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2012 Black Friday – Cyber Monday Sports Card Deals

  By Sports Card Blog | November 18, 2012 - 4:58 pm |
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Black Friday 2012 is coming up, and you want to get a great deal on sports card for either yourself or that collector in your family. Or maybe you just want to get me present for providing you all these free contests and all this information in one place. *wink* But we have compiled a list of some of the best 2012 Black Friday and Cyber Monday sports card deals across the internet.

This page will be updated as more information comes in. Bookmark this page and make sure you check back periodically. If your business is not listed, please email me.

Card Shops:

Dave & Adam’s Card World

DACW is once again providing a huge sale on sports cards across their inventory with both high end and low end going on sale. Prices on 2012 Exquisite, Fleer Retro, Bowman Chrome, and more are on sale. FOUR new deals every hour for 3 DAYS!  It’s going to be a party once again so make sure you check them out as EVERYONE will be doing the same thing, making some of the deals hard to get, but worth the time.

Blowout Cards

Door buster deals throughout the day from 6am to 4pm EST! Various contests for free stuff on their forums and some eBay themed promotions as well, just like past years which have been HUGE successes. Tom has promised it will live up to the hype it always creates, so it is definitely worth a shot.

Atlanta Sports Cards

In addition to the low prices they will have on just about every product, they will be giving away a ton of free items like memorabilia, boxes, and gift cards with just about every purchase! Sounds like a great set up to me!

Group Breaks:

MojoBreak.com

One of the premier group break sites on the internet is having their own celebration of Black Friday with every group break being 16% off! If you spend $20+ with them, you will also be entered into a free group break! That sounds like a sweet deal for group breaks to me! Just added! $1 group break doorbusters starting at 10am PST!

LiveCaseBreak

LiveCaseBreak is holding a Black Friday promotion where every spot in a case break you buy in from Friday until Sunday, you will be entered to win a number of free cards. Everyone is guaranteed a prize it seems, so why wouldn’t you want free cards for Black Friday with your order?

Company Promotions:

Panini America

Panini’s Black Friday promotion will be returning to stores again in 2012. For the earliest information, check out this link from Panini. I will probably end up with a giant write up about it when all the details are released depending on my schedule.

CheckOutMyCards.com

CheckOutMyCards is one of the leading sites in people selling their single cards online and they will be holding a Black Friday sale as well. COMC will give you .10 for every item purchased and shipped on Black Friday. You can also get free shipping on orders of 10+ cards. Sellers also get a bonus of .25 per item sold, towards their next processing shipment, that is put on sale for Black Friday. Sellers and buyers win here. Check them out.

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2012 Topps Five-Star Baseball Checklist Released

  By Sports Card Blog | November 11, 2012 - 8:26 pm |
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Attached to this post is the 2012 Topps Five-Star Baseball checklist.

Click here to check out the 2012 Topps Five-Star baseball checklist and see what kind of cards you should expect to pull from this huge product about to be released on Tuesday. $500 get you a box of this product with 5 autographs. Check the above link for more information on the product.

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November 2012 Sports Card Releases

  By Sports Card Blog | November 3, 2012 - 3:43 pm |
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It’s getting closer to Christmas time! You know exactly what that means, the perfect time to start buying presents for your card collector in your life. But what is new and hot coming off the streets? Here are the products set to release this month along with my personal rating for awesomeness.

BASEBALL:

2012 Topps Five-Star Baseball – November 14, 2012 – $495 – 10/10

Yes, I am psyched out of my freakin’ mind for this one. Can Topps finally put out a high end baseball product? It sure looks like they have finally done it correctly. Although that price tag is rough for some.

2012 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects Baseball – November 28, 2012 – $66 – 7/10

Me and prospects don’t get along, however this is the prospects only version of Bowman Chrome…more or less. Full preview coming soon.

2012 Panini Cooperstown Baseball – November 14, 2012 – $90 – 8.5/10

You always wanted a set based around the Hall of Fame, players, and achievements. Well this is that product for you.

2012 Panini Prime Cuts Baseball – November 28, 2012 – $150 – 8.5/10

One of the most revered sets of modern day cards has returned for its second season from Panini. Full preview coming soon.

2012 Panini Signature Series Baseball – November 7, 2012 – $120 – 8/10

More autographs than you can shake a bat at. Full preview coming soon.

2012 Panini USA Baseball Hobby Set – November 28, 2012 – $100 – 7/10

I’ve never been excited about the future stars to play the game all being in one box with a ton of autographs. But a ton of people are. Full preview coming soon.

BASKETBALL:

2012-13 Panini Limited Basketball – November 28, 2012 – $100 – 7.5/10

Limited is back once again featuring the best hits this early in the season. Full preview coming soon.

2012-13 Panini Prizm Basketball – November 14, 2012 – $100 – 8.5/10

This product makes me excited in many ways. The design. The hits. The parallels. This really could be a winner from Panini. Full preview coming soon.

2012-13 Panini Totally Certified Basketball – November 21, 2012 – $120 – 8/10

Many hits, nice parallels, a great combination of cards. Full preview coming soon.

FOOTBALL:

2012 Topps Chrome Football - November 9, 2012 – $100 – 9/10

One of the most popular football products of the season is again in short supply. Some of the most valuable rookie autographs of the year are in this product so make sure you pick a box up.

2012 Panini Prime Signatures Football – November 14, 2012 – $60 – 6/10

An auto per box, now with the possibility of rookie patch autos. Full preview coming soon.

2012 Topps Triple Threads Football – November 21, 2012 – $200  – 7/10

A formula that really hasn’t changed over the years, you can find your big hits or find a complete bust in this product. One of the bigger gambles. Full preview coming soon.

2012 Panini Absolute Memorabilia Football – November 28, 2012 – $165 – 7/10

A hit per pack in this high end product contains some great rookie cards but also some solid veteran content as well. Full preview coming soon.

HOCKEY:

2012/13 ITG Superlative Volume 3 – November 8, 2012 – $360 – 7/10

It is time for ITG’s high end product to release!

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Story on 7 Year Old With Topps Golden Ticket Fake?

  By Sports Card Blog | November 2, 2012 - 12:27 pm |
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Reports have been swirling around the interwebs that the recent story regarding the 7 year old who pulled the 2012 Topps Football Golden Ticket has been falsified. Originally posted on the NW Herald news site based out of Illinois, the story looked to be a feel good story of a 7 year old kid opening a pack of cards and receiving a great collectible as well as the opportunity to have their own trading card.

Well a smoking gun on Twitter reveals allegations that this entire story may be fabricated in an attempt to bring more business to this card shop in Illinois. If true, it is another example of greed in the hobby and using little kids as way to try and gain more money.

Allegedly, it went down like this. One of the regulars to the shop came in one day and opened a box of cards. That box of cards had the Golden Ticket in it. Knowing it’s value, the regular customer tried to have the owner of the shop sell it on eBay under the ID amoreshawna for $1500. When there was no bids and it didn’t sell, he sold it to the kid’s grandfather for $500 in order to try and get publicity for his shop.

Yes, the kid still has the Golden Ticket and yes, it is a cute story about the possibility that a 7 year old kid gets his own Topps football card. In fact, he probably has a better than 10% chance in actually winning that part, which would be fantastic for any kid or any collector out there. But the cut-throat business of the hobby somewhat shatters this story of a kid pulling out a Golden Ticket from a box of cards himself, but instead to a greedy shop owner trying to improve business. Allegedly.

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Panini Continues Their Exclusive Deal For NBA Trading Cards

  By Sports Card Blog | October 29, 2012 - 6:09 pm |
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Just announced within the last couple of hours, Panini America has extended their exclusive deal as the sole company to provide NBA basketball cards to collectors out there in a new multi-year agreement.

Most of the responses on the Twitterverse have been positive, with several congratulatory messages to the only company to have a presence in all four major sports along with FIFA and several entertainment ventures. Even Kobe Bryant got in on the announcement where he stated, “[Panini] brings trading cards back to having a cool factor” and “Panini will be on the cutting edge of what they do.”

Personally as a collector, I’m not a huge fan of exclusive deals because I like the variety of products. I say the same thing when it comes to baseball cards. On a plus note, there are less rookie autographs out there so it helps with the value a bit. Did you see the Kyrie Irving autographs earlier this season on eBay? Wow. Or the Jeremy Lins last year? Two very good examples on how it shapes the market. As a business move, it’s a great move for Panini in securing those rights, so kudos on that. And with the expansion of products into China, Panini is moving into a strong Asian market for basketball collectibles.

Panini is here to stay in the NBA trading card arena. For more information on the deal visit their official blog.

 

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