Card Collector Universe

So, I was off on vacation for two weeks and look what happened. An earthquake and a hurricane hit the East coast. I seriously hope none of you were hurt or adversely affected by either of these events.

I also hope none of your collections were damaged. This is more proof that you should be safely storing your most valuable baseball cards. Waterproof and fireproof storage should be considered by every serious collector.

If you have what you’d consider a valuable collection, you may also want to look into collectible insurance. It might cost you a few bucks, but probably much, much less than you’d spend to replace your card collection.

Just Google “collectible insurance” and you should find more info.

By the way, the free 2011 Allen and Ginter relic card I sent to the winner was returned with the package damaged, but the card intact. I will be safely resending that card to the winner in the near future. Also, remember to sign up for my email feed to get your own free baseball card.

Again, hope you got through the recent environmental events safely and happy collecting!

Baseball tradings pins are all the rage these days apparently.  Do you trade baseball pins?  If you’re not involved with Little League Baseball, you’re probably not trading baseball pins and most likely have no idea what I’m talking about.

Baseball trading pins usually have a team’s logo and team name and are probably swapped by players on different teams in large tournaments and events. When I was a kid playing youth travel soccer, we would trade patches with other teams. My brother, who was a better soccer player than I was, had a jacket full of patches from other teams that my Mom had sewn on for him. I guess this baseball pin trading thing is kinda like that.

Here is an example of a state level softball trading pin from the “Little League” store.

If you search for “Trading Pins” in the images section on Google, you will find many cool designs.  Here are just two of my favorite:

A quick search on ebay using the words “Little League Pins” will show you hundreds of trading pins available.

Happy collecting!!

Just a heads up that I’ll be reviewing a hobby box of 2011 Allen and Ginter that I recently busted.  I’ll be giving away a large amount of these cards in addition to the ones I’m giving away from my recent Bowman Platinum bust.  Sign up for the Card Collector Universe email feed (on the right hand side of the blog) and you’ll be sent a free card from one of these boxes!

2011 Topps Heritage Minor League Edition will be available for collectors in mid-September (September 14 is the latest release date I have seen).  Here are the card details:

• Hobby Box Price Range: $60 to $70
• Hobby Case Price Range:  $690 to $820
• Hits Per Hobby Box:  3 (2 Autos and 1 Relic)
• Packs Per Hobby Box:  24
• Cards Per Pack:  9
• Preliminary Checklist: Found Here
• Sell Sheet: Found Here
• Look For:  Bryce Harper on-card autos and relics, black-bordered one-of-one parallel auto cards, rainbow foil cards with the MiLB logo patch