,
autographed balls, bats, mini-helmets....
*
Pedro Martinez donated the jersey that he wore while recording his
3,000th career strikeout to the National Baseball Hall of Fame
9/10/2007
* ThePit will be expanded into
First Cover
Sports Illustrateds
*
Imagine Sports® Scores Deal with MLB Advanced Media
9/7/2007
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Owning a sports memorabilia shop is a dream come true
*
Sports collectibles fill new store at Paradise Valley Mall AZ
9/6/2007
* Vick
Apology Script is on Ebay
* WOW!
"The Card"
sells again. This time for $2.8M
* $2,000 reward offered in
theft of
baseball cards
* Steiner to pair up with the Red Sox and Dodgers to
offer unique sports memorabilia to fans of both teams
9/5/2007
*
Beckett card grading customers can now add one line of text, up to 28
characters, to their grading labels.
* These
redemption cards out of 2007 Sweet Spot Classic will now be classified
as uncorrected errors.
9/3/2007
* Information
about 2007 Upper Deck Premier football cards
* Etopps football cards
arrive next week
* Here's an interesting article about some
vintage Mexican baseball cards that went up for auction on Ebay.
9/2/2007
* Upper Deck’s All Star Vinyl set to release
three new
versions of Green Bay’s Brett Farve
* As reported by Beckett - For the first time since 2003, the
Canadian
Football League has a mass-produced football card set to call its own.
8/30/2007
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Chewed-up Michael Vick cards go for $7,400
*
Joe DiMaggio empire? What this powerful name might do for pizza, coffee,
casinos, etc.
8/29/2007
*
Upper Deck Basketball Unveils New Regional Sets; Exclusive East & West
Versions
* What do these things have in common... Hollywood, sports, classic
television, and music? Answer - they're all featured in
Donruss
Americana.
* Topps "Turn Back the Clock Night" is back with
a
new Topps NFL card every week.
*
Topps Delays Vote on Buyout Offer
* Here's a cool auction to watch:
GEORGE WASHINGTON 2007 ALLEN & GINTER HAIR RELIC #D 1/1
8/28/2007
Vick Cards
Find Dog Bowl
at Pack Ripping Event
8/27/2007
Sports memorabilia shop owner
pulls
all Michael Vick inventory from his shelves to the tune of $40,000
8/26/2007
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Upper Deck has pulled out all
the stops to make sure
the return of Goudey Baseball is regarded as the “must have” vintage set
of the year.
* 2007
Donruss Threads Footballs
Exclusive to Retail
*
The Artist And The Baseball Card. A traveling art show featuring an
artistic
interpretation of baseball cards.
8/24/2007
*
David Ortiz Ebay car auction ends with no legitimate bids.
* Harlem Residents Outraged by
Sale of Major League Baseball Caps With Gang Colors
*
Recommendation made for Topps Company share holders to vote against
Michael Eisner's offer on August 30th.
* Big Names Hit
Sports Collectors Expo
* To Bedard
"Could you sign it '2007 Cy Young Winner?'"
8/23/2007
* Donruss Produces
Football
Cards for the World Champion Colts
*
Joba Chamberlain rookie card and Barry Bonds 756 commemorative insert cards
planned as part of 2007 Topps Updates & Highlights MLB to be released in
October.
Man might use
sports memorabilia to stay out of jail.
8/22/2007
*
David Ortiz is auctioning his sweet red convertible, plus Ortiz will
deliver the car to the buyer at Fenway! You can see the auction
here. (Right now it's up to
$465,300.00)
*
Upper Deck Terminates Offer for Topps
8/21/2007
*
Boys Collecting Sports Cards Grows From 9% to Over 40% According to
Leading Kids Survey
* Topps
2007 TX Exclusive Football Rip-Party !!!
*
2007 Topps Finest Baseball Rookie Card Redemption # 10 is New York
Yankees Pitcher Joba Chamberlain.
* Tea for two and football too!
The NFL
goes to London and Donruss is giving you a chance to tag along.
* Sotheby's to
Auction
Barry Bonds' 755, 756 Balls
*
Topps Comments on ISS Recommendation
8/13/2007
* An update on the
The Beckett
Sports Collectibles Road Show
*
Sports card hobby shop makeover winner gets his prize from the NBA
* Here's an interesting perspective of one shop owner on the subject -
What If Upper Deck Buys Topps?
* Jason Giambi and Darryl Strawberry
inscribed baseballs includes "Everybody deserves a 2nd chance."
* Tom Glavine has donated a
game-used jersey and ball from his 300th victory to the Baseball Hall of
Fame.
* Craig Biggio
bat that hit number 3000 presented to Hall of Fame
8/11/2007
* McFarlane Toys releases
Barry Bonds commemorative figure
* Looking to
make some money investing in sports memorabilia? Here's a quote from
this recent news article; "You can turn those years of
collecting memorabilia into cold, hard cash if you play your cards right."
* Upper Deck has partnered with the Phillies to create
team trading card sets.
* Donruss Produces
Cowboys
Set for Kids Club
* Fan who caught the
Barry Bonds record-tying ball #755 will have it up for auction Aug.
28-Sept. 14
8/10/2007
*
Latest Bonds memorabilia on display in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
8/9/2007
* Topps Unveils Finest
Baseball
Rookie Redemption # 8
* Woman busted for
scamming people on ebay with her baseball card auctions.
* So what determines the
value of the bonds ball?
*
Bonds memorabilia may skyrocket in a "hundred years or so".
* More about the
young
man who caught "the ball".
8/8/2007
* 22 year old comes up with
Barry Bonds home run ball #756.
*
Mother Teresa autographed card!
*
The batting helmet worn by Barry Bonds while hitting #756 is heading for
Coopers Town.
8/7/2007
* Here's
another review of the National Convention by the folks over at TuffStuff.
Points out a bit of auction controversy as well.
* Here's
a review of the National Sports Collectors Convention by the guys over
at Card Corner.
* Mastro
Auctions' first-ever live auction was a resounding success.
* Expiration of the HSR Act waiting period satisfies one of the conditions to
Upper Deck's tender offer.
*
Controversial Babe Ruth autographed baseball leaves family frustrated
8/6/2007
* eBay's Largest Consignment Seller of Sports Memorabilia Offers
100% Commission-Free
Auction for Barry Bonds Home Run Ball #756
* Topps has gone back in history and created a classic collection of
"Cards That Never Were” and is being sold exclusively on www.etopps.com
starting today.
* David wells owns a
one of a kind triple autographed baseball. Autos include.....Babe Ruth,
Hank Aaron, and Barry Bonds!
*
What's Greg Oden think about
signing on
actual basketball cards verses signing stickers? Here's a piece of his
response, the rest can be found over on Beckett. "I like signing the cards
themselves. It's cool to see what the cards are going to look like. With the
sheets of stickers, I always seem to mess up either the bottom or top row of
autographs."
8/5/2007
* Beckett has put together some comments from those
attending
the 2007 National Sports Collectors Convention. Overall sounds like a
really positive outing for those participating in the show.
* A quote from an attorney points out the harsh reality in the sports
memorabilia world "Fraud
is rampant in the sports memorabilia industry, and we allege that he was
a victim of that fraud,"
* What happened in the the rush to
obtain Arods homerun baseball number 500? One fan who saw it go down
says this "But once it hit, it was a brawl; everyone just sort of went for it."
* The lucky
fan who got Barry Bonds' home run ball, No. 755.
*
Barry Bonds donates the batting helmet he was wearing to hit 755 to the
Baseball Hall of Fame.
8/4/2007
*
Barry Bonds' 70th home run ball from his record-breaking 2001 season
sold for just $14,400 at auction after previously selling for $60,000 and valued
at about half that.
8/2/2007
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Upper Deck to Feature Newest Celtic In First Edition Basketball Set to
Release in September
*
LeBron Set to Debut His Upper Deck All-Star Vinyl Action Figure; Figure
Release on August 7
* Schwartz Sports
acquired by Dreams, Inc.
*
Babe Ruth items will soon be heading to auction. Memorabilia will
include furniture, Ruth's favorite hunting hat, photos, signed contracts, balls
and more!
8/1/2007
* Are you getting what you paid for in those manufactured autographed cards?
Graded autographed cards vs authenticated autographs can be two
different animals.
* Have you seen the
new MLB
baseball card commercial?
* Here's what to expect at the
Donruss
corporate both at the National.
* Here's what to expect at the
Topps corporate both at the National.
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The
world’s most famous sports collectibles show
starts tonight
Baseball card news
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