For as much enjoyment card collecting can bring someone, there are a number of things that will easily bring on the squirm and cringe. This list includes scotch tape on top loaders, storing cards in top loaders without a penny sleeve, and the main point of this post, shoving thick cards into card holders that […]
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Fresh off another season of fantasy football drafting, I’m not telling you anything you don’t know by stating Nick Chubb is one of the premier running backs in the NFL. Completing a special 2021 where he carried the ball 228 times for 1,259 yards for an average of 5.5 yards per carry, Chubb was sixth-best
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Donruss cards no longer have logos because it is a Panini brand, and Topps has held the exclusive MLB license to logos and team names since 2009. Meaning, while Donruss is still able to produce cards featuring MLB players, they cannot use team names or logos. As a result, Donruss cards only feature the city
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Hang with me, as I’m trying something new here. But I’ve realized in all of my different rookie card guides, there must be a better way to display all of this card awesomeness in terms of making things easier for you the reader to understand all that’s going on. So, what better way to try
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Mosaic Genesis is a rare parallel card found in football, basketball, baseball, and soccer products. While many Mosaic parallels are bright and flashy with greens, oranges, and pinks, you can spot a Genesis thanks to its relatively darker appearance and “swirl-like” features depending on the product. Print Run In terms of print run, Panini doesn’t
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Believe it or not, there was a time when hologram technology was the thing with baseball cards (not too long after Sportflix, and 3D motion cards, probably). But yet, after all of these years, and the introduction of superfractors, jersey cards, and more, here we are, still talking about holograms. Point being, who doesn’t love
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The Rembrandt Ultra-Pro Mike Piazza Rookie of the Year card set is a six-card collection featuring the then-young Los Angeles Dodgers catcher in various baseball and non-baseball poses. According to Trading Card Database, the cards were distributed one per box of Rembrandt Ultra-Pro 9-pocket pages. TCDB also notes that cards #1-5 have a print run
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So you want a Shohei Ohtani rookie card but not just any rookie cards…a Topps rookie card—I don’t blame you! And while you might have been waiting for a time where he wasn’t playing MVP-caliber baseball, who knows when we will see that! Just an amazing athlete, being a top home run hitter and pitcher
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Looking back – and wishing Upper Deck was still offering licensed baseball masterpieces – here are the most valuable, desired, expensive Upper Deck baseball cards (along with their max sale figure over the last year, if available): And a note, as I often do, I’ll try my best to stay away from autos, etc. in
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A Card Saver is semi-rigid card holder and is a tougher, rigid plastic that envelopes a card more than a penny sleeve does. In comparison, a top loader is rigid, and thus provides a more secure storage option. In other words, a Card Saver is a bit flimsier while a top loader is hard to
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