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Take Me Out to the Ball Game
A late in coming trip to the Post Office to mail Mr. Pistons Fan his ill-gotten fantasy league champions trophy ;o) brought attention to something I missed last month, the release of a new commemorative stamp from USPS. “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” was released on July 26th, on the 100th anniversary of [...]
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27Aug2008 | oregonweim | 0 comments | Continued
The New Gold Standard
Bowman Chrome is a much sought after product by baseball prospectors and collectors year in and year out. Famed for its refractors, everyone has their favorites - ‘Blue’, ‘Red’, ‘Gold’, ‘Orange’, ‘X-Fractor’, ‘Superfractors’ and regular old ‘Refractors’. What is going on with this year’s release? For those who haven’t had a [...]
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27Aug2008 | oregonweim | 1 comment | Continued
The NFL Shield Patch . . . Still Worth the Chase?
Topps has announced that this years Finest Football set is going to include limited edition autographed rookie cards, featuring an NFL shield patch (the list of players to be included in this subset can be found HERE). Great news, right? Maybe not. First of all, these Shield Patch Autographs are going to [...]
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29Jul2008 | Zeeck | 3 comments | Continued
Lessons from Downtime
Growing up, it was the sports themselves that fueled my interest in the hobby. In the days (ok years) before ESPN and the onset of 24 hour sports coverage, all I knew from players and teams came from the back of the Topps sets I tried to put together every year. As an adult collector, [...]
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16Jul2008 | oregonweim | 0 comments | Continued
2 Days Left On eBay FREE SHIPPING
CJUNE10SHIP is the Paypal code you need to input when checking out. Not all accounts were given the 3 Free Shipping, up to $10, discount coupons, but those who got them and have not used them, here is an idea. Buy bubble mailers. We all use these, or should, when trading/selling.
In most [...]
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29Jun2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Service Record Set at Wimbledon
0-127 mph in less than 50 feet. That was what Venus Williams accomplished today.
In what has been a less than stellar showing of the Americans at Wimbledon, at least a new record for service speed by a female has been set.
Try to imagine hitting something coming at you at 127 miles per hour. [...]
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28Jun2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Death On the Quartermile
Drag racing is not a sport we talk much about here at www.thecollectorsgroup.com, but being a sports oriented website, I figured this story could use a little attention.
Saturday during qualifying, Funny Car driver Scott Kalitta was killed. Scott’s death is not something new to drag racing, as an up and comer out of the [...]
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23Jun2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
When to Grade and other Helpful Grading Tips (for modern cards)
When to grade:
My philosophy for grading is that I do not grade base cards. I will only grade inserts (such as refractors) and autograph cards. Also, I’ve stopped grading football cards, because I found that the grading premium of 2X is mostly reflected only in the baseball market. The other trend that I have noticed [...]
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20Mar2008 | admin | 4 comments | Continued
Exquisite Decline, a Buyers Market?
So as a resident Exquisite Base Set collector, I am happy to see how poorly the 2007 base cards are selling.
As most collectors know, the initial set produced is usually the most desired set made, and as the years progress the cards tend to decline in value. With a lack of demand on the 2007 [...]
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19Mar2008 | admin | 4 comments | Continued
Thoughts on 2007 Baseball Prospects
Now that all the 2007 prospect releases are out, and we are in spring training, I would like to comment on some sleepers and some investment advice about the prospects in those products. While I don’t like to invest in pitchers much, it seems like 2007 was the year of the pitcher. I am going [...]
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19Mar2008 | admin | 4 comments | ContinuedTrading Card Companies
Agree. Nice blog entry! 
nice picture you found Zeeck. The funny thing is I know the collector who owns that outfit... (no it ...
I love to test... 