The Panini White Box is an elusive sports card product used by Panini to pacify customers who failed to receive redemptions. Thus, the White Box can only be obtained directly from Panini or purchased on the secondary market. The big draw of the White Box is that any card pulled is guaranteed to be a […]
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In every Topps release you can count on a few things—a new checklist, SSPs, SPs, parallels, and base cards. Meaning, a set like 2022 Topps Series 2 has a new crop of rookie cards, but it also offers a number of short prints in addition. These short print cards typically include photo variations of current
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Buying raw cards on eBay with the intention to grade can be tough. And let me just clarify that buying ungraded cards from anywhere with the intention to grade those cards can be difficult. Well, the buying part is always easy, but you just might have a hard time finding gems. Can it be done?
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In comparing all of the different card grading services, everyone is quick to look at BGS, SGC, and CSG as main PSA competitors. While that might be valid, there are also a number of other grading companies out there that don’t get talked about as much. So today, we are going to look at ISA
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Picking up on the subtle differences between Panini Prizm football, basketball, and baseball cards can be a difficult thing for new collectors. That said, it’s the identification process and “sleuthing” that is actually the most enjoyable for others. Either way, the Panini Prizm color scale and telling the difference between the silver prizm and base
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My core collecting years were the early 90s, and thus there are cards, for better or worse, that have just stuck with me and my brain all these years. And, thanks to the Junk Wax Era, these cards are still very much around today, in almost every bulk card collection you find to purchase. Today
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As a leader in authenticating sports cards and other items, PSA has the daunting task of striving for perfection every single day. I mean, when the specific grade of an item can drastically impact its value, the process of grading becomes all the more important. One great tool is PSA’s PSA Photograde™ Online where you
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The most wanted and popular baseball cards over the last 14 days include the two cards spearheading the 2023 Topps MVP Buyback program, 2023 Topps Chrome Shohei Ohtani #17 and Ronald Acuna Jr. #39, followed by the 1989 Fleer Ken Griffey Jr. RC #548 (PSA 9), 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. RC #1 (Raw),
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We have had some really great Topps baseball card releases this year, but welcome to the main event. Topps Chrome is here, being ripped, and contents making their way to eBay and other online card shops and platforms. One of the best parts? For me, it’s this—taking a look at the best cards pulled so
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I’m from the school of thought that if you have something labeled “winner” then that is generally good, especially compared to that same thing that isn’t labeled “winner.” However – and this shouldn’t be surprising – when it comes to baseball cards, that actually isn’t how it works, at least in the case of the
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