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Topps Announces 2012 National Sports Collectors Convention Plans

  By Sports Card Blog | June 13, 2012 - 10:18 pm |
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Topps announces that it has created two special sets for the 2012 National Collector’s Convention in Baltimore, MD.  Both are available exclusively via redemption at the Topps Booth.

BOWMAN PLATINUM BOX REDEMPTION

Topps has created an exclusive 25-card sequentially numbered 2012 Bowman Platinum Blue Foil Parallel.  Collectors opening a full box of 2012 Bowman Platinum Baseball at the booth will receive the set.  The set will include Bryce Harper, Yu Darvish and more.  In addition, autographed versions of selected cards will be randomly inserted.

GYPSY QUEEN WRAPPER REDEMPTION

There is also a special 9-card 2012 Gypsy Queen Mini Card set featuring the hottest rookies in the NFL and MLB. Collectors opening 3 packs of any 2012 Topps/Bowman MLB or NFL products can redeem their wrappers for one of nine NFL/MLB Rookies.  The subjects are:

  • Bryce Harper
  • Yu Darvish
  • Yoenis Cespedes
  • Andrew Luck
  • Robert Griffin III
  • Ryan Tannehill
  • Trent Richardson
  • Michael Floyd
  • Justin Blackmon

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Need Sports Card Group Breaks? Try MojoBreak.com!

  By Sports Card Blog | June 10, 2012 - 4:31 pm |
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SportsCardBlog.net has come to an agreement with MojoBreak.com to help bring you more information about one of the greatest fads in the hobby of sports cards today…group breaks.

Mojo Break is one of the premier group break sites on the web as well as one of the safest. They have been bringing you group breaks online for quite sometime now and have built up quite the reputation.

If you don’t know what group breaks are, you pay a low amount of money for a slot in a box or case of sports cards. That money either gives you a “draft” position to draft the top cards from the product or gives you a team in which you will receive all cards from. It’s a great way to collect cards and save a little bit of money at the same time if you aren’t into buying entire boxes of cards.

We will have a link on the sidebar for upcoming hot products that you will want to check out if you are interested in group breaks.

So check out MojoBreak.com now today for your next group break and see if you can’t get some of that mojo!

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Panini Celebrates Father’s Day 2012 in Style

  By Sports Card Blog | June 9, 2012 - 10:35 pm |
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Panini’s Marketing Team are kings of in-store promotions. Black Friday was a great success and they are looking to continue that success with a Father’s Day promotion full of great cards for collectors.

With Father’s Day right around the corner and just about a week away, Panini is showing off the goods on what will be included in their packs. Most of these packs can be received via wrapper redemption inside stores for buying Panini products. And they are going to be hot once again.

Covering every sport Panini does, these packs will contain autographs and memorabilia just like the packs you’ll find in your Panini boxes. But the cards are like nothing you can find in Panini products which makes this program so special. From special Pro Bowl cards, to 9/11 Tribute cards, and cards commemorating the Dallas Mavericks NBA Championship, it’s loaded with the stuff collectors really want.

You’ll find your game used cards, autographed cards, and special inserts you can’t find anywhere else.  Just check out these posts on the Panini blog. Make sure you only check out the 2012 posts for what’s going on this year.

To find out more about the promotion keep your eyes on the Knight’s Lance and right here as I will continue updating as more information is made public. It looks like it’s going to be another winner from the Panini marketing team.

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PSA Launches Sports Memorabilia Resource: PSA CollectibleFacts

  By Sports Card Blog | June 5, 2012 - 8:35 pm |
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Press Release (Santa Ana, California) – Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) has launched the first phase of a new, free online resource called PSA CollectibleFacts™ (www.PSACollectibleFacts.com).  PSA officials envision it will soon expand to become the Internet’s most comprehensive site for information and illustrations about sports and many non-sports collectibles.

The user-friendly site initially will offer the evolving beginnings of one major component, PSA CardFacts™, devoted to all types of trading cards.  Over the coming weeks and months, PSA CollectibleFacts will be expanded to include additional sports and non-sports trading cards as well as PSA’s extensive information and images about autographs (PSA AutographFacts™), tickets (PSA TicketFacts™), professional model baseball bats (PSA ProBatFacts™) and other historic memorabilia.

“We’re opening with only a fraction of the information and illustrations that eventually will be available, and all of it will be 100 percent free to access.  This is just the beginning,” said Joe Orlando, President of PSA, a division of Collectors Universe, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLCT).
“This is a long-term project to create the ultimate online encyclopedia for sports, historical and entertainment collectibles; a comprehensive resource for information.  The PSA CollectibleFacts site will be continually evolving and growing with information and, eventually, tens of thousands of crystal-clear images.  You’ll see something new every week.”

In addition to providing a great resource to current hobbyists, one of the main goals behind the launch of this online encyclopedia is to help expand the market by exposing the hobby to a whole new group of prospective collectors.

“The long-term benefit here is to help keep the hobby vibrant and keep the industry moving in the right direction by making so much free information available to the public,” Orlando explained.

“For example, if want to find out about 1933 Goudey baseball cards, you’ll find images of every card in that set, biographical information about the players, current pricing of the cards, auction prices realized, population report data, expert narratives, in-depth articles and so on.  We’re bringing together everything in one place to make it easy to access the information hobbyists need in order to improve their collecting experience.”

Announcements will be made in the coming weeks about the launches of other components in PSA CollectibleFacts including PSA AutographFacts, PSA TicketFacts and PSA ProBatFacts.

Since its founding in 1991, Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) experts have examined and certified over 19 million different sports, entertainment and historical collectibles with a combined total value of over $1 billion.

For additional information, contact PSA/DNA Authentication Services at (800) 325-1121.  Email: info@PSAcard.com.  Online: www.PSAcard.com.

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June 2012 Sports Card Releases

  By Sports Card Blog | June 3, 2012 - 5:30 pm |
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June is here. The weather is warming up and so are products in all sports. Let’s see what we have this month. For the newbies, the rating is based upon my personal excitement level for the product. Starting off, we are pretty bare on the product information but we will have them all listed within the coming week or so.

Baseball:

2012 Topps Pro Debut Baseball – June 13, 2012 – $59 – 5/10

Some of the first cards for some players are released in their minor league glory, with autographs and game used jerseys with a 200+ card base set.

2012 Topps Series II Baseball – June 6, 2012 – $56 – 7.5/10

The second installment of Topps flagship is released with a few surprises and the flagship version of the Bryce Harper rookie card amongst others.

2012 Topps Tier One Baseball – June 20, 2012 – $87 – 8/10

A definite upgrade over last season, this season features sweet acetate autographs and over 100 bat knob 1/1 cards.

2012 Onyx Platinum Prospects Baseball – June 29, 2012 – $80 – 7/10

Full preview coming soon.

Basketball:

2011-12 Panini Limited Basketball – June 13, 2012 – $100 – 8/10

Panini’s next basketball product of the year comes out and looks like another winner with a wide variety of great autographs and designs to appease your collecting interests.

Football:

2012 Upper Deck SPx Football – June 19, 2012 – $115 – 8/10

SPx returns with its usual great designs as well as the new interchangeable shadow box cards.

2012 Panini Prestige Football – June 20, 2012 – $96 – 8/10

The second NFL licensed product of the season with the first licensed product to feature all the current rookies in their NFL uniforms through the magic of Panini. A great new design should be key in this early season release.

Hockey:

2011-12 Upper Deck SP Authentic Hockey – June 30, 2012 – $107 – 9/10

Full preview coming soon.

2011-12 Panini Rookie Anthology Hockey – June 27, 2012 – $100 – 8/10

A rookie filled product with some of your favorite designs of the season and some of the names that Panini couldn’t include earlier in the season along with some new surprises.

2011-12 Panini Titanium Hockey – June 13, 2012 – $100 – 8/10

Panini brings back the Titanium brand and has some cool designs and some fun and great looking content.

2011-12 ITG Broad Street Boys Hockey – June 29, 2012 – $87 – 6.5/10

Full preview coming soon.

Other:

2012 Upper Deck Soccer – June 26, 2012 – $90 – 7/10

Full preview coming soon.

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