Card Collector Universe

One of the leading sports card companies continued to battle on multiple fronts.

One lucky collector pulled a sweet dual auto card that even a Boston Red Sox fan would turn their nose up at.

A 1952 Mickey Mantle baseball card, graded PSA 7, sold for a whopping $26,200 online, on February 8.

Topps announced a new CEO who will assume the role on March 1st. 

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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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