7/31/2007
* TOPPS ANNOUNCES
SHORT PRINTED ALLEN & GINTER AUTOGRAPHS & RELICS
* The seventh card in the 2007 Topps Finest Baseball Rookie Card Redemption
program is a
dual rookie
card featuring Red Sox Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima.
*Michael Aponte becomes the
first ever blackjack player featured on a Topps trading card
*
Crescendo Partners Delivers Letter to the Topps Board of Directors
* NBA newcomers are excited to have their own
basketball cards of their own available to fans and themselves!
7/30/2007
2007
Allen and Ginter Case Ripping Party recorded as Topps TV hits the road.
7/28/2007
* On the auction block....parts
of Tigers Stadium
* An interview with the
chief curator at the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Michael Vick won't be appearing in 2007 Donruss. Nike and Reebok also
drop Vick.
7/27/2007
The guru of
The Seattle baseball historical museum.
7/26/2007
* Here's an interesting article about income tax law and
catching a famous home run ball
* On a hot streak! 11 year old girl won an Adam
Morrison autographed sneaker and more recently
an autographed Rudy Gay basketball jersey.
* Babe Ruth accounts for five of
the 10 most expensive sports memorabilia items ever sold.
7/25/2007
* Lot's of new stuff happening over at NAXCOM these days. Probably the
biggest news is....NAXCOM Auctions -
That's right! After years and years of requests from NAXCOM’s 200,000+ users,
NAXCOM is
now adding Auctions!
* Check out this nice digital magazine that goes into some excellent detail
about the
soon to be released SportKings card set.
* The NBA's No. 1 draft pick, Greg Oden, will be
Topps'
special guest at this year's National Collector's Convention in
Cleveland, Ohio.
* Here's a good article about
Pat
Neshek and his baseball card collecting.
*
Profile of a baseball card collector. “Baseball cards and baseball
memorabilia became my passion 20 years ago,”
* Shop owners take note.
California based sports memorabilia shop celebrates 5 successful years in
business (and expansion). Best selling items are apparel and jerseys,
colored caps with team logos, and assorted collectibles such as coffee cups,
beer mugs, bobble-heads, action figures and signs.
*
Upper Deck extends Topps tender offer to Aug. 10
* Do you collect game used baseball bats? If so, you might see a change in
the lumber due to a pesky little beetle larva
ash bats are in danger of extinction.
7/24/2007
Speculation on the Barry Bonds baseball #756 should really start to heat
up now!
#1 Collectible in U.S. History? Company uses new technology
and applies images of your favorite
sports heroes directly onto Statehood Quarters and US Coinage.
7/23/2007
*
Limited Edition Kobe Bryant Action Figure Goes Live at San Diego’s Comic
Con International
*
Card sales, profits increase again for Topps
*
Israeli baseball league issues a set of baseball cards in honor of it's
inaugural season.
7/22/2007
* Going fishing for a new sports related hobby?
Antique fishing lures have skyrocketed in value in recent years.
*
Tony Gwynn is the first player to have a statue at Petco Park. The
mid-swing 9 1/2 foot bronze statue was unveiled Saturday.
* How old was the youngest
person to ever play in a professional baseball game? Would you believe 12?
Pictures and baseball card of him can now be seen in the minor league
exhibit at the Hall of Fame.
7/21/2007
*
A-rod's children's book signing goes well.
* Steiner Sports Marketing is seeking at least $1 million in damages
from David Ortiz for
not signing enough autographs.
* Vick Nike shoe deal delayed,
sports memorabilia isn't flying off of the shelves like it was prior to
dog fighting investigation.
7/20/2007
* Assistant coach for the Indianapolis Colts has his
Super Bowl ring stolen
* Upper Deck steps it up in order to
do better
with their redemption cards. Here's a link to the newly
designated
Preferred
Redemption Centers
* Upper Deck Diamond Dealers Get First Look at
Masterpiece Baseball Artwork
* Upper Deck has revealed that the eighth and final player in their
SPx Mystery
Rookie Redemption program will be Houston Astros outfielder Hunter
Pence.
7/19/2007
*
Tony Gwynn on Wheaties again.
*
Kevin Durant meet Nike, Nike meet Kevin Durant. A warm and fuzzy $60
million endorsement introduction.
*
Cal Ripken memorabilia demand has reached a near frenzy level as the
super star's big Hall of Fame induction approaches.
7/18/2007
*
Japanese reporter unknowingly broke the rules and was punished after
asking Clemens for autograph
* With
Sportkings, collectors
have a chance to obtain
Pete Rose certified autographs and game-used memorabilia cards.
* Anaheim
Ducks road jerseys worn in the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals
*
Topps Unveils 2007
Finest Baseball Rookie Redemption # 6 is Ryan Braun, Third Base,
Milwaukee Brewers.
*What do these items all have in common?
Mickey Mantle's 500th home run baseball
Casey Stengel's 1958 World Series ring
The 1915 contract for Rupert's purchase of the Yankees
A 1921-23 Babe Ruth game used bat
A Christy Mathewson signed baseball
They're all being auctioned at
Mastro
Auctions live event at the National Sports Collectors Convention in
Cleveland on Friday, August 3 at the House of Blues.
* Tell Beckett about
your greatest sports card investment for a chance to win a
1-of-1 card from 2006 Topps Triple Threads featuring autographs and game-worn
jersey pieces from Albert Pujols, Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriquez.
*
Sports memorabilia dealer's Bonds protest results in threats.
*
CFO of the Topps Company retires after 12 years.
7/16/2007
* Ultimate Collection brand is bulking up. Future releases to have more bang
for the buck (actually for $100).
3 times
more games-used and autographed cards!
*
Joe DiMaggio's diaries offered for sale by Steiner Sports Marketing
*
Inaugural Midwest Trading Card Day
July 28 and Sept. 1. Get a free pack of cards from participating shops.
7/15/2007
*
Judge rules that there is
no evidence that Mastro Auctions intended to defraud the collector who
had purchased 2,000 photos of athletes from Mastro Auctions in 2004.
*
Profile of a
baseball card collector not in it for the money.
7/13/2007
*
Traveling Negro Leagues Baseball Museum 'Time of Greatness' exhibit
continues its tour at Camden.
*
NFL Player's Super Bowl Ring Stolen
National Sports Collectors
Convention continues this year at the 28th National at the I-X Center in
Cleveland, August 1-5, 2007
7/12/2007
* Donruss has confirmed the existence of the first ever
Sammy
Baugh jersey card.
* Sportscollectorsdigest.com and TuffStuff.com will be offering free daily
prizes in our SCD/Tuff Stuff Daily Sweeptakes.
An 8-by-10
authographed glossy photo of Stan Musial will be the first prize given
away Thursday with similar prizes awarded each day there after.
* More
baseball cards in the news. As usual there's a flurry of baseball
card articles hitting the headlines around the All Star break.
* One shop owners perspective -
Sports
cards, are a fad driven business. Football and basketball cards are
currently more popular than baseball cards. 75% of collectors are adults.
* The world of
sports memorabilia auctions gets its moment in the spotlight on July
22nd when episode 6 of HBO's popular series "Entourage" airs.
7/11/2007
* Sick in bed for year, this
12 year old starts his baseball memorabilia collection and finds it's
good medicine.
7/10/2007
*
2007 Sweet Spot Classic Baseball holds some sweet treasures!
7/8/2007
*
Donruss Playoff has teamed up with Pepsi to produce a
limited
edition trading card set for the National Sports Collectors Convention.
* It's being reported that the FBI is investigating Mastro Auctions,
sports memorabilia's largest auction house.
7/8/2007
* Fan got $2.7
million for the McGwire ball and very glad he did indeed.
*
Official All-Star Game Programs will be customized with team-specific
covers.
*
A six year old in pursuit of Hank Aaron's baseball card: "It was the
summer of 1974, and as a 6-year-old who was just getting into collecting
baseball cards,
the thing I wanted
the most was a special Hank Aaron card."
*
Interested in collecting golf memorabilia?
A substantial auction of putters and irons starts next week.
*
Consumer Reports August issue provides some good advice and information:
How to avoid
deceptions during online auctions.
* The Topps board meets Monday to
reevaluate Upper Deck's offer to buy the company.
7/5/2007
*
We've mentioned Pat Neshek's web site and collecting before. He's not only
an MLB player but an avid
sports memorabilia collector who likes to trade.
*
Interested in owning a sports card shop? Here's a good article about a
few shop owners and how things are going for them.
7/3/200
*
A house of baseball cards -
a great story about 2 kids with some time on their hands and plenty of
baseball cards.
*
Upper Deck is launching
their own Platinum club for
devoted fans
and collectors of the All Star Vinyl figures.
*
TuffStuff posts a pretty funny article -
the unofficial list of 20 of the biggest rookie card disappointments from the
past two decades.
And they then follow it up with this -
Which rookie cards have been the most influential on the industry?
* Donruss signs Minnesota
Vikings rookie running back Adrian Peterson to an endorsement deal that
will place Peterson images on Donruss Playoff packaging throughout the year and
his autographs into all their products.
7/2/2007
Former Dacula standout and University of Georgia fullback
starts an online sports memorabilia company.
*
Autographed Barry Bonds poster with a serious touch of irony thanks to
Balco.
6/28/2007
* Sportskings is making a comeback after 73 years. Collectors everywhere
will applaud the return of
the legendary
and revered Sportkings brand!
* Congrats to Frank
Thomas joining the 500 home run club - Beckett has a nice article about
a few of his cards
* Upper Deck has revealed that the
fifth player in their SPx
Mystery Rookie Redemption program will be Minnesota Twins pitcher Kevin
Slowey
* Canadian museum is
putting the call out
for more sports memorabilia items.
* Shop owner in Connecticut has a
tough time
keeping Yankee memorabilia in stock.
* 20-thousand dollars of
autographed sports jerseys confiscated
6/27/2007
*
High-grade Sandy Koufax cards, vintage sets and vintage unopened packs
are in the spotlight during American Memorabilia July auction.
* 1 of 1 Babe Ruth auto
ticket stub card sells for $40,100
*
Sports Artist Invited To Paint Live At The 2007 Home Run Derby & All-Star Game
In San Francisco On July 9th & 10th - see
his work here.
* Ken Griffey Jr. delivers a thoughtful gift to Todd Jones,
a new bat autographed by Griffey with "No. 577" written on the barrel
6/26/2007
* Barry Bonds is pondering what
historic baseball artifacts he'll donate to the Hall of Fame.
Sports Artist
Invited To Paint Live At The 2007 Home Run Derby & All-Star Game
* Seems strangely ironic that fans are more
excited about Brewers memorabilia than they are Barry Bonds memorabilia.
6/25/2007
* The Upper Deck Company Announces Commencement of
Cash Tender
Offer for The Topps Company, Inc.
* Operation Bullpen the movie? Story outlines the FBI’s investigation into
the
extensive counterfeit sports autograph ring.
* Donruss officials have now confirmed that they have acquired what appears
to be the Texas
game-used jersey of Vince Young.
* This is pretty cool.
USA baseball is auctioning
some game used items via the MLB web site.
*
Topps Limited Draft Day Rookie Autographed Cards of Greg Oden, Brandan
Wright, Yi JianLian and Nick Young. Available Friday, June 29th, 3PM EST through
Friday, July 6th, 3PM EST or until cards sell-out.
* Upper Deck discloses the
fourth
player in their SPx Mystery Rookie Redemption program - Cincinnati Reds
pitcher Homer Bailey
6/24/2007
* A true
Barry
Bonds collector
* Recent photograph leads to controversy.
Was the $2.35 million Honus Wagner card altered?
6/23/2007
Greg Oden signs a multiyear deal with Nike.
6/22/07
*
A virtual pack of Topps baseball series 2, an article about Kyle Farnsworth
collecting baseball cards, how to play pack wars. These are just a few of the
things you'll find on the MLBplayers web site where they have a section
completely dedicated to collecting baseball cards.
*
Collector creates a new storage box designed to
minimize damage to the corner of your sports cards. You can see an
example of the boxes here.
6/21/2007
*
MLB players like to
get
baseball memorabilia too.
Rockies second baseman Jamey Carroll even draws
caricatures of other players for them to sign.
*
Brandan Wright Signs with Topps -
grants Topps
exclusive rights within the NBA trading card category for autographed cards and
the use of Wright on packaging and advertising.
* Topps to offer
limited edition Mickey Mantle card
at the All-Star Game festivities.
6/20/2007
* 2007
Topps Triple Threads baseball Rip-party
has been posted on the Topps TV site.
*
2007 Upper Deck Premier
Babe Ruth
autograph World Series Ticket 1/1 card is up for auction.
*
Robert Lifson president of Robert Edward Auctions "Everything went perfect.
In many ways,
this was the single most successful baseball auction in the history of the
collecting world."
*
A news article about
Brandon Steiner
CEO of Steiner Sports Marketing
and the
sports memorabilia business.
6/19/2007
* The First
Upper Deck Football Release of the Year is Loaded with Rookies.
Read more about
2007 Upper Deck Artifacts Football
*
Upper Deck is
looking for
the young sports card collector who wrote this letter
* "Shades of Greatness: Art Inspired by Negro Leagues Baseball,"
a traveling art exhibit organized by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
* Set to open in Los Angeles next spring, The Cypres Sports Museum may just
hold
the greatest collection of sports memorabilia in history.
*
Prized Babe Ruth Bat from 1923 World Series to Highlight MLB Live
Auction at 2007 DHL All-Star FanFest on July 10th in San Francisco
6/18/2007
*
This
baseball memorabilia can really fly! No, really!
*
TuffStuff magazine has started a monthly giveaway on their web site. The
prize? An Authentic Autographed 8-by-10 Photo of a star of the NFL, NBA, MLB or
NHL. You've got to do a little work in order to qualify....who
has the best collection?
*
Cops crack down on
phony Olympic items
6/16/2007
*
Officials at Donruss Playoff recently announced the
winners
of the 2006 Leaf Rookies and Stars "Kickoff Classic" Promotion.
*
Check out these prices - $174,000, $260,000, $900,000 are they for a new
house, a boat perhaps? Nope, try
vintage, and very collectible, golf clubs.
6/15/2007
*
Here's a funny slightly dated video of a
sports collectibles host on the Shop-at-Home network.
The show must go on!
*
A blend of art and baseball in the "Baseball as art show". One labor
intensive piece features baseball cards. The artist painstakingly
cut out some baseball cards and repositioned them to look more 3 dimensional.
*
Basketball stud Kevin Durant will have his
certified
autograph appear in baseball card product
* Bartering for
milestone baseball memorabilia, this guy has an interesting job which
requires some serious negotiation savvy.
* The Colorado Avalanches
Center, Joe Sakic, is featured in new
Upper Deck Authenticated All Star Vinyl action figure.
*
Judge puts the
brakes on the Topps deal
6/14/2007
*
Collector has his own personal museum behind his house. His shelves are
lined with
an amazing array of sports and presidential memorabilia.
* Collectible
Concepts Group, Inc. will begin marketing its line of licensed products
through company owned kiosks at popular shopping malls.
The kiosks will feature sports and military licensed items bearing the logos
of professional football, basketball, hockey leagues, as well as collegiate and
mascot logos of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.
read more
*
Getting
NBA autographs to sell on ebay.
6/13/2007
*
And for Fathers Day,
Iceberg lettuce in
plastic patterned with baseball stitching!
*
The Glory Days exhibit opens June 27 and will run through Dec. 31 at the
Museum of the City of New York. The exhibit glorifies the 11-year period of
1947-57
when New York City's three baseball teams dominated major league baseball.
6/12/2007
*
2007 Finest Rookie Redemption
card number
5 is Daisuke Matsuzaka
*
Due to safety concerns of the fans,
Heritage Auction Galleries has taken the $1 million dollar offer off the table
for the Barry Bonds 756 ball.
*
Want
a signed
NFL helmet? You have a shot at getting one at Wal-mart.
6/9/2007
*
A pretty good article about collecting sports cards - features
a sports card collector from Sheboygan Wisconsin
* A nice update from the
SportsFest memorabilia show going on this weekend.
6/8/2007
*
So what cards can you pick-up of the hot new MLB draft picks? Kevin Haake,
over at Beckett, has put together
a nice list
of baseball cards for you to consider.
*
Wow!
Babe Ruth autographed ticket stub recently pulled out of 2007 Upper Deck
Premier.
*
Topps recently participated in the NFL Rookie
Premiere and had a nice surprise in store for these young NFL studs -
their first official NFL trading card by Topps
* Some retailers are frustrated with the
sporadic release of new sports card products.
*
Major League Baseball has announced plans to
cut the
number of baseball card products down from 20 to 17 for each
manufacturer (Topps and Upper Deck) for the 2008 season.
*
Beckett has put together a nice piece on
autographed
Sports Illustrated magazines.
* NAXCOM will be hosting a special grand opening promotion of their
MultiMarketLister with over $4,000.00 in prizes from June 18th to July 18th.
Their Grand Prize Special Offer is of either an
'86-'87 Fleer Michael Jordan PSA 9 Rookie or an all expenses paid trip
to the '07 Cleveland National or '08 Chicago National.
6/7/2007
*
LeBron James items are H-O-T!
* New movie being filmed called "Diminished Capacity" starring Matthew
Broderick, Alan Alda and Virginia Madsen. One of the themes of the movie is
about a
scheme to sell a rare baseball card. Broderick will be trying to sell
the baseball card at a large convention.
*
Topps is now being sued by Upper Deck.
*
The 10th Annual SportsFest sports and entertainment collectibles show
will be held Friday through Sunday, June 8-10
* On-line sports card shop owners still see the value in going to
in-person sports card shows.
6/6/2007
* A
famous piece of sports memorabilia, first base to be exact, was
purchased by a Boston Red Sox affiliate minor league team.
*
A 1955 autographed Dodgers team ball and a Satchel Paige "best wishes"
autographed ball are two of the items featured in Premier Auctions’ -
read more about it.
*
It's being reported that Kobe Bryant has agreed to
a new contract with Nike
* Police department teams up with the Topps Company and
give Royals baseball cards to the kids.
6/4/2007
*
Milwaukee man owns
the
bat Hank Aaron used to hit his last home run of his major-league career.
*
Minor league team has a fun
baseball card rewards program.
6/2/2007
*
The Topps Company responds
to letter from dissident Director.
*
Cop guilty of being one
very passionate Red Sox memorabilia collector.
6/1/2007
*
The questions about
the value
of Bond's 756 baseball have only just begun.
*
Can you say Bobble head? This guy can. Voters selected Bob L. Head, the Iowa
version, to become the
model for a bobblehead that will be given to fans at PGE Park on Aug.
18.
*
Washington Nationals' Dmitri Young
has a
baseball card collection worth over $3 million.
You can learn more about his collection by watching TWIB (This week in
baseball).
6/30/2007
* Upper Deck
Signs Exclusive Deals With 7 of Top 13 NBA Picks; Including the No. 2
Overall – Kevin Durant
* 2007
Debut of Upper Deck Elements Baseball Brings Three Types of Technology
to Collectors; Acetate, Foil Board & Light F/X
* 2007 Upper Deck Artifacts baseball includes some sweet looking "Rare
Apparel" game used inserts.
Collectors will be able to find game-used inserts that feature actual buttons
and tags from jerseys players wore. The one of one inserts
called Rare Apparel feature the player’s
autograph and a
game-used button, tag and patch for one of the most unique cards ever
seen.
6/29/2007
* 2007 Topps Finest
basketball rip party over at Topps TV.
*
Red Sox race car with freshly minted with baseball seams, Red Sox
logos and the No. 99 in Red Sox numerals makes it's debut.
* Gracious fan gives back
Frank Thomas's 500 homerun milestone baseball.
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