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Donruss and Optic are similar products, with Donruss being the the lower end “paper” version on traditional card stock, and Optic being the higher end, “chromium” counterpart. Just like Topps Flagship and Topps Chrome cards use the same player photos but with a slightly different checklist, Donruss has a larger checklist with more players while […]
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Just when you thought there couldn’t possibly be any other way to sell a baseball card, Topps figured a special assortment built just for breakers. The 2024 Topps Chrome Breaker’s Delight box (also called a Delight Hobby Breaker Box) is a type of configuration that features “hits” only; meaning zero base cards. Per its name,
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You’ve finally worked up the courage to grade a card, and now you’re stuck trying to figure out which service level is best. Aside from price and turnaround time – which are pretty self-explanatory – the term “declared value” is staring you in the face. Declared Value You aren’t charged for cards up front upon
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When you think about just how many different baseball card brands and companies there are, and how many cards those companies are printing, things can’t possibly go perfectly every single time. You might see incorrect pictures or misspelled names; weird lines or missing items altogether. Some of these are misprints and others are pure errors.
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A rainbow in sports cards is the name for collecting the entire parallel run of a particular card in a particular set or subset. The name “rainbow” comes from the fact that parallels often come in different colors and designs, so when you put them all together and next to each other, it forms 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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PSA Definition In cards, PSA stands for Professional Sports Authenticator, which is one of the largest and most popular card grading companies around. A card grading company evaluates cards and assigns them a grade or card rating based on their condition. The main factors include a card’s centeredness, edges, corners, and surface. What is a
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PSA OC is a specific qualifier assigned by the grading company to identify a card as “off center”—even though that card meets the criteria for a particular grade. For example, a PSA 9 means the card is in mint condition, but a PSA 9 OC means that card also significant centering issues. Read More: PSA
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An SGC “A” graded card stands for “Authentic.” This is not a card rating that one would expect on an encapsulated card, but rather a designation. Meaning, it’s an option that can be selected upon submission if you “would like SGC to encapsulate any trimmed or color-enhanced card (that is authentic) with the “A” designation.
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Inner Case Definition An inner case of cards is simply an interior case within the larger “master” case. Meaning, a master case of cards might come with 24 boxes, but are broken up into two inner cases for packaging purposes. This depends on how many cards and boxes a case contains. Master Case Definition Thus,
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