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Product review: 2008 Leaf Rookies and Stars Football

5 cards per pack – 24 packs per box – 12 boxes per case
100-card base set / 250 card complete set
A perennial favorite among rookie collectors is the Leaf Rookies and Stars brand, and this year Donruss / Playoff produces a quality product at a great price point that may make this release a hobby [...]

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18Nov2008 | CommodoreCountry | 0 comments | Continued
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Contributors Wanted!

We want everyone to know that this site isn’t intended to just be a few people posting information and whatever else just whenever the mood hits us. It’s the members that make the site, and, to that end, we want to extend an open invitation to anyone who wants to contribute to the blog.
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12Nov2008 | Zeeck | 0 comments | Continued
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eTopps back on eBay

After nearly two weeks, eTopps cards are back on eBay. There was a communication issue since there is no ‘actual’ delivery of eTopps, and eBay is cracking down on the sale of non-tangible goods.
This move came just a day before the 2008 Football IPOs launched. Doesn’t it seem a bit fishy that it took two [...]

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10Sep2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game

A late in coming trip to the Post Office to mail Mr. Pistons Fan his ill-gotten fantasy league champions trophy ;o) brought attention to something I missed last month, the release of a new commemorative stamp from USPS.  “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” was released on July 26th, on the 100th anniversary of [...]

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27Aug2008 | oregonweim | 0 comments | Continued
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The New Gold Standard

Bowman Chrome is a much sought after product by baseball prospectors and collectors year in and year out. Famed for its refractors, everyone has their favorites - ‘Blue’, ‘Red’, ‘Gold’, ‘Orange’, ‘X-Fractor’, ‘Superfractors’ and regular old ‘Refractors’. What is going on with this year’s release? For those who haven’t had a [...]

Popularity: 57% [?]

27Aug2008 | oregonweim | 1 comment | Continued
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The NFL Shield Patch . . . Still Worth the Chase?

Topps has announced that this years Finest Football set is going to include limited edition autographed rookie cards, featuring an NFL shield patch (the list of players to be included in this subset can be found HERE). Great news, right? Maybe not. First of all, these Shield Patch Autographs are going to [...]

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29Jul2008 | Zeeck | 3 comments | Continued
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Lessons from Downtime

Growing up, it was the sports themselves that fueled my interest in the hobby.  In the days (ok years) before ESPN and the onset of 24 hour sports coverage, all I knew from players and teams came from the back of the Topps sets I tried to put together every year.  As an adult collector, [...]

Popularity: 36% [?]

16Jul2008 | oregonweim | 0 comments | Continued
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2 Days Left On eBay FREE SHIPPING

CJUNE10SHIP is the Paypal code you need to input when checking out. Not all accounts were given the 3 Free Shipping, up to $10, discount coupons, but those who got them and have not used them, here is an idea. Buy bubble mailers. We all use these, or should, when trading/selling.
In most [...]

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29Jun2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Service Record Set at Wimbledon

0-127 mph in less than 50 feet. That was what Venus Williams accomplished today.
In what has been a less than stellar showing of the Americans at Wimbledon, at least a new record for service speed by a female has been set.
Try to imagine hitting something coming at you at 127 miles per hour. [...]

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28Jun2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Death On the Quartermile

Drag racing is not a sport we talk much about here at www.thecollectorsgroup.com, but being a sports oriented website, I figured this story could use a little attention.
Saturday during qualifying, Funny Car driver Scott Kalitta was killed. Scott’s death is not something new to drag racing, as an up and comer out of the [...]

Popularity: 61% [?]

23Jun2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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