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Inside the Pack: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Trading Cards

One of my hobby goals for this year was to get more into non-sports cards. [...]

18
Jan
Inside the Pack: Artist Baseball Cards Should Go Mainstream

One of the biggest hits of the 2020 baseball card product line involved artists creating [...]

11
Jan
Inside the Pack: Hobby Goals for 2021

Last week, I reviewed the goals I set for myself at the beginning of 2020. [...]

04
Jan
Inside the Pack: Reviewing My 2020 Hobby Goals

At the beginning of each year, I set some hobby goals for myself in lieu [...]

28
Dec
Inside the Pack: 2020 Topps Garbage Pail Kids Sapphire Edition Review

Although always keenly aware of it, I’ve never collected Garbage Pail Kids. As a sports [...]

21
Dec
Inside the Pack: Ebay Introduces New Low-Cost Shipping Method for Trading Cards

After an accidental leak about the news in early November, ebay has officially confirmed an [...]

14
Dec
Inside the Pack: Deciding to Start a Collection

If you collect anything, then at some point you made a conscious decision to start [...]

07
Dec
Inside the Pack: 2020 Holiday Gift Guide for Sports Card Collectors

If you have a sports card lover in your family, or if you’re just looking [...]

30
Nov
Inside the Pack: Early Native American Players’ Issues Few in Number, Great in Value

The first Major League Baseball player with acknowledged Native American blood was an outfielder named [...]

23
Nov
Inside the Pack: We Interrupt This Wedding to Bring You Sports Cards

My sister-in-law got married two weeks ago, which meant my wife and I, preferring to [...]

16
Nov
Inside the Pack: 2020 Topps Update Returns to its Roots as a Speculative Product

This past Friday, Topps released its Update series for baseball. In normal years, few sets [...]

09
Nov
Inside the Pack: MLB Playoffs Create Hobby Heroes

The usual paths to becoming a top seller in the sports card world are fairly [...]

02
Nov
Inside the Pack: How to Protect when You’re Collecting

There are a lot of supplies out there for sports card collectors to consider. While [...]

26
Oct
Inside the Pack: Sports Card Collectors Should Make a Name for Ourselves

When I was a kid, I collected stamps and coins for several years before I [...]

05
Oct
Inside the Pack: 2020 Topps Allen & Ginter Value Pack Review

Continuing my run on retail this year, I opened some value packs of Allen and [...]

28
Sep
Inside the Pack: 2020 Topps Stadium Club Blaster Box Review

Well-known and highly-esteemed each year for its incredible photography, the annual Stadium Club release is [...]

21
Sep
Inside the Pack: Best Practices for Taking Photos of Sports Cards

Maybe you’ve just started selling cards online for the first time. Perhaps you’re just looking [...]

14
Sep
Inside the Pack: 2020 Topps Opening Day Review

Each year, Topps releases its Opening Day product a few weeks before the start of [...]

03
Sep
Inside the Pack: Mike Trout Autograph Card Sets All-Time Sales Record

In my non-baseball card-related life, I write and edit math textbooks. This week, we’re going [...]

31
Aug
Inside the Pack: Retail Sports Cards are a Hot Commodity. What That Means for the Hobby is Up For Debate

There’s a photo that’s been making its way around the Twitter sports card community following [...]

24
Aug
Inside the Pack: Ten For $10: Building a Killer Modern Card Collection for Less than $100

Last week, I discussed ten vintage cards you could add to your collection for under [...]

17
Aug
Inside the Pack: Ten For $10: Building a Killer Vintage Baseball Card Collection for Less than $100

Last week, I wrote about ten pre-war cards you could get for under $10 each [...]

10
Aug
Inside the Pack: Ten For $10: Building a Killer Pre-War Baseball Card Collection for Less than $100

Collecting on a budget can be a difficult but rewarding experience. To help in your [...]

03
Aug
Inside the Pack: 2020 Topps Series 2 Retail Blaster Box Review

When it comes to Topps flagship products, I’m usually not a big Series 2 guy. [...]

27
Jul
Inside the Pack: 2020 Topps 206 Review

As a huge fan of the T206 tobacco cards, I’ve always been a sucker for [...]

20
Jul
Inside the Pack: Noted Comic, Coin Grading Company Enters the Sports Card Market

Certified Collectibles Group, world-renowned for their grading services in comic books (CGC), coins (NGC) and [...]

13
Jul
Inside the Pack: The First (and Second) Baseball Card with a Visible Tattoo

In addition to my baseball card collection, I have an extensive collection of Florida Marlins [...]

06
Jul
Inside the Pack: What The Hobby Has Given Me

June 27th is a day that always stands out on the calendar for me, and [...]

29
Jun
Inside the Pack: Father’s Day Edition

One of my favorite bits of baseball trivia is that Nolan Ryan pitched for so [...]

22
Jun
Inside the Pack: 2020 Bowman Value Pack Review

In 1998 I bought my first ever packs of Bowman. I tried (and failed) to [...]

14
Jun
Inside the Pack: What Happens to Cards if Baseball Doesn’t Return in 2020?

Last week, Major League Baseball proposed a 50-game season in which players would receive their [...]

08
Jun
Inside the Pack: This NFL Hall of Famer’s Only Card is in the 1955 Bowman Baseball Set

The 1955 Bowman baseball set is an underappreciated and undervalued masterpiece. As the last Bowman [...]

01
Jun
Inside the Pack: Interview with Paul Lukas on Being an Allen and Ginter Subject

Being on a baseball card is a dream for just about every fan or collector. [...]

25
May
Inside the Pack: 2020 Bowman 1st Edition Review

In the midst of a global pandemic, new card releases have essentially come screeching to [...]

18
May
Inside the Pack: 2020 National Sports Collectors Convention Rescheduled for December

On Saturday, it was announced that the National Sports Collectors Convention in Atlantic City would [...]

11
May
Inside the Pack: 1969 Topps BASEBALL 4-in-1s?!

I consider myself incredibly well-versed in all things baseball card related, but perhaps my favorite [...]

04
May
Inside the Pack: The Sudden Rise of the 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr.

I was 11 in the fall of 1998. My great-grandmother has just passed away; because [...]

27
Apr
Inside the Pack: The 5 Most Overvalued Vintage Players

Two weeks ago, I revealed the five vintage players I felt had the best chance [...]

20
Apr
Inside the Pack: The 5 Most Undervalued Vintage Players

Last week, I took a look at the five players whose vintage cards I felt [...]

13
Apr
Inside the Pack: The 5 Vintage Players with the Most Staying Power

I generally view card collecting as something I do for enjoyment only, rather than for [...]

06
Apr
Inside the Pack: Collecting Vintage on a Budget

So, you’d like to start a vintage baseball card collection but you’re not sure where [...]

30
Mar
Inside the Pack: Now is a Great Time to Start Your Vintage Collection

I love the joy of opening modern packs as much as the next person. Prospecting [...]

23
Mar
Baseball Cards in the Time of Coronavirus

All anyone is able to talk about is the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, so it should [...]

16
Mar
Inside the Pack: Which Wood You Rather?

Two weeks ago, I wrote about the disappearing border as a design element of Topps [...]

09
Mar
Inside the Pack: 2020 Topps Heritage Review

As long-time readers of this blog may know, 1971 is my favorite Topps design off [...]

02
Mar
Inside the Pack: O Border, Where Art Thou?

With this month’s release of Series 1, we entered the fifth year of full-bleed photography [...]

24
Feb
In Memoriam: Vito Giordano

If you ever came to a Friday night trade night at Big League, there’s no [...]

18
Feb
Inside the Pack: 2020 Topps Series 1 Review

The 2020 baseball season is officially underway — that is, if you’re a card collector. [...]

17
Feb
Inside the Pack: What to Expect at a Baseball Card Show

Two Saturdays ago was a rare perfect storm of baseball card shows in my area, [...]

03
Feb
Inside the Pack: Death and Sports Cards

On Sunday, the world was shocked by the news of Kobe Bryant’s passing. Bryant, just [...]

27
Jan
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