In baseball card collecting, there is something for everyone—there are old cards and new cards, high-end cards, and lower-end. And while all of these difference in preferences between collectors, all of us can agree…some cards are just legendary. Now, don’t mistake “legendary” for the most expensive cards. In fact, some of the most legendary can […]
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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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Simply, declared value is an estimate of how much your card will be worth after it has been graded. So, for example, if I have a 1980 Topps Larry Bird/ Magic Johnson/Julius Erving card that I think will grade at a PSA 8, I’ll check comps and will see that the 60-day average (according to
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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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