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2007 McFarlane Awards: Best Chase/Surprise Pics
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 4:54 pm | Filed Under McFarlane
Last week McFarlane announced that voting has opened for their Fifth Annual Action Figure Awards - a brilliant marketing tactic to re-ignite interest in the best figures of 2007. You can vote for the sports figures over on the forums, but the one disappointment that I have with the voting is that they […]
One of the Most Undervalued in the Hobby?
By Cardcollectingrambler | Posted at 2:01 pm | Filed Under Cardcollectingrambler, NBA
Guest post by Cardcollectingrambler from Break Open Another Box!
Carlos Boozer, Utah’s star power forward, is averaging 25 ppg (#1 for PF in NBA), 11.5 rpg (#1 PF), 57.3 FG% (#2 PF) and has 18 double-doubles (#1 PF - #2 overall in NBA behind Dwight Howard with 20). Yet, despite his great performances (and his team’s […]
Steiner Sports Steroid Promotion Goes Bad
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 5:36 pm | Filed Under MLB, Autographs
Last night I received this email in my inbox:
Creative? Yes. Funny? Yes. Offensive? Apparently to some. This afternoon just before the Mitchell Report was released Steiner emailed the following statement:
Valued Customer,
Steiner Sports would like to offer its sincerest apologies to those who were offended by our George Mitchell email […]
Michael Eisner Cards Surface in UD Packs
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 5:31 pm | Filed Under Cards, Topps, Upper Deck
Apparently Upper Deck is a little bitter about not acquiring Topps. For some reason they decided to design and produce “Michael Buysner” rookie cards and intentionally insert them in to 2007 Sweet Spot Baseball. Several cards have already hit eBay and sold for several hundred dollars. According to Beckett, […]
Fake Patch Report Aims to Clean Up Hobby
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 11:27 pm | Filed Under Cards, Authentication
Remember back in August when a scam artist was busted on the Beckett forum for trying to sell off a Ciatrick Fason fake patch card? At the time I said:
Aside from the amusement, here’s what I get out of this: card companies in conjunction with the collecting community on the web are the best […]
JSA Authenticator Busted on Camera
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 10:17 pm | Filed Under Authentication
Listen, I’m not the biggest fan of “investigative” news reports. They generally are out to prove whatever they want to prove, and can always paint the picture that aligns with their views if they get enough footage. However, this report by Fox in Chicago is pretty telling.
Essentially, a reporter goes to a show […]
Player Focus: Rashard Lewis
By Cardcollectingrambler | Posted at 9:43 pm | Filed Under Cards, Cardcollectingrambler, NBA
Guest post by Cardcollectingrambler from Break Open Another Box!
Many people consider Dwight Howard the best “big man” in the league, and his Magic, off to a 12-3 start, are the only team thus far to beat the new-and-improved Celtics this season. I think that one big reason for Orlando’s success (other than Howard) is the […]