January 17th 2008
This past Sunday, Donald D. Peck, the retired President of Fleer pass away.
At the helm of Fleer, Mr. Peck challenged Topps and their monopoly on the sports card industry. The challenge went all the way to the Supreme Court in 1982 where Fleer was rejected in their challenge to publish baseball card packs. However, he found a way around the ruling and Fleer flourished providing sports cards to fan collections.
More information about the life of Donald D. Peck.
January 14th 2008
Collecting Basketball cards is a hobby that has recently become very popular. In the early days, the game saw very few enthusiasts and hence the number of basketball sports cards available was manufactured by few companies and was also few in numbers. It was quite easy for basketball fans to buy and collect basketball cards, however, the entire scenario has changed today, given the rising popularity of the game, many companies have started manufacturing basketball cards and there are lot of varieties, designs and shapes available in the market. It has now become very important to know what to buy and what not to buy. Here we shall deal with a few pointers on what basketball cards to buy that will determine their future value and card price.
The first step towards starting any card collecting hobby is to understand your budgetary allowances. You have to set a price limit for your purchases, which in other words mean, that you have to decide the amount you are willing to spend on your basketball card collection. Price of cards can be compared using the various online card price guides that are available as well as the online sources of cards for sale. These will help you identify important and valuable cards and also give you information regarding the various bargains available for basketball cards.
Once the price range is decided, you can first choose to start with a set of beginners cards that are easily available at all hobby stores. You could also buy rookie cards of the players you like who are playing today as they can usually found easily and affordable. Another choice for collectors today is that they can also buy cards with serial numbers. These are often more expensive than the non serial cards but they represent a finite set of cards and categorizing these cards become easy if it is already indexed.
Lastly, before buying any basketball card, it is important to realize the importance of accurate research. It is important to discuss card statistics with other collectors and friends. You can also keep in touch with the latest value trends by subscribing to any sports card collectors magazine.
January 7th 2008
This post is from Google Blog Search Basketball Cards.
There are a multitude of videos on Youtube dealing with basketball cards and other sports collectibles. My personal favorite are the videos posted by the user chri5874. Check out his vids as he and his buddies open various boxes of …
December 28th 2007
Fans of various sports have often found themselves collecting sports cards of their favorite players and trading them. Sports card collecting started sometime way back in the 1930’s where player cards were used to promote sales of tobacco products and later gum. However, the early player cards were those of baseball and football players. Basketball fans had to wait until much later when card manufacturers, realizing the growing popularity of the game, started making basketball player cards. Now it is a multi million dollar industry. Basketball card collecting has become a big business in the recent years.
Basketball as a game became popular 20 years ago in the 1980s, where people started actually buying player cards and discussing statistics. Basketball cards helped basketball fans to keep in touch with their favorite players. In the early days of the basketball card collecting hobby, cards were easily available at the local pharmacy, gas station, hobby store or candy store. Given its lack of popularity, there were fewer companies manufacturing cards of basketball players and hence were easily available for much cheaper than baseball cards. If you wanted the card of a particular basketball player, then all you did was ask for his card or keep buying card sets from the manufacturer, until you got your desired card. One of the leading manufacturers of basketball players cards is Topps and they have held their own ground since late 1960s. However, today it is not that simple as there are many companies in the market, that have started manufacturing and selling basketball cards. There are many choices available to the collector, in terms of manufacturer. Each card company has its own set of cards that may differ from the others. Faced with a variety of checklists and choices, it is difficult to state that your collection is complete. With auction sites coming into the picture, the entire collecting job has become very easy and convenient for collectors who can now sit at home and buy basketball cards easily with technology like the Internet which has made the whole world as one small global community.
December 18th 2007
Old or modern basketball cards for your basketball card collection can be quickly fount at BasketballCardChase.com. Just enter the basketball player and year for the card, the search results page will be displayed.
The results of your player card search is organized in two columns. Basketball card dealers and retailers will be in the left navigation column. Results of actual basketball cards, with prices and values for some, will be in the right column.
The initial search will display basketball cards from the sports memorabilia section of Ebay in the right column. Ebay has a huge selection and you are likely to find your sought after basketball card there.
To see other results, click on a player card retailer in the left column. This will instruct BasketballCardChase.com to go to the other site and retrieve the matching collectible sports card that you searched for. Continue to check other dealers by clicking the links in the left column.
Once you have found a modern or old basketball card that you have been searching for, click on it to be taken to the other site to purchase or request more information.
Not all dealer sites will have a matching basketball player for you. So, check them all until you find the card you are looking for.
December 14th 2007
Finding collectible basketball cards for your collection no longer means trolling around at a sports card convention or your local sports player card shop. With BasketballCardChase.com, you can find old or new, vintage or modern basketball cards in the same way you use a search engine on the Internet.
First, you need to know the name of the play whose basketball card you are interested in. Type the name of the basketball player into the player name field. BasketballCardChase.com can accept a first name, last name or both the first and last name. It is important that you spell the name of the player correctly to get good basketball card search results.
If you are interested in a player card from a specific year, you can enter the year into the correct field. The year is optional and is not required to get results of basketball cards. However, the year should be four digits and not just two numbers.
Like we mentioned earlier, finding the classic, old basketball card is easy. Once you have the name and the optional year typed in, just click the search button and basketballcardchase.com will search the Internet for the basketball card you need for your sports card collection.
December 11th 2007
BaseketballCardChase.com is finished with the initial beta of the site. Whether you are searching for old Wilt Chamberlain cards or current Kobe and Yao cards, the search engine for basketball cards is now working. Player cards with values and prices are being displayed in the search results. Sports card dealers and online basketball card retail shops are stored in the database and showing up in the results.
With the close of beta, we will now be posting blog entries centered around basketball cards and the hobby of collecting sports cards. Please feel free to write us with your suggestions by clicking on the contact us page.
December 5th 2007
Testing of the BasketballCardChase.com website is continuing. We’ve been focusing recently on ensuring that search results for sports cards of basketball players returns results that are helpful to the collector.
The most recent round of searching for basketball cards was successful with results from most of the sites in our database. Best results came from Ebay, where we found player cards plentiful from the past 20 years. Earlier than that, basketball cards were still available, but values were heading up.
Beyond Ebay, search results for basketball cards were mixed. Most sites had good inventory of prices and player cards from the recent past. However, there were just a few sites that had results from players more than 50 years ago.
We will continue running searches for basketball cards and report any other issues here.
December 3rd 2007
So, far our testing of basketballcardchase.com has been going well. Our searches for old basketball cards has been working. We tested with vintage basketball players without any issue with the search results.
We also tested current basketball cards successfully. One thing we noticed is that prices and values for player cards were displayed in the results.
Please continue to conduct basketball card searches while we fix the other issues during this beta period.
December 1st 2007
Welcome to the Beta Launch of BasketballCardChase.com. Today marks the official opening of our beta site.
BasketballCardChase is your one stop site for finding basketball cards on the Internet. Using our meta search engine, you can check the inventory of several online card dealers and auctions, all from one simple search engine.
As we tweak the design and search function over the next several weeks, you may see a few changes and improvements. Of course, any and all suggestions and comments are welcome. Please use the Contact page to send in your thoughts.
BasketballCardChase is a part of the SportsCardChase network. For collectors of baseball, football, basketball and hockey cards, SportsCardChase is your one stop source for the finest cards and sports collectibles.
