Card Collector Universe

Upper Deck is releasing a new set of cards on June 25th.   2008 Upper Deck MLB A Piece of History will feature three memorabilia cards and one autograph card per hobby box on average.  Not too bad for a box with a market price of roughly $70.  The value of the box, of course, depends on whose memorabilia, and more so in my opinion, on whose autograph you get.   Pull a Derek Jeter or Albert Pujols and that $70 box looks real cheap.

Upper Deck will also continue it’s “hair cuts” cards, started in the SP release.  There will be sixteen 1-of-1 hair cuts cards in the Piece of History release.  Included in those sixteen cards are non-baseball greats such as:  Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln and Elvis Presley.  The lone baseball great inlcuded in the hair cuts cards is the one and only George “Babe” Ruth.  Not a bad player to include in this subset.  For pictures of the hair cuts cards, go to the official Upper Deck site. 

From my perspective, anything with both a memorabilia piece AND an auto is a top-notch collectible card.  There are several of those in this set.  There will be 50 cards (of different runs) that are included in the Franchise History Jersey Auto subset.  They key cards to look for here are Ken Griffey Jr. (#’d to 25), Derek Jeter (#’d to 24) and Albert Pujols (#’d to 5). 

The hair cut cards, the Franchise History Jersey Auto, and the one signature and three memorabilia cards per hobby box are the real attractions of this release, in my opinion.  The release itself features a decent, but not spectacular, card design.  If you’re into nostalgia looks (like Artifacts), you may really like this set.  If you’re into color photo shots, you’re better off sticking with the Upper Deck Series I release.   All-in-all a good release for autograph and memorabilia card collectors. 

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