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Does Upper Deck Fix Beckett Box Breaks?
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 12:04 pm | Filed Under NFL, Cards, Beckett, Upper Deck, Business, Box Breaks, Videos
After their recent Box Buster Video of the new 2007 Upper Deck Exquisite Football, many collectors think that the answer to that question is a resounding YES.
In the video you’ll see that Beckett’s staff has an extraordinary pull that makes you wonder about the box that they’re opening. Out of 12 cards, they pulled:
An […]
Topps Turmoil Update
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 5:30 pm | Filed Under Topps, Upper Deck, Business
I (intentionally) haven’t posted anything recently about the crazy Topps sale because, although there have been quite a few developments, I don’t feel this mess warrants too much attention until there is a definite resolution. Here’s a quick update on what’s been coming across the newswire the past few weeks:
7/6 - Businessweek paints Eisner […]
Pack Searching Experiment - it Should Not be this Easy
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 2:11 pm | Filed Under Cards, Business, Box Breaks
One of the more disturbing trends in the last several years in the sports card industry is pack searching. Pack searching is the “art” of figuring out which packs in a box contain autographs or relic (game used jerseys, bats, etc), presumably because those packs will be thicker or weigh more or “feel” different. […]
Topps Shoots Down Beckett.com Article
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 11:52 am | Filed Under Topps, Beckett, Upper Deck, Business
Remember last week when I said that Upper Deck “claimed that they will be able to overcome any antitrust issues that may arise from having one company own both baseball licenses”? I was surprised that they would make that claim, and apparently they didn’t. That statement came from the Beckett.com article that I […]
How Collectors Feel About a UD-Topps Acquisition
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 9:06 pm | Filed Under Business
Continuing the ongoing mess that is the Topps sale, Upper Deck upped the ante on Monday Upper Deck filed a $427.3 million offer with the Securities and Exchange Commission and claimed that they will be able to overcome any antitrust issues that may arise from having one company own both baseball licenses. By law […]
Upper Deck Looking to Help Young Collector?
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 12:29 pm | Filed Under Beckett, Upper Deck, Business
The following letter was sent to Upper Deck from the older brother of an unidentified collector:
Upper Deck publicized the letter on Beckett in hopes of finding the young man from Georgia. One would think that after leaking the letter to the public that UD would be looking to send the young man a nice […]
Topps Buyout Vote Postponed
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 1:01 pm | Filed Under Cards, Topps, Upper Deck, Business
This crazy Topps sale just won’t go away. Last Thursday a judge ruled to postpone the shareholder vote that was scheduled for June 28th (if the Topps sale is news to you, check out our previous Topps coverage to catch up). According to Forbes.com:
In a 67-page opinion issued Thursday, Vice Chancellor Leo Strine […]
Microsoft is Our New Friend
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 12:57 pm | Filed Under Price Guide, Business
Yesterday afternoon I was upgrading some back-end features on the price guide when I damn near had a heart attack: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 had identified the price guide as a “suspicious website” and was displaying the following message to everyone:
That’s a bad thing - a very bad thing. About 40% of our visitors […]
Topps Now Being Sued by Upper Deck
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 6:19 pm | Filed Under Cards, Topps, Upper Deck, Business
In what has been a bizarre story that is increasingly looking worse and worse for collectors, Upper Deck is suing Topps for breach of a confidentiality agreement during the proposed sale of Topps (if the Topps sale is news to you, check out our previous Topps coverage).
According to BusinessWeek, the suit accuses Topps […]
Topps Update - Upper Deck Still in the Picture
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 4:50 pm | Filed Under Cards, Topps, Upper Deck, Business
A few weeks back when I wrote about the Topps sale, it seemed all but final that The Tornante Company headed by Michael Eisner would acquire the company. Now Upper Deck’s bid that was once voted down has resurfaced and seems like a very real possibility.
What changed?
It was no secret that many Topps board […]