Card Collector Universe

Jim Caple of ESPN wrote an interesting article about baseball cards recently. He speaks about the joy brought by the ancipation of opening a pack of baseball cards. This is really what it’s all about, isn’t it?

Talk about anticipation of opening a pack………two awesome cut signatures cards were pulled in the same store on the same day in Dallas. How cool is that?

We had yet another lawsuit involved with our hobby.

A 1952 Mickey Mantle baseball card, #311, graded PSA 5.5, sold on eBay for $16,500 this past week.

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2009 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection and 2010 Topps Series 1 were both released this past week.

Up for release this coming week is 2010 Upper Deck Series 1 (without the MLB license, but with the MLBPA license), and 2009 Just Minors Mystery Balls (technically not a card product).

It was announced that a baseball card shop owner from Chicago would get a part in a Miller Super Bowl Ad, for a profile on America’s small business owners.

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2009 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection baseball is slated to become available from Upper Deck on January 26th, 2010. This will be one of Upper Deck’s last MLB licensed (remember, they still have an MLBPA license), high-end baseball products. You get one pack per box, with four cards per pack in each hobby box. In each pack, you’ll find one autograph, memorabilia or autographed memorabilia baseball card. The base veteran and base rookie cards will both be numbered to only 599. You can find a box on eBay for under $90.

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