All Blog Posts Tagged 'baseball' (2)

In the August 24th issue of Sports Illustrated Luke Winn wrote a very sanguine article on the future of sports cards, and of Upper Deck. CLICK HERE FOR THE ARTICLE Key Points on the Market 1. Card Shops have decreased from 5000 in the 90's to around 500 now 2. Sales have decrease from $1.2 billion in 1991 to $200 million last year. On Upper Deck 1. MLB awarded exclusive rights to Topps to… Continue

Check out this article of a woman who just happened to find a baseball card in a box of antiques that she and her husband had collected over many years. It was a treasure worth a whole lot more than she posted it for on eBay. She posted her card at a starting price of $10 and then pulled the auction when people started asking about the card's authenticity. She then found out that it could be worth more than $100,000! Lucky for her it didn't sell on eBay at $10! Just goes to show that you never k… Continue