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Top 5 Hottest Sports Cards Boxes 9/10/2008

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  1. )  2008 Upper Deck Icons Football Hobby Box
    2008 Upper Deck NFL Icons Football

    Upper Deck Icons Football is hot this week. After week 1 of the NFL season, football collectors are really getting into it. With all the story lines in the NFL this year, it is a very fun time to be a collector. Icons delivers a mix of immortal football legends, rookies, and even movie letterman memorabilia cards which makes it a very entertaining box to rip into.

2.) 2007/08 Upper Deck OPC Premier Hockey

O Pee Chee Premier Hockey Box

Maybe it’s the upcoming season, but demand for OPC Premier is staying strong! With great content and superstar hits, it is easy to see why hockey collectors continue to tear open these 5 card boxes.

3.) 2007/08 Topps Letterman Basketball

Topps Letterman Basketball

With numbered cases and a shot at 14K Gold Letterman cards Letterman delivers a sold Gold performance! This product is very limited and has some outstanding inserts.

4.) 2008 Playoff Prestige Football

We are sold out of 2008 Playoff Prestige Football, this product is difficult to keep in stock. With an average of 4 auto’s or memorabilia cards per box, collectors are buying these up just as fast as they can find them.

5. 2008 Donruss Threads Baseball

The first baseball release from Donruss/Playoff since 2007 Elite Extra Edition and you can feel the excitement. With 4 autographs or memorabilia cards per box and a shot at Shoeless Joe Jackson Memorabilia cards how can you not get pumped up about it?


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Top 5 Hottest Sports Card Boxes 8/14/08

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1. 2008 Bowman Chrome Baseball Hobby Box
2008 Bowman Chrome Baseball Hobby Box
Bowman Chrome Baseball is strong every year. This year’s product delivers 110 Topps Exclusive Minor League Prospects appearing for the first time in Bowman Chrome. Chromies rejoice!
2. 2008 Topps Triple Threads Baseball Hobby Box
2008 Topps Triple Threads Baseball Hobby Box

There is still a ton of demand for this Triple Threads Baseball. Many awesome cards have come out of this product!

3. 2007/08 Upper Deck Exquisite Basketball Hobby Box
Upper Deck Exquisite Basketball Box

With basketball card collectors and fans around the world taking notice of the Olympic Games this year, there is no better product to find high end singles from Team USA stars like Kobe Bryant and Lebron James. This product is loaded and has not slowed down since its release.

4. 2008 Donruss Threads Football Hobby Box
2008 Donruss Threads Football

Donruss Threads delivers four autographs or memorabilia cards plus two rookie cards per box. Donruss Playoff continues to roll out strong football products.

5. 2007/08 Upper Deck The Cup Hockey Hobby Box

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Cup Hockey delivers atleast 2 autographed patch cards per tin and has been a hit with collectors thus far. WIth three years under its belt Cup Hockey Rookie Cards from these early years could really rise in value down the road.

What products are in your top 5?

(Please note: The Top 5 is purely an opinion of a Dave and Adam’s employee. This is based on sales, feedback from collectors, and market trends.)

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Top 5 Hottest Sports Card Boxes 8/6/08

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The Top 5 is back this week but with a National Convention twist!

1. 2007/08 Upper Deck The Cup Hockey Hobby Box

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One of the hottest products at the National…if not THE hottest. People were pack warring cases of these! Check out this auction for the Toews/Price 1/1 Shield Auto pulled from our booth at the National.
2. 2007/08 Upper Deck Exquisite Basketball Hobby Box
Upper Deck Exquisite Basketball Box

Another product that is scorching! This product had a ton of buzz at the National as collectors were ripping through boxes of it. Besides having great content and outstanding looking cards, there is also the chance to find an Exquisite exclusives box - a hand signed box by one of 13 select players which features exclusive content of that player.

3. 2008 Topps Triple Threads Baseball Hobby Box
2008 Topps Triple Threads Baseball Hobby Box

This is product is a fun box to open for baseball collectors. Topps really has a winner on their hands with Triple Threads, people are talking about this in the same breath as Cup and Exquisite.

4. 2008 Donruss Threads Football Hobby Box
2008 Donruss Threads Football
With the early success of other 2008 Donruss Playoff football products, Donruss Threads had a lot of anticipation from collectors we spoke with at the National. Now that it has released, collectors are excited to get their hands on a solid product with 4 auto’s or memorabilia cards per box.
5. 2008 Razor Cut Signature Edition Hobby Box
Razor Cut Signature box
2008 Razor Cut Signature Edition delivers a Cut Autograph in every pack! Find first ever cut signature cards of POP icons…Brad Pitt, Britney Spears, Fidel Castro, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Miley Cyrus, and more!

What products are in your top 5?

(Please note: The Top 5 is purely an opinion of a Dave and Adam’s employee. This is based on sales, feedback from collectors, and market trends.)

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Top 5 Hottest Sports Card Boxes 7/23/08

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It is definitely a big week in the card community. Collectors have been anxiously waiting to bust into Upper Deck Cup Hockey and Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball. With that said, it is no surprise that those two products stand out in this week’s top five.

1. 2008 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball Hobby Box

Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball Hobby Box

As expected, this product is on fire right out of the gates. The race is on for the Crack the Ginter Code. Collectors are also chasing rip cards, cut signatures, and the Lincoln Hair card among other things.

2. 2007/08 Upper Deck The Cup Hockey Hobby Box

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Cup Hockey is on fire as well. Collectors are chasing rookie cards from the big three Level 1 Rookie’s #ed to 99 (Carey Price, Johnathan Toews, and Patrick Kane). Also #ed to 99 are Sam Gagner, Nicklas Backstrom, and Jiri Tlusty. With the incredible crop of jersey’s, inserts, and parallels Cup Hockey is truly a strong product. Every box contains (2) Autographed Patch Cards, including (1) Autographed Rookie Patch! With the likes of NHL Legends and Current Stars including Gretzky, Mr. Hockey, Orr, Lemieux, Roy, Crosby, Ovechkin, Toews, Kane, Price, Malkin, we will see some great cards from this product.

3. 2008 Upper Deck SPx Baseball

2008 Upper Deck SPx Baseball Box

2008 Upper Deck SPx Baseball is a strong product content wise that has really started to dry up. It is getting harder and harder to find unopened boxes and cases of this product. Each box delivers (4) autographs, (5) memorabilia cards, (1) patch card, and (3) Ken Griffey Jr. American Hero cards.

4. 2007/08 Upper Deck Exquisite Basketball

Exquisite Basketball releases next week and basketball collectors are buzzing. Exquisite contains 1 Autographed Rookie Patch Card, 1 Autographed Patch Card, and 1 Game-Used Memorabilia or Autographed Card per box on average! Each box will also yield 1 Base Set Card, 1-of-1 Plate Card, or Parallel Card! New this year are Exquisite Exclusives - a hand signed box featuring 1 of 13 players containing content exclusively of that player! All autographs are hard-signed and all boxes are hand collated to guarantee premium content in every box.

5. 2008 Topps Triple Threads Baseball

Topps Triple Threads Baseball Box

Also releasing next week is Topps Triple Threads Baseball. Rounding out the top 5, Triple Threads contains a low numbered Autographed Triple Relic Card and a low numbered Triple Relic Card.

What products are in your top 5?

(Please note: The Top 5 is purely an opinion of a Dave and Adam’s employee. This is based on sales, feedback from collectors, and market trends.)

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Top 5 Hottest Sports Card Boxes 7/17/08

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1.) Upper Deck A Piece of History Baseball

Upper Deck Piece of History Baseball Box

Upper Deck A Piece of History released just two weeks ago and Upper Deck is already sold out. With 1 auto and 3 memorabilia cards per box on average we can see why.

2.) 2008 Upper Deck Heroes Football

Upper Deck Heroes Football

Another sold out product from Upper Deck. Rare one-of-one signature cards and autograph parallel cards of top players continue to draw interest from collectors chasing their football heroes!

3.) 2008 Topps Football

2008 Topps Football Cards Box

Set to release this Friday, the base Topps product comes with one relic or autograph per box in 2008. Collectors are already clamoring to get their hands on their favorite rookie from this year’s class.

4.) 2008 Donruss Classics Football

2008 Donruss Classics Football

With a great mix of current stars, former stars, and rookies, Donruss Classics football is an awesome product. It is jam packed and offers good value at a decent price.

5.) Upper Deck Goudey Baseball

This product hasn’t even hit the shelves yet and it is SOLD OUT from Upper Deck. Featuring original Goudey buyback cards and Sport Royalty autograph cards, this product caters to collectors both young and old.

What products are in your top 5?

(Please note: The Top 5 is purely an opinion of a Dave and Adam’s employee. This is based on sales, feedback from collectors, and market trends.)

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Sports Card Collecting Resource Post and Links

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This post is designed to lay out some information on the various manufacturers of Sports Cards and Gaming Cards.

Sports Card Manufacturers:

Upper Deck - The Upper Deck Company has been around since 1988. The company produces sports trading cards from all major sports as well as gaming cards including World of Warcraft, Marvel Vs, and Yu-Gi-Oh under Upper Deck Entertainment.

Topps - The Topps Company first began producing baseball cards in 1951. Topps is still a leading company in the baseball card market, as well as football and basketball cards. Topps also produces several collectible card games.

Donruss Playoff - The Donruss Company was founded in 1954. Currently the company is most known for its football card products, as well as baseball draft pick products and entertainment cards.

In the Game - In The Game first entered the hockey card market in the 1998-1999 season and continues to produce various hockey card products.

Press Pass - Press Pass was founded in 1992 and produces Nascar Trading Cards as well as Basketball and Football Cards.

Ace Authentic - Ace entered the trading card market in 2005 and is the only producer of Tennis trading cards.

Looking to get some of your cards graded or for more information on grading companies? Here are some of the top Sports Card Grading Companies:

PSA - Professional Sports Authenticator

P.O. Box 6180
Newport Beach, CA 92658

BGS - Beckett Grading Services

4635 McEwen Road
Dallas, TX 75244-5308

GAI - Global Authentication Inc.

232 Avenida Fabricante. Suite 109 / Box 4
San Clemente, CA 92672

SGC - Sportscard Guaranty Company

P.O. Box 6919
Parsippany, NJ 07054-6919

See something we missed? Please leave a comment and we will check it out.

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Top 5 Hottest Sports Card Boxes 6/26/08

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Here are this week’s top 5 Hottest Products:

1.) 2008 UD SP Legendary Cuts Baseball

SP Legendary Cuts Baseball

SP Legendary Cuts Baseball remains hot this week with the product being fully distributed after the TRO was lifted.

2.) 2008 Playoff Prestige Football

2008 Playoff Prestige Football

With mini camps and OTA’s in full swing football collectors are gearing up for the 2008/09 season. The proof is in the demand for 2008 Football Boxes. With Prestige delivering 4 hits per box you can’t go wrong.

3.) 2008 Donruss Elite Football

2008 Donruss Elite Football Cards

Another strong performing 2008 football product. Elite delivers 3 hits per box and some awesome dual autograph cards.

4.) 2008 Topps Chrome Baseball

2008 Topps Chrome Baseball

Topps Chrome is another hit this year. This ever popular release guarantees 2 autograph rookie cards per box.

5.) 2008 Bowman Jumbo Baseball

2008 Bowman Baseball Cards

Bowman Jumbo is one of the toughest boxes to find on the market right now. Look for 3 Autograph Cards per Jumbo Box on average, including 1 Bowman Chrome Prospect Autograph, 1 Autographed Rookie Card, and 1 Signs of the Future Autograph Card!

What products are in your top 5? (Just use the comment link at the end of the post to share your thoughts).

(Please note: The Top 5 is purely an opinion of a Dave and Adam’s employee. This is based on sales, feedback from collectors, and market trends.)

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Top 5 Hottest Sports Card Boxes 6/04/08

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1. 2008 Upper Deck USA Baseball Factory Sets

These sets are a big hit every year and this being Upper Deck’s first crack at producing the product hasn’t slowed them down. Each set produces 7 auto’s and 2 game used on average of players from the 2007 USA National Baseball Teams. Collectors can’t go wrong with these sets delivering the amount of hits they do.

2. 2008 Playoff Prestige Football Hobby Box

Playoff Prestige Football stays hot as collectors are really enjoying this product. The usual rookie suspects are leading this product - Darren McFadden, Matt Ryan, and Rashard Mendenhall among others.

3. 2008 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts Baseball Hobby Box

This product doesn’t release until next week and it is already generating a lot of buzz. Each 16 box case contains (2) 8 count inner cases…each containing 1 cut signature card. There is also 1 Mystery Cut Card in Each 16 box case, bringing the total to 3 cut signatures per case.

4. 2008 Just Minors Mystery Jersey Baseball

They’ve had bats, they’ve had balls…. now Just Minors knocks one out of the park with Mystery Jersey Baseball. Each box produces 1 autograph jersey with a game-used auto jersey falling 1 in 60 boxes. This product is sold out direct from Just Minors so availability is limited.

5. Any 2005/06 Hockey Boxes

With the Penguins still alive in the Stanley Cup (Entering Game 6 Tonight in Pittsburgh) Sidney Crosby cards are sizzling. This playoff run has really heated up 2005/06 Hockey Products containing Sid the Kid rookie cards. It certainly doesn’t hurt that these products also contain Alexander Ovechkin rookies which jumped in price towards the end of the regular season.

2005 2006 Hockey Boxes

What products are in your top 5? (Just use the comment link near the top of the post if would like to share your thoughts).

(Please note: The Top 5 is purely an opinion of a Dave and Adam’s employee. This is based on sales, feedback from collectors, and market trends.)

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