Which Sportscards to Grade Without Getting Played
With prices up, how do you know which sportscards to grade? Here are three essential tips to help you decide which cards are worth it.
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What are “Group Breaks” and Should I Join?
One of the most exciting evolutions of the sports card hobby in the 21st Century is the advent of sports card group breaks or group breaking, as it’s usually known. If you’ve been itching to get back into the sports card hobby or are just a sports fan looking for a new way to follow…
Which Toploader Will Protect Your Cards, Not Damage Them.
When protecting your sports cards, choosing the right size toploader is key. You don’t want a top loader that causes the card to shift around too much, but you also don’t want one that is too snug. And with so much variety in card thickness in sports card products today, it can be difficult to…
Using a Thermal Printer to Print Sports Card Shipping Labels
Sportscards used to be a simple business. You would go into your local store and buy a couple of packs. Today, the shelves are empty, and most of the action occurs online. Serious card sellers today are high-volume shippers, and that requires a robust logistical backbone for the shipping and delivery side of your sportscard…
Sports Card Grading Costs Double
PSA and BGS regularly raise prices. We document the drastic price increases. Is third party grading still worthwhile?
Is NBA Top Shot The Next Wave of Collecting? Our Detailed Review
When the worlds of collectibles, sports, and digital art came together in a crash-course collision, NBA Top Shot was born. Or at least, that was the hope of the NBA, who created NBA Top Shot in what seems like an attempt to ride the waves of excitement generated by cryptocurrency, fantasy sports, and sports card…
Defining the Various Retail Sports Card Formats
There was a time when you would just buy a pack of baseball cards and hope you got a good player. Today, when you want to purchase cards, you have to make several important decisions before starting. Looking at what is available, you may be asking yourself questions like, “what on earth is a hangar…
Review of Hybrid Grading Approach (HGA) Grading Service
For years, there have been two major players in the modern card-grading world: PSA and BGS. But a new upstart called HGA Grading is looking to break in and put its name among the grading world’s elite. Only time will tell whether they’re able to do so. But the company is doing things differently, and…
Using a Blacklight To Detect Altered Sports Cards
When even a small alteration can significantly raise a card’s value, bad actors will alter sportscards to increase their value. However, a cheap blacklight can be highly useful in detecting alterations and protecting you from purchasing a fraudulent card. Why Use A Blacklight On Sports Cards? A blacklight is a small portable device, resembling a…
How to Unstick A Brick of Sports Cards
This is a PSA (not that PSA, the other one), about card bricking. Today we will learn how to unstick a brick of sportscards. When Will You Need To Unstick A Brick of Sports Cards If you regularly open decades-old boxes and cards, this may have happened to you if you have opened an old…
Understanding Jersey Sports Card Types
A jersey card is a sportscard containing a piece of apparel, usually worn by the featured player. Therefore, if you thought it was a card that enjoys ‘gym, tan, laundry,’ you will be sorely disappointed. There is tremendous variety here. There are patch cards, logo cards, refractors, and other types. Let’s delve into the jersey…
Leaked: 2020 Select Football Retail Hits Shelves
The original release for Panini Select NFL Football was in 2013, and it has been a popular annual product for hobbyists ever since. So far it has been a hobby-only release. However, rumors abound that it may be released in a retail format. We ask will 2020 Select Football Retail hit the shelves? April 15,2021…
How To Measure Sports Card Centering Every Time
How do you measure sports card centering? It’s a lot easier than you think. Follow our simple method to get it right.
Grading Sports Cards And Condition
Condition. It can be the difference between a $100 card and a $1,000 card, and often the visual discrepancy is indiscernible. Let’s take a look at why the condition is so important, how to grade sports cards, and how to use knowledge of grading to further your collecting and investing goals. Scarcity and Sports Cards…
Panini Frenzy
Don’t you love when something new is released. The frantic rerefreshing of the browser, the multiple windows open, the “OUT OF STOCK” message….WTF? That wasn’t supposed to happen that quick. This week we tried to pick up some of the amazing Panini Prizm Football Mega Box 10-packs and could not get a single one. …