The Sepia parallel is a type of Topps refractor that can be found in various baseball card products. This includes Topps Chrome and Stadium Club. Sepia refractors have a reddish-brown reflective finish, just as the name suggests with the card resembling sepia tone photographs with the same coloring. Now that you hopefully know what I’m […]
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Incredibly, Shohei Ohtani is not on the 2024 Topps Series 1 checklist. But while some have mentioned this to be normal operation for big name free agents without a team, others might have felt something else was brewing. Well, it turns out that Shohei Ohtani does in fact have a “base card” in 2024 Topps
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Numbered sports cards are generally more valuable than their base card counterparts due to their limited production and rarity. There might be tens of thousands of base cards of the same player, while numbered cards could have 50, 25, or even only 1 copy. Generally,, numbered cards fall within the 1-500 range, including /1, /5,
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A retrofractor is a type of Bowman Chrome card that features a legendary player who made their major league debut before Bowman Chrome products had ever been released (and thus never had a 1st Bowman Chrome card printed). The retrofractor is new for the 2023 Bowman Chrome product release, with cards of three players –
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Remember the days when collecting sports cards was as straightforward as black and white TV? Vintage cards and the junk wax era, with their simple designs and lack of frills, were the cherished treasures of yesteryears. Fast forward to today, and it’s a whole new ball game! I don’t hate it—in fact, I’m very much
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With refractors of different colors like purple wave, pulsar, pink, and padparadscha and new types including tacofractors, retrofractors, and logofractors, it can all be really difficult to keep track of sometimes (and that’s coming from an expert collector who loves color and shine). So, let’s jump in and take a look at a few visual
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A Donruss Press Proof is a parallel card set found in Donruss products across different sports including baseball, basketball, and soccer. For example, on the 2018 Donruss baseball checklist, Gold Press Proofs are /99 while Press Proofs are /5. As you can see below, the card is a parallel of the base version, but says
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A flip stock baseball card is a parallel card where the stock is reversed and printed on opposite sides. That is, the typical glossy front finish is on the back of the card, and the rougher vintage cardboard feel from the back is on the front. (Thus, the card stock is “flipped.”) Flip stock cards
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The different levels of Select football cards include Concourse, Premier Level, Club Level, Suite Level, and Field Level. Just like the seating at a football game, the “concourse” is most common or least desirable, and “field level” is going to be rare and more desirable. How to Tell Which Level of Card You Have Just
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The most valuable cards sold from 2023 Topps Heritage include Real One Red Ink Autos /74: Corbin Carroll ($1K), Adley Rutschman ($780), Gunnar Henderson ($750), Mike Trout ($725), and Julio Rodriguez ($550). In terms of non-autos, a Rutschman Nickname Variation sold at $250, a Trout Nickname Variation sold for $190, and an Ohtani Nickname Variation
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