...this five-card set were given to each attendee of the 2009 National Sports Collectors Convention who purchased a five-day VIP ticket. The set is both done in th
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...cles. BCP is written and supported collaboratively by unpaid baseball card collectors. You can [[support]] BCP by making a monetary donation via [https://www.pay
* [http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com Sports Collectors Daily]
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...t was prominently displayed by Beckett Media at their 2018 National Sports Collectors Convention booth -- who, not coincidentally, graded the card Gem Mint "BGS
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...e the collector's set "complete" by issuing them their missing Mays card. Collectors had until October 24, 2001, to complete their sets and receive their Mays c
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...rd set was distributed to collectors who attended the 2008 National Sports Collectors Convention in Rosemont, IL and purchased a "VIP" package. It features repr
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...a promo." Dealers usually say this to strike interest, because the "mark" collectors are usually interested in investment. Broder cards have NO investment value
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...ical relic cards. These cards have no secondary market value, however some collectors use them as a [[Bookend]].
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...invest in a strong glass or, better yet, a jeweler's loupe. These can help collectors spot flaws in addition to fakes.
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Collectors will receive their TttS Autograph back along with the Bowman Sterling pack;
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...they are still counted on to drive sales, even "completist" single-player collectors are being more selective. Card makers have responded by putting greater eff
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'''National, The: (NSCC)''' The National Sports Collectors Convention, an annual card show that has grown from a small hotel ballroom
The National may have reached its apex in 1991, when 100,000 collectors attended the 12th National in Anaheim, California. By comparison, the 1999
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...either the color of a foil stamp or a matted frame on the card. For some collectors, this "stretched" the definition of the one-of-one concept as each individu
The contrived scarcity issue has led some collectors to personally establish a new guideline between what is and what is not a o
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...rce, desired insert set that would feature more players and appeal to more collectors
...to selection, though their appeal in the Modern Hobby has worn off to many collectors due to oversaturation of parallels.
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It took a while for collectors to warm to the concept of parallel brands though. But the parallel brand ca
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...move and was the first time Press Plates were made officially available to collectors.
...es. While practically unique, each plate came in four variations, so some collectors may not consider them "True [[One-of-One]]s.
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...ry days of promo cards were the early 90s. During the 1991 National Sports Collectors Convention in Anaheim, California, there were reports of some promos sellin
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'''Sports Collectors Digest (SCD):''' An weekly Hobby periodical published from Iola, Wisconsin.
...the magazine, although it is rare when classifieds fill a full page. Many collectors have relied on the ''SCD'' classifieds over the years to build and maintain
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...en combined with [[Serial Number|serial numbering]]. Because of this, some collectors think that these cards should be treated as inserts, and thereby making the
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...sively to Topps' hobby dealers as a factory set only, and were marketed to collectors interested in an "investment quality" set.
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...together sets (you can get most of a set out of two boxes), and a way for collectors to get a lot of cards for relatively little money. Think of them as a 500-
Collectors should be be advised that, while cases were factory sealed, the individual
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...rds at a late time. On-Card autographs are generally more highly valued by collectors, and they often also result in nicer signatures, because the athlete does n
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...n Card Catalog]], otherwise known as the ACC, which is still used today by collectors and dealers. The famed T206 baseball card set received its popularized name
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...reserved for cards still in original packaging (unopened packs, etc) Many collectors consider most cards to actually be in NrMT because they have been handled t
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...age stamps, vintage autographs to comic books, even casino chips. In fact, Collectors Universe, the parent company of PSA, is publicly traded on the New York Sto
...xt big thing" in trendy investment schemes, thereby pricing out the "real" collectors. Just like slabbing did to numismatics in the late 80s/early 90s.
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...ollectibles" with investment value. Therefore, it was not uncommon for the collectors of the era, (read: kids), to store their baseball cards in rubber band boun
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...t of every Bowman release since, although it should be noted that very few collectors have actually taken Topps up on its offer.
...serial-numbering did help to "pop a big number" in the price guides, many collectors weren't all that pleased with Topps' decision.
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...PC:''' With the exception of some regional and oddball sets, baseball card collectors in the 1970s had the choice of collecting cards from one company and one co
...rd collectors because of their photography and simple, uncluttered design. Collectors Quarterly, or CQ as it became known, was used to introduce and promote the
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...es of specific cards than the newsletters that had previously been read by collectors.
...launch was successful, it also earned the company flack from single-sport collectors. Today ''BBCM,'' (now known as simply ''Beckett Baseball'') and the other
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...ars, Joe has authored several collecting guides and dozens of articles for Collectors Universe, Inc. Joe's first book, The Top 200 Sportscards in the Hobby, was
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Krause Publications is the publisher of Tuff Stuff, Sports Collectors Digest, Card Trade and the Trade Fax by Sports Collector's Digest. Krause h
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...ticity, quality, and worth of an item -- primarily coins and sports cards. Collectors Universe also publishes price guides, market reports, rarity reports, and o
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...early 2006 when random memorabilia cards were mailed to the aforementioned collectors.
Some collectors list the card as the "Rick Face" card. The script on the bat appears to mak
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...est third-party authentication service. PSA is one of the companies in the Collectors Universe umbrella of offerings for the collectibles industry. PSA uses a ta
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...was the keynote speaker at the 1984 [[National, The (NSCC)|National Sports Collectors Convention.]]
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...s do not have these guide. Other sports guides, like Tuff Stuff and Sports Collectors Digest do have show listings as well.
...en trading. But if you want to get it off, here are suggestions from other collectors:
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'''Card Show:''' A gathering of sports card and memorabilia collectors and dealers.
...mall or motel ball room, and large national shows attended by dealers and collectors from all over the United States.
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...Donruss Baseball went live. The result: a big "thud", but only to dealers. Collectors were having a field day with the Retail release as the 2000 Retro (pack in
...n though Ichiro and Pujols RC's were very rarely pulled from Retail boxes, collectors were still loving these retail boxes. This caused dealers to start emptying
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...ere a hit, the base set (and the product as a whole) was largely panned by collectors. Topps would reformulate the Lineage concept by bringing back the Archives
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The same 18-card Gold set was also made available through a mail-in offer. Collectors who purchased four multi-packs of Coca-Cola products at Amoco service stati
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===2007 National Sports Collectors Convention VIP set===
...ed to collectors who purchased a "VIP" package at the 28th National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland. The cards in this set are done in the style of th
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The design of the base set was panned by collectors as it looked too much like [[2009 Upper Deck X|Upper Deck X.]]
...he 2098 season, Upper Deck would reveal the player each card was good for. Collectors had until June 30th, 2011 to redeem their cards. Since the fulfilled cards
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...print excess cards for quality control and damage replacement purposes.) Collectors who pulled an un-numbered UD Reserve Buyback Ichiro card were instructed to
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...these cards] as uncut sheets to distributors as a dealer incentive. Some collectors began cutting up the sheets into individual cards.
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...erts and subsets. The product wasn't not particularly popular with either collectors or kids, and was discontinued after only one year.
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...d to 10 per household and ended May 14, 2013, one week after release date. Collectors can receive a pack of five Blue Wave Refractors by redeeming 24 2013 Bowman
...hrome Prospects insert set is available in a Blue Wave Refractor parallel. Collectors could receive a pack of five Blue Wave Refractors by redeeming 24 Hobby, 10
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...ember, the 2009 edition of BDP&P is the end-of-year prospect laden product collectors have come to expect from Topps. The usual dizzying array of Refractors are
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Most collectors were not sharp enough, or cared for that matter, to find them.
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...they neither expected, nor wanted), Topps issued a press release to assist collectors in properly identifying which Blasters have the special versions.
''To assist collectors in identifying the Wal-Mart exclusive “BLACK” cards in 2009 Topps Baseb
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...ith the wrong photo. A corrected version of the card was made available to collectors a few months after the product went live via a mail exchange program direct
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...d, Vintage Veterans, and Rookie Renditions cards were not well received by collectors would be an understatement. The subsets, coupled with overall poor quality
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In order to placate collectors who have seen the secondary-market value of [[2010 Bowman Chrome]] plummet,
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These cards were given to attendees of the 2014 National Sports Collectors Convention. Each is serial-numbered to five.
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'''NOTE:''' Card #50 was not available in packs. It was given to collectors making a purchase of $10 or more.
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These promo cards were handed out at the 1993 National Sports Collectors Convention -- which was held in Chicago that year. The fronts (and indeed
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...their cards held by Topps, whereby they could sell them or buy from other collectors (much like one would buy and sell stocks) on the eTopps "floor" - a special
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...their cards held by Topps, whereby they could sell them or buy from other collectors (much like one would buy and sell stocks) on the eTopps "floor" - a special
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...ame-used Mickey Mantle or Joe DiMaggio card from the following four sets. Collectors had until May 16th, 2003 to assemble and redeem their complete sets. Cards
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In an effort to satisfy American collectors, one-of-one SuperFractor parallels were inserted at the last minute, exclus
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...s into packs. The 2004 Bowman Heritage may have been the most popular with collectors of any of the Bowman Heritage sets.
...ecognized umpires in the game, however the set still did not sit well with collectors.
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This five-card set was distributed to attendees of the 2001 National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland. The cards were to serve as a promotion and preview
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...s into individual cards (measuring 3" by 6 1/4" or 1 1/4" by 3 1/8"), most collectors retain the entire panel, or box (measuring 5 1/2" by 6 1/4").
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Topps will replace this card with a pack of 2009 Topps Sterling Baseball for collectors not satisfied with their card.
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...border with player team logo and gold-foil nampelate was well received by collectors and viewed as one of Fleer's best designed products.
...re only available via a redemption program - to receive these three cards, collectors had to mail $1.50 and ten 1994 Fleer wrappers to an address listed on the w
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...d, were seeded at the rate of one-per-case. In order to get the mini-card, collectors had to "Rip" open (thereby destroying) the Rip Card. Inside the Rip Cards
...card set was distributed by Topps to attendees of the 2006 National Sports Collectors Convention. Each card is available in both standard (2 1/2" X 3 1/2") and
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...the 30 Team Checklists (371-400) are all short-printed -- a fact that most collectors did not realize until after they opened up their first packs as this was no
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...e). These cards are highly sought after by player collectors and game-used collectors as the cards are game-dated feature memorabilia from important moments in e
...iple of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Yogi Berra and is highly sought after by collectors on the secondary market.
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The first five collectors who completed a full set of 25 Double-Take's, were to receive a collection
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...ub-off game card. Priced at 59 cents, they were geared toward the youngest collectors, who were increasingly being ignored in a market that was more and more aim
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The Ultra SE experiment was not well received by collectors, many of whom stated a preference for the stripped-down retail version, and
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...latinum at Topps' table at the [[National, The (NSCC)|2012 National Sports Collectors Convention]], received a 25-card Blue partial parallel set. Each set is se
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...ct, randomly inserted into packs was an exchange for Kenji Johjima. Lucky collectors who pulled the card had until May 25th, 2008 to redeem it. Upper Deck also
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...graph redemption cards. Unlike a traditional autographed redemption card, collectors could send to Upper Deck any item they wished to have McGwire sign -- along
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'''NOTE:''' Collectors are advised that Sweet Spot Signature cards signed on leather or leather-li
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Collectors who attended the March, 2002 ''Chicago Sun-Times'' cardshow and opened a se
...o the Chicago Collection, collectors who attended the 2002 National Sports Collectors Convention in Rosemont, IL (the same venue as the ''Sun-Times'' show), and
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Randomly inserted into packs were 100 exchange cards in which lucky collectors received an uncut sheet of 2001 Fleer. These cards expired on March 1, 200
'''NOTE:''' Collectors should be advised that Fleer was unable to get Willie Mays to sign any of h
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...by 5") set was distributed to attendees of the 20th Annual National Sports Collectors Convention in Atlanta in July, 1999. The cards were packaged in complete se
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...eproduced for Fleer's [[1998 Fleer Mickey Mantle NSCC|1998 National Sports Collectors Convention promotional set]]. That card has the 1998 NSCC logo on the reve
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...ption until May 31st, 2007. The Theo Epstein cards were never fulfilled. Collectors redeeming an Epstein exchange card would receive a variety of different Top
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...an League or National League starting lineups for the 2004 All-Star Game. Collectors who got all nine starters right would then be entered into a drawing with t
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...ulated" White parallels. In order to claim their Uncirulated White cards, collectors would have to enter a code to thepit.com printed on the back of the redempt
Collectors could then choose to keep their Uncirculated White card with thepit.com, or
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...you see on the site was written and maintained by a group of baseball card collectors from around the world who do this for free. The people who contribute spend
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...ractors and autographs, also done in the "Tire Tread" pattern (see below). Collectors who purchase a full Hobby box will receive a four card pack and those buyin
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As part of a promotion related to the set, the first five collectors who completed the set of all 6661 cards inserted into 2008 Upper Deck Baseb
...manage their collections online, and track their collections against other collectors via a leader board. The Own The Legacy website has since gone inactive.
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This six-card set was given to attendees of the 2008 National Sports Collectors Convention in Rosemont, IL who purchased a "VIP" package. Designed to comm
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Collectors who purchased a box of 2001 Absolute Memorabilia and opened it at Donruss-P
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Collectors should also note that many dealers consider that Upper Deck's "planned" pro
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...ple versions of Bryce Harper's first Topps cards. This guide is to assist collectors in identifying each of the several Harper "661" cards.
...ard of Harper that was distributed exclusively at the 2012 National Sports Collectors Convention in Baltimore.
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...Ginter base set, were given away to attendees of the 2007 National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland. As it were, the checklist features players with C
...product (in any sport) at Topps's corporate booth would receive one card. Collectors could specify if they wanted a standard-sized or mini-sized card, but NOT t
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Collectors who opened a sealed box of 2001 Donruss Classics at Donruss-Playoff's corpo
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...ich will be a Dual or Triple swatch card) and one autograph per hobby box. Collectors could have expected three patch cards, two rookie redemption cards, one SPx
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...card set distributed as premiums to Hobby stores. Beginning November 16th, collectors who purchase $10 or more at a participating Hobby shop will receive a three
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...card set distributed as premiums to Hobby stores. Beginning November 15th, collectors who purchase $10 or more at a participating Hobby shop will receive a three
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...s on the original checklist issued by Topps as a base card. Unbeknownst to collectors, what was supposed to have been his Topps rookie card was pulled from the b
..., 2008 (around the same time 2008 Topps Series One Baseball was released), collectors could purchase a special five-card pack of Trading Card History cards for $
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Because of quality-control issues, collectors seeking cards suitable for professional grading should consider purchasing
...7") are tough to find as singles, and have become a favorite of autograph collectors.
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...eck, refuting claims that these patch cards were backdoored. Instead, some collectors state that patch cards were inserted in late-production boxes of 2010 Upper
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...hose players had autographs that were BOTH live in packs AND redemptions. Collectors who pulled a redemption had until December 31st, 1999 to exchange it for an
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...ic Gold parallel. In order to claim their Uncirulated Metallic Gold card, collectors would have to enter a code on [[ThePit.com|thepit.com]] printed on the back
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...the inaugural release of this parallel set which became very popular with collectors and was featured in every E-X brand release until its end in 2004.
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...f prominent scouts. Needless to say, this concept was not well received by collectors.
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In an effort to placate collectors who pre-ordered Topps Chrome before Stephen Strasburg's season ending injur
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