Author: bigshep79
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Self-Sustaining Your Hobby
For most collectors in The Hobby, collecting trading cards is a way for them to escape their normal day to day lives and reflect back to their youth and the great times they had in their youth. For others, it is a business and the way that they provide for themselves and/or their family. At […]
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Sorting Cards
I love to sort and organize my cards into complete sets, team piles for trades and single players for trades or a card show. When I was a kid my dad found a plastic tray that allowed us to sort our cards in 100s, then 10s when building the latest Topps or Donruss set. When […]
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Panini America Signs Zion
Earlier today Panini America made the long awaited announcement that they have signed 2019 NBA #1 pick, Zion Williamson of the New Orleans Pelicans to an EXCLUSIVE TRADING CARD AGREEMENT. Panini America reported that his first officially licensed autographed cards will appear in Panini America’s 2019 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball releasing in early September. They […]
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2019 National Baseball Card Day
This Saturday, August 10 Topps is having their National Baseball Card Day. This promote was created to drive collectors to local shops to buy cards. On Saturday you will receive a free pack of cards. The checklist is NOW available as of now but in previous years each each had one player represented. If you […]
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40th National Sports Card Collectors Convention
EXCITED!!!!!!This will be my first National Sports Card Collectors Convention. It is their 40th show and I’m going to celebrate my 40th birthday. My birthday isn’t until late October but I couldn’t wait to celebrate it with of my collecting brothers & sisters. On the podcast the past few weeks we have talked about what […]
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2020 Topps Design Just Released
Within the last hour Topps has released it’s 2020 design. Already on Twitter people are hating on the design. WHY??? It is only 45 minutes old and you’re already dismissing it? This happens every year when they first release the new design. Instantly people hate it, they want to go back to the 2013 design […]
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Review: 2019 Topps Series 2 Baseball
1. Card Design: We didn’t have the site live when Series 1 launched and so this is our first review of the flagship product from Topps. This is fourth year that the release has been a full-bleed card. Personally, I miss the borders on this set. The 2019 version has a taste of 1982 with […]
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Review: 2019 Panini Luminance
1. Card Design: Panini Luminance makes its return for a 2nd year and I love the cards design. It is a full-bleed card with a huge cursive like font. The font is similar to that of the 1988 Ultra Baseball product. The card stock is a bit thicker than normal cards giving it a higher-end […]
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Review: 2019 Topps Finest
1. Card Design: It is shiny and simple but it just has the look of a great card. Finest is always one of the most plain designs that just seems to pop for some reason. Maybe it has to do this the nostalgia from the 1993 release that keeps us coming back year after year. […]
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