Saturday, November 10, 2012

The Complete List Of Eligible Presidential Predictors Code Cards From 2012 Topps Baseball Update Series


Earlier this year Topps announced it would be bringing a special program to 2012 Topps Baseball Update Series called Presidential Predictors.  For each of the 50 states, code cards of both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney were made and inserted into packs.  Collectors who found these cards could go online and enter the code on the back of the card for a chance to win a Presidential Patch card numbered to 50 of the winner of the 2012 Presidential election.

In order for your code to be eligible to win one of these limited cards, the Candidate on the code card had to carry the state listed on the card.

Now that the election is complete and each state has a winner, we now know which code cards are eligible to win one of the 50 total prizes.

One lucky winner will be randomly selected for each of the following Candidate and State combos. 

Thursday, November 8, 2012

2012 Topps Baseball Update Series Box Break Recap And Review


Full of late trades, mid-season rookies and All-Star selections, 2012 Topps Baseball Update Series is the final act of this year’s flagship product.  Not only does this set include a wide variety of inserts,, including continuations from sets from Series 1 and 2 and all new inserts, Update also include Gold Base Parallels of all three series, 990 in total, that are numbered to 2012.

For the purposes of review, we classify Update Series as trading cards.  You can find Update Series in a wide variety of configurations in both retail and hobby.  We opened a hobby box that contained 36 – 10 card packs with a promise of 1 autograph or 1 relic card per box.

Here are some of the cards we pulled.

Goldin Auctions Adds 15 "Hurricane Relief Lots" To Fall 2012 Auction To Benefit The American Red Cross For Disaster Relief


We have all seen the devastation on left by Sandy.  Certainly one of the ways to help those affected by the storm is to contribute to the Red Cross.  I pulled together what I could and made a donation shortly after the relief effort began.  For those of you with deeper pockets, there is a chance to purchase some unique collectibles from Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Ty Cobb, Barry Bonds, Stan Musial and more, and at the same time help those impacted by Hurricane Sandy. Goldin Auctions has added 15 "Hurricane Relief Lots" to its Fall 2012 Auction with 100% of the sales from these items, including the 10% buyers premium, being donated to the American Red Cross for Disaster Relief.  Collectors can bid upon these items at www.GoldinAuctions.com by clicking on the category Hurricane Relief.

The 15 Goldin Auctions Hurricane Relief Lots (#698-712) include:
1909 T-206 Ty Cobb Portrait Red Background (PSA 2) Baseball Card
1926 W512 Babe Ruth PSA Authentic Baseball Card
1939 Play Ball #26 Joe DiMaggio Card (PSA VG3)
Uncut sheet of 30 Mickey Mantle Insert Cards from '97 Mantle Shoe Box Collection
Barry Bonds Autographed Bat
Stan Musial 3-Time MVP Signed and Inscribed Bat
Yogi Berra Autographed Baseball (PSA/DNA 10)
Joe DiMaggio Signed & Notarized Framed Stat Sheet with Photo
50 Signature 16"x20" Red Sox Tribute to Ted Williams
16"x20" Don Larson/Yogi Berra Signed Perfect Game Photo
16"x20" Cy Young Award Winner Photo Signed by 26 Former Winners
16"x20" Autographed NY Mets Photo Signed by 50 Former Mets
8"x10" 300 Win Club Photo Signed by 8 Members of the 300-Win Club
16"x20" Julius Erving Signed and Framed Photo (#1 in Edition)
J.J. Redick 2006 Player of the Year Autographed Stretched Canvas

The auction, which is headlined by the original Pete Rose Banishment Document issued by the Office of the Commission of Baseball on August 23, 1989, includes 640 lots rare and unique sports, history and pop culture memorabilia for sale. The auction began on Oct. 15 and concludes on Nov. 17, 2012 at www.GoldinAuctions.com

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

List Of Eligible Presidential Predictors Code Cards From 2012 Topps Baseball Update Series


Earlier this year Topps announced it would be bringing a special program to 2012 Topps Baseball Update Series called Presidential Predictors.  For each of the 50 states, code cards of both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney were made and inserted into packs.  Collectors who found these cards could go online and enter the code on the back of the card for a chance to win a Presidential Patch card numbered to 50 of the winner of the 2012 Presidential election.

In order for your code to be eligible to win one of these limited cards, the Candidate on the code card had to carry the state listed on the card.

Now that the election is complete and each state has a winner, except Florida (which at the time of this post appears to be going to Obama), we now know which code cards are eligible to win one of the 50 total prizes.

One lucky winner will be randomly selected for each of the following Candidate and State combos.  (I will update the info on Florida when it has been officially declared for either candidate.)

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Contest Winners For Our Week 9 Panini NFL Stickers Players To Watch Challenge Questions And NFL Player Of The Day Promotion


Hard to believe we are near the end of our 2012 Panini America NFL Player Of The Day Promotion.  There is just a short amount of time before we hand out our grand prizes from our Main Prize Pool.

This week we provided more opportunities to win prizes with our Challenge Questions and we finally had our first Perfetto winner.