Mar26th

Unique Photo-Op Booth at Sun Times Show

By Adam McFarland | Posted at 6:11 pm | Filed Under Autographs, Card Shows

Schwartz Sports - a co-promoter of the Chicago Sun Times Show taking place this weekend - is offering a unique opportunity to fans:  get an 8 x 10 picture taken with an athlete, then have the athlete sign the photo of you and the athlete.  Not all signers at the show are available for this […]

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Mar19th

A Basketball Fan’s Dream Card

By Adam McFarland | Posted at 11:51 am | Filed Under Upper Deck, NBA

Let’s say you could have any four living basketball players signatures on one card.  If you’re a fan under 40 years old, odds are you’d wish for a card signed by Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Kobe, and LeBron.  Well, it’s your lucky day.  Your wish has been granted.  A 1-of-1 07/08 UD Black Basketball card […]

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Mar15th

Price Guide Downtime Resolved

By Adam McFarland | Posted at 11:12 am | Filed Under Site News, Price Guide

Earlier this morning it was brought to my attention that our Price Guide was not returning prices for the majority of cards and collectibles. After looking into it, I noticed that almost all eBay data was being filtered out. I was able to trace the culprit to a minor change I made several […]

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Mar10th

Fantastic Interview with Chipper’s Customs

By Adam McFarland | Posted at 7:15 pm | Filed Under Interviews, Customs

One of my favorite things about running SportsLizard is receiving photos of customs from customizers to post in our gallery. Being just an average customizer myself, I enjoy helping first time customizers get their start and seeing the fruits of their labor, but I really enjoy seeing what the best of the best can produce. […]

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Mar10th

NBA Market Movements

By Cardcollectingrambler | Posted at 6:40 pm | Filed Under Cards, Cardcollectingrambler, NBA

Guest post by Cardcollectingrambler from Break Open Another Box!
The Lakers have been red hot, and Kobe Bryant’s rookie cards have been achieving value levels not seen for a few years. His 96-97 Finest RC has been inching up since the beginning of the season, averaging a TAC of $15.66 in November, $16.59 in December, $17.03 […]

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Mar4th

Announcing Tastefully Driven

By Adam McFarland | Posted at 8:02 pm | Filed Under Site News

I think most of you know by now that the reason I’m able to do fun stuff with SportsLizard - like the customs section or the price guide - is because my partners and I at Pure Adapt Inc have several other large sites the bring in enough money for us to avoid getting “real […]

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Mar1st

My Favorite Customers

By Adam McFarland | Posted at 9:54 am | Filed Under Autographs, eBay

Old readers will remember the anonymous Dick Richards - an owner of a sports collectibles business who bluntly wrote intriguing articles about the industry…including Adam Morrison’s gauze on eBay.  Occasionally he still checks in with some insight.  I got this email from him the other day:
As a person who runs a small time sports memorabilia […]

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