2015 NSCC #2 – NIT-picking

Going into the show, I had very good intentions of padding my basketball collections. I really only have two focuses at this point. One is to collect the 2011-12 Past & Present master set. The other is to collect the 1995-96 inserts – which I’m very eager to actually complete.

In reality, the bargain boxes […]

August 17th, 2015 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Basketball Collections, Player Collections, Shows | Leave a comment

A Little Something to Strive For

What a difference a week makes.

A few days ago, I wrote about Southern Illinois University’s Hall of Fame players. In it, I mentioned that our most famous basketball player (and arguably most famous athlete) Walt Frazier was missing from my collection. I don’t think that’s entirely true. I think I have a couple Topps […]

November 13th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Card Shop | Leave a comment

Upper Deck Sued Again! Enter the Dragon!

I don’t know how no one has really picked up on this so far. It appears I’ve even scooped Beckett on this one.

Our old friends at Upper Deck are finding themselves in more hot water. This time the stew is caused by Lew. Lew Alcindor, that is.

According to the TMZ exclusive (maybe this […]

October 5th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Industry News | 2 comments