Inside the Pack: 2019 Topps Allen & Ginter Review
Since its first run in 2006, Topps’s Allen and Ginter product line has been a favorite of collectors. Loaded with baseball stars past and present
Inside the Pack: 2019 Topps Factory Set Review
Topps Factory Sets are a yearly staple and have been since 1982, when they were sold through JC Penney. Topps continues to find ways to
Inside the Pack: What Makes Something a Baseball Card?
What do you consider a baseball card? Is a sticker a card? What about a coin? These questions have come up fairly frequently among myself
Inside the Pack: 2019 Topps MLB Sticker Collection Review
Whether you have a kid, are a kid, or just want to recapture the feeling of collecting like a kid, 2019 Topps Sticker Collection will
2018-19 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League Review
2018-19 Topps Chrome UEFA Champions League is a nice straightforward product, whether you’re a diehard soccer fan or a baseball fan branching out. Topps sent
Inside the Pack: 2019 Topps Museum Collection Review
Topps Museum Collection is a premium product that gets more and more attractive each year. The 2019 edition does not disappoint, with a beautiful base
Inside the Pack: Seinfeld Script “The Baseball Card Shop”
This past Friday, July 5, was the 30th anniversary of the premiere of the hit sitcom Seinfeld, my favorite show of all time. As part
Inside the Pack: Are Alterations Ever Acceptable?
Let’s start this post by stating the obvious: altering cards and not disclosing the alterations in an effort to profit is wrong. It’s bad for
Inside the Pack: A Real Relic Card
My parents, who retired last year, recently had the “get your stuff out of our garage” talk with me. It’s a dreaded moment in the
Inside the Pack: Are Sports Cards Cool?
It’s hard to recognize it when you’re active in the hobby, but if you take a step back, you may discover something shocking: sports cards
Inside the Pack: Bowman Mega Boxes Are a Winning Formula for Topps
There seems to be no middle ground: people either love or hate Bowman Mega Boxes. But whichever camp you fall into, you have to admit
Inside the Pack: The Jefferson Burdick Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Last week while visiting New York City, I took a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The museum is obviously massive, holding countless treasures
Inside the Pack: 2019 Topps UFC Knockout Review
If you’re looking for hits, 2019 Topps UFC Knockout packs plenty of punch. Each pack contains one guaranteed auto and one guaranteed relic. With 4
Inside the Pack: 2019 Topps Tier One Review
2019 Topps Tier One is the ninth installment of the successful and popular high-risk, high-reward offering from Topps. As has been the case since its
Inside the Pack: 2019 Topps Big League Review
Hot take: Topps Big League is the most fun you’ll have opening cards this year. Topps sent me a box of the 2019 edition, now
Inside the Pack: Altered and Trimmed Cards Graded by PSA, BGS
Over on the Blowout Cards Forum, user 3124508 has spent months uncovering and reporting on trimmed and otherwise altered cards being sold on ebay, primarily
Inside the Pack: 2018-19 Topps Chrome Bundesliga Review
Ever since Topps sent me a box of their MLS product, I have become more interested in soccer and in soccer cards. I had tons
Inside the Pack: 2019 Bowman Review
The flagship Bowman product seems to get hotter and hotter each year. Last year, sales were driven by Shohei Ohtani, and I wondered if this
Inside the Pack: Interview with Artist Dick Perez
If you collected in the 1980s, then you’re familiar with the work of Dick Perez. The artist has been ubiquitous for years in the baseball
Inside the Pack: 2019 Topps Major League Soccer (MLS) Review
I would venture to say there are few things in the world I know less about than soccer. I don’t really understand the game, I
Inside the Pack: Earth Day Edition
With today being Earth Day, and with so much focus lately on single-use plastics, I thought it was a good idea to talk about the
Inside the Pack: 2019 Topps Gypsy Queen Review
Do you remember when you were a kid and you would read Highlights magazine, eagerly flipping to the back in order to “spot the differences”
Inside the Pack: 2019 Topps Inception Review
If you love opening baseball card boxes but are short on time, Topps Inception is the product for you! That’s because, like years past, each
Inside the Pack: Topps Announces First Ever $1,000,000 Box of Baseball Cards
A new product announcement from Topps is turning heads and opening wallets — really large wallets. Topps Portfolio, the most high-end product ever produced by
Inside the Pack: Women in Baseball and AAGPBL Cards
March is Women’s History Month, and as such, I thought a post acknowledging women in baseball was appropriate. There has been talk recently about the
Inside the Pack: Should You Use Baseball Cards as an Investment Tool?
I recently ran across an interesting topic of conversation on an online collecting forum I participate in. The original poster more or less wanted to
Inside the Pack: 2019 Topps Heritage Review
One of the most popular sets each year, 2019 Topps Heritage hit shelves at the end of February. I thought that last year’s release was
Inside the Pack: Topps Industry Conference Roundup
Last week, Topps held their annual Industry Conference. As is usually the case with these events, there was a lot of celebration of Topps products,
Inside the Pack: 1949 Eureka is a Fantastic and Affordable Early Issue
Don Newcombe’s passing last week caused me to take a deeper look into some of his earlier-issued cards. In doing so, I rediscovered one of
Inside the Pack: Presidents’ Day Edition
Most baseball fans know that former President George W. Bush used to be the owner of the Texas Rangers. Many baseball fans know that his