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.
All you need to know about “the hobby” and the fascinating world of collecting sports cards.
We provided a sort of cheatsheet on what card grading is for beginner hobbyists and the importance of it in the hobby these days.
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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There is a new debate in baseball circles about the value of relief pitching in winning ball games.
It’s a real shame whenever news comes down that a pitcher might need season-ending Tommy John surgery.
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.
I just opened a blaster box of Topps Baseball Series 1 that I bought from Walmart and it was a bust.
The monopoly that sports card stores once had when it came to buying and selling cards is long gone.
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?
There was a time when sports card companies were printing sports cards like they had a licence to print money.
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.