My life and times in sports and baseball cards
The checklist has been announced and the date is set for the Etopps Yankee Stadium Tribute set. The 10 card set plus one Patch card go on sale August 4th for $99. Basically it works the same as last years Milestones and Moments set. Once the sets are allocated they can then be broken up [...]
It has been quite some time since the last time I logged into my Etopps account but last night I did. I almost missed the banner over on the lower right side announcing the Allen & Ginter Etopps Yankee Stadium Tribute cards. The banner just said details coming soon and was not clickable.
There were [...]
On the heels of the Etopps Allen & Ginter Super Bowl Champions cards Etopps will be offering cards of four of the Presidential hopefuls. These cards will be produced with the Etopps technology but with the design and size of Allen & Ginter. The cards feature Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney and John McCain. [...]
I am a subscriber to the RSS feed of Sports Collectors Daily and todays feed contained an interesting article mentioning some of Eisner’s plans for Topps. The post links to a story appearing in the Financial Times UK where the new leader of Topps, Michael Eisner discusses some of his plans for Topps. The article [...]
As most of you already know Etopps issued a special card set combining the Etopps technology and the retro diva that is Allen and Ginter. The cards celebrated some of the top moments from the 2007 Baseball season. The cards were issued in set form only at the IPO which would mean I would have [...]
The deal is done. I now have in my Etopps portfolio the Craig Biggio Allen & Ginter card I wanted. I submitted a trade on Etopps and didn’t really expect anyone to accept it, but someone did. I ended up giving a little more for it than my goal of getting it under the IPO [...]
In a previous post entitled, Etopps and Allen & Ginter – Strange Pairing I explored the eleven card issue from Etopps that was set to go on sale October 8th. The set that merged the retro look of Allen & Ginter with the futuristic production of Etopps would be issued only in set form at [...]
Today I received an email from Etopps announcing a special eleven card set celebrating the biggest individual milestones of the 2007 baseball season. There will be 999 sets offered. What makes these sets interesting is the combination of new age baseball cards with a retro themed card issue. Beginning October 8th and continuing through October [...]
How many of you collect Etopps cards? I myself have dabbled in them off and on since my first Etopps Purchase of a 2001 Mike Modano card. Since then I have purchased cards on IPO and on Ebay. I have also acquired cards through trading on the Etopps Trading Floor.
What has your experience been? For [...]
With the pending sell of Topps to a group led by Michael Eisner, what will be the future of the Etopps product line? Since the inception of Etopps in 2001 the cards have attracted a zealous core group of collectors. However, the cards have not garnered wide spread acceptance.
Part of the joy of card [...]
