My buddy Tyler has put together a great selection of links to information and checklists for all the most collected vintage baseball card sets. Check out the vintage index here.

By now, you’ve noticed that buying is at an all-time low. The cards that do sell, sell at a low percentage of what they normally go for. When you put these two factors together, you would likely ask why buying levels are not increasing. The obvious choice would be that the economy is bad. I think it goes deeper than that because even trading is down. Other than shipping costs, what does trading have to do with the economy? A lot of people appear to be annoyed by trade offers or the lack of trading. Also Upper Deck has cut jobs in multiple rounds, with the first happening in the summer of 2010.  I...

Fast cars and beautiful women. What’s not to love?! Twin sisters, Angela and Amber Cope, detail their experiences participation in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series and how they came to be included in Upper Deck’s Goodwin Champions. Non Sport Update magazine’s pricing analyst, Bill DeFranzo teases the upcoming issue and attorney Paul Lesko returns with The Law of Cards. We also review In The Game’s Heroes and Prospects Baseball Hits Series 2 as well as Sportkings’ Ringside Boxing Round 2 Standing Eight Count. In addition we provide a rundown of new product previews...

Heritage Auctions weekly “Sunday Internet Sports Auction” is back with more sports memorabilia and cards. The auctions contains 222 lots and ends on July 31st. Highlights of the auction are listed below including estimated value. 1912 New York Giants Panoramic Photogravure ($3,000 – $4,000) 1933 Goudey: Joe Cronin #63 – photograph proof ($1,200 – $2,000) Lot of 10 Single-Signed Baseballs Featuring 500 Home Run Club Members – inlcudes Frank Robinson, Reggie Jackson, Harmon Killebrew, Willie Mays, Ed Mathews, Willie McCovey, Mike Schmidt, Ernie Banks, Hank Aaron,...

Sorry for the long absence since my last post. The holidays are a very busy time for me (as I’m sure they are for you) so I haven’t been able to do my normal sports card deal hunting. But with Christmas only a week away I wanted to get into the spirit of the holiday by sharing some cool card contests with my fellow hobbyists. Here are the latest opportunities to cop some free sports cards: Panini – Guess The Autograph Contest Part II – Analyze 14 mostly unidentified autographs that arrived at Panini America headquarters this week. Most of them are slated for inclusion...

New sports card contests to check out as of today, Tuesday November 9th: **I listed them from most compelling to least compelling, though, to be honest considering we are talking about free stuff here everything is worth checking out. Topps Blog – 2010 Topps Chrome Baseball Bounty Card Contest #5. The Prize? A game-used base from the 2002 NL Division Series between the Atlanta Braves and San Francisco Giant. They have some great contests for this Bounty promotion so keep your eyes peeled for them. The Cardboard Connection – This time they are giving away a 2010 Topps Update Baseball...