Gary Carter: “The Kid” leaves us with great memories and memorabilia
Gary Edmund Carter, aka “The Kid”, played his first game for the Montreal Expos in 1974. If you were lucky, you could snag his rookie card from a 1975 Topps (American) or O-Pee-Chee (Canadian) pack of...
View ArticleLin-credible bidding! Jeremy’s jersey on ebay.com
UPDATE: Jersey sold for $13,800, practice jersey $1,914, shooting shirt $3,750 Lin played one game with the Erie BayHawks of the NBA Development League. The jersey that he wore is for sale on ebay.com...
View ArticleCould you autograph this please?
There are arguments on both sides as to who is better – hockey players today or those of the past. One thing that there is no arguing about is the penmanship of those players. Case in point look at the...
View ArticleJeremy Lin’s rookie card sells for $21,580US: Linsanity or just insane
UPADTE: Another Jeremy Lin BGS 9.5 National Treasures patch auto rc # out of 99 sold on Feb. 26 for $4,950US Lin’s National Treasures rookie card with an auto, jersey swatch, numbered out of 25 and...
View ArticleZack Kassian: new Canuck
Canuck’s traded for the next Milan Lucic, they hope we hope, at the trade deadline on Monday. See you Cody. Zack has some cardboard collectibles out there from In The Game, a Canadian trading card...
View ArticleHAIR RAISING: Strange and interesting cardboard collectibles
Well you have your Trevor Linden rookie card and you just picked up a Brett Lawrie autographed Blue Jay card. Well those are cool but what about a card with a cut signature of Abraham Lincoln and a...
View ArticleSIGN HERE: Ranger’s Yu Darvish pitches for Topps
First he signs a six-year contract with the Texas Rangers, now he has reached a multiyear deal with Topps. That means they’ll have exclusive rights for autographed and game-used memorabilia cards from...
View ArticleTimsanity: Ex-Bronco Tim Tebow pictured as a New York Jet on sports card one...
Wow that was fast! With some photoshop sleight of hand, sports card company, Panini shows off Tim Tebow as a Jet for possible inclusion in the 2012 Prestige release. If it doesn’t make it in, this...
View ArticleCANUCK ROOKIE CARDS: Pennies to big buck
Want to collect the rookie cards of your current playoff Canucks? Some Canucks, like Henrik Sedin, have just one rookie card while others, like Mason Raymond, have 18. Here is a list of the players...
View ArticleWEST COAST DOLL COLLECTING: American Girl, I want to see Canadian Girl
Was in Lynnwood Washington recently and popped into the American Girl doll store at Alderwood Mall. Went in, with my wife, because the window display of historical dolls were interesting. Forget...
View ArticlePAPER LIONS: Travis Lulay on cardboard
B.C. Lions quarterback Travis Lulay was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in 2006. As a rookie he appeared on a number of NFL issued sports cards. His career as a Seahawk never reached the line of...
View ArticleMoon over Metro: Warren back in town for memorabilia show in Langley
Meet Warren Moon, the only gridiron warrior that is enshrined in both the CFL and NFL halls of fame. This legendary quarterback will be at the Langley Event Centre this weekend as part of the “Sports...
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