Will the “Cuban Missle Crisis” overtake “Strasmas”
Aroldis Chapman made his MLB Debut this week and was clocked on the gun at over 102 MPH. His cards have exploded on Ebay including his Bowman issues, and EEE autographs. Now Topps has released some names that will be in the upcoming checklists of their Bowman Chrome, Sterling, Draft as well as Topps Chrome autographs on top of the Team USA autographs that they released earlier in the week. Names like Jason Heyward, Carlos Santana, Aroldis Chapman, Jake Skole, Brian Matusz and more will be included keep reading to see the entire list.
Hats off in 2010 Topps T206
Topps released some more information on their latest T206 release. There will be some special SP variations that pay tribute to the original releases that featured the legendary players with out their ballcaps. I personally think this is a pretty cool addition, and would love to see some more posed photos from players akin to the Mark McGwire in 1989 Upper Deck, or Bo Jackson in 1990 Score. I think that is one thing we are missing today is a little variety other than just standard game action photos. Follow to read more from Topps. Read more
The 2010 Team USA is coming to Topps and Bowman line
Topps released a press release about the players that will be included in Bowman, and Topps Chrome and other products through their agreement with Team USA. It should be interesting because the original image released seems to hint that the one per case hit in Topps Chrome this year may not even be a chrome autograph. It may be a paper stock one akin to the AFLAC auto’s. This should be interesting to see how it plays out. On a personal note, I am happy to see a good friend of mine, and a great ball player Jason Esposito highlighted by Topps in their press release.
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2010 Bowman Sterling First Look
We got the first images of 2010 Bowman Sterling from Beckett Blog today and they look great. This is always a popular product with prospectors, and this years set looks as nice as any edition. With the Team USA additions this year this set could be huge. Strasburg, Heyward, and all the rookies you should expect from this seasons crop will be included as well as signees such as Kolbrin Vitek, Miguel Sano and more will be in the product as well. Read more
Strasburg to the DL, How Much Impact on Future Products?
On the day that news broke that Stephen Strasburg Allen & Ginter autographedcards had gone live on Ebay, we also got the news that the Nationals Phenom was going on the DL for the second time in a month. The Baseball card industy has been booming over the last year due to the success of Strasburg. 2010 Bowman exploded on the secondary market with the inclusion of a chrome Strasburg, and an autographed base card of him. We have seen huge bumps in the prices of Topps Triple Threads, Topps Chrome, and Allen and Ginter due to the inclusion of the former #1 pick in the product. Read more
Unnumbered rare Topps Parallels hit Ebay
We have seen plenty of backdoored cards hit the market over the years. From the Pinnacle 1997 Mirror Golds up to the recent wave of unnumbered Tim Lincecum 2007 Bowman Chrome Fake autographed refractors, but the auctions today may be a first.
A wave of unnumbered 2009 Bowman Red hit Ebay and could cause quite the stir. These are really the first examples of 1/1 cards being backdoored in bulk, in some cases dozens were released. We have heard stories over the last few years of Topps employees leaving, and maybe that is the cause of why cards such as this are surfacing. The biggest question with this is will we see more in the near future? If someone surfaces with a pile of unnumbered Superfractors how damaging would that be to the hobby?
It is a hobby to many, but when you deal with the value levels on 1/1 cards, it can become a business. It will be very interesting to see how this develops.
Topps announces Finest RC #9 and #10
Topps announces the players redeemable for 2010 Topps Finest Baseball Rookie Redemptions #9 and #10 are outfielders Domonic Brown (Phillies) and Ryan Kalish
(Red Sox) respectively.
Throughout the 2010 Major League Baseball season, Topps has announced the subjects for the 10-card Rookie Redemption set. Each Master Box of Topps Finest includes one Rookie Redemption. In addition, collectors can also find redemptions for Blue Refractors (#’d to 199) and Gold Refractors (#’d to 50) versions.
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Upper Deck supports Hobby with Volunteer Alliance
Last month Upper Deck unveiled an exciting new initiative designed to further engage the company’s loyal collector base. The “Upper Deck Volunteer Alliance” is a program free of charge that’s open to collectors from around the world that enables them to earn Upper Deck merchandise simply by helping the company promote the hobby. Upper Deck has been pleasantly surprised by the response it has gotten from collectors looking to help share the fun of collecting trading cards. Read more
2010 BCDP : Who do you want to see?
2010 Bowman Chrome Draft Picks and Prospects is coming sooner and sooner by the date. We now know who is eligible to be in the product due to the signing deadline passing, so I started a discussion on FCB asking who do you want to see in 2010 BCDP?
My choices were very biased with guys I had seen in the Cape League, and I left out the Red Sox guys that we had already seen on the sell sheet and Jake Skole. Leave a comment here, or feel free to chat it up on FCB about it.
The Strasburg 1/1 from Famous Fabrics has hit!
One of, if not the top hit out of Famous Fabrics has surfaced on EBay. TheStephen Strasburg USA Hat Logo 1/1 has been listed at a $10,000 Buy it Now. His stuff is surfacing more and more rapidly, and for an unlicensed card this is definitely one of the nicest looking cards ever produced.
How high do you think this card will end at?
Prelim Checklist and Sellsheet for 2010 BCDP is out
This thread on FCB has the first details on the 2010 Bowman Chrome Draft Picks and Prospects Checklist. This is a very barebone skeleton of what the checklist should look like. Names like Jake Skole, Kolbrin Vitek, and Bryce Brentz highlight the checklist so far.
The biggest draw right now will be the Stephen Strasburg autographed RC logo card. But with the signing deadline right around the corner this all is very subject to change.