VIDEO: A more in-depth look at grading cards (by PSA)
We provided a sort of cheatsheet on what card grading is for beginner hobbyists and the importance of it in the hobby these days.
Beginner’s Guide
All you need to know about “the hobby” and the fascinating world of collecting sports cards.
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The popularity of group box breaks in the hobby
As a collector today, it’s become very obvious how group box breaks have grown in popularity.
Before moving forward, to quickly explain what group box breaks are, multiple collectors can each participate by paying for their spot in the box or case break.
Those spots can be separated by teams or divisions, which you can buy for a pre-determined price, or a random spot in which a draw would take place before the break to determine which collector has what team (with each person having paid the same price for each random spot).
At the end of the break, the collector receives the cards of the players that play for the team they purchased by mail.
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Why relief pitchers get ignored by collectors
There is a new debate in baseball circles about the value of relief pitching in winning ball games.
Alex Reyes news highlights the riskiness of investing in pitchers
It’s a real shame whenever news comes down that a pitcher might need season-ending Tommy John surgery.
The verdict: On-card autographs vs. sticker autographs
For those who are relatively new to collecting, there probably isn’t a second thought of whether an autographed card is directly on the card itself or on a sticker attached to the card.
The pleasant surprise of finding short print sports cards in a blaster box
I just opened a blaster box of Topps Baseball Series 1 that I bought from Walmart and it was a bust.
Buying sports cards on eBay and online – the new frontier
The monopoly that sports card stores once had when it came to buying and selling cards is long gone.
To buy a pack of cards, a box or neither?
Remember the days when you went into your local sports card store and you dished out your weekly allowance to buy a pack or two or three?
Why junk wax era sports cards from the ’80s are worthless
There was a time when sports card companies were printing sports cards like they had a licence to print money.
Five tips when buying your next baseball card for potential profit
If you read Making a quick flip: Tips on which players to target for short-term investments and Tips for picking the right players to invest in over the long-term, then you have a better idea of which baseball players have a higher chance of yielding a positive net value.