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Shopping on CheckoutMyCards.com

September 8th, 2008Posted by Joey

 
I first ran across Checkoutmycards.com back in October of 2007 and I made some initial inquiries to Tim Getsch the founder. Tim got back to me promptly with more information on the site and some of his plans as they moved forward with the site. I bookmarked the site and checked in with them on [...]

New Feature at Sports Collectors Digest

September 28th, 2007Posted by Joey

 
If you try to follow the closing auction prices for valuable sports collectibles sold by the major auction houses, Sports Collectors Digest has a new feature that may be of interest to you. The new section to their website is called Sports Auction Prices and combines auction results all in one searchable database.
 
Currently there [...]

2006 UD Special F/X Baseball Part One

September 17th, 2007Posted by Joey

 
My box of 2006 Upper Deck Special F/X Baseball finally arrived today. I was expecting it on Saturday but it got here on Monday. Its been a long day but I am going to open two packs before I go to bed and post them up tonight for all of my great readers to see [...]

What Does a Lizard Have In Common With Sports

July 18th, 2007Posted by Joey

Maybe a better question is, what do you get when you combine a Lizard, an Entrepreneur and the world wide web? The answer is SportsLizard.com. This isn’t your typical blog or sports website. It is a rather large home on the web covering the world of sports, memorabilia and sports card collecting. I first ran [...]

Do You Collect Vintage Cards and Memorabilia

June 11th, 2007Posted by Joey

This month’s current edition of Tuff Stuff magazine has some great articles relating to the vintage aspect of the hobby. If you are a collector of vintage cards and memorabilia I think you will enjoy this issue of Tuff Stuff. My favorite article was entitled “The Ball Behind it All” by Scott Fragale. This article [...]

2006 Bowman Heritage Baseball

May 24th, 2007Posted by Joey

I finally opened the box of 2006 Bowman Heritage Baseball I got last week. This Heritage release is based on the 1949 Bowman issue. This was a Hobby Box I purchased from Blowoutcards.com for $39.95. There are 24 packs in the box with 8 cards per pack. Also included is a box loader pack with [...]

First Impressions 2007 Upper Deck Series One Baseball

April 14th, 2007Posted by Joey

This was my first purchase of 2007 Upper Deck Series One Baseball. I bought two blaster boxes just before going on vacation a few days ago. I did not get the chance to open them before we left. I decided to open them while watching the Gamecast of the Rangers and Mariners on ESPN.Com tonight.
 
Anyway, [...]