Starting a New Venture
**NOTE: This article was first published on 1/2/12, on TheFootballCardBlog.com. Since then, I have let the old store URL from the story lapse, but I am (slowly) working on a new store at http://www.thesportscardmarketplace.com/ - more on that in due time...**...
Topps Loses Football License
While I don't post much these days, the news that Topps lost their NFL Players Inc. license to publish football cards was clearly big enough to warrant a post. I first saw the news at Cardboard Junkie (although he apparently thinks that baseball is all that...
Random Surfing: Pat McInally
I'm very fortunate in my current job, I occasionally have the chance to go on some interesting web surfing tangents, which often lead me to finding out random information about things that I never knew about things & people that interest me. Today, my surfing...
2009 Bowman Draft Picks
A couple months back, I stopped in at my local card shop to see how the owner was doing since his new baby was born--especially since my first was born right around the same time. While there, I noticed that some new football cards were in--including Bowman Draft...
Great Football Card Mini-Story
For some reason--most likely something to do with the fact that I was one in high school--offensive linemen are most often my favorite players. When doing their jobs, they go unnoticed, and the good ones always seem to have the kind of attitude I like in a...
How to Not Get Repeat Business on Ebay
So, as I prepare to participate in my first "Mini Card Show" next month, I've been going on eBay occassionally, and checking out cards of some local players that might be of interest to younger collectors and nostalgic adults who bring their kids in that I can get...
Now Collecting: 2008 Upper Deck Masterpieces
A few weeks back, as I started combing through my list of card related blogs again, I came across a post at Joey's SqueezePlayCards.com (one of the first card blogs I found, and still a favorite) discussing his getting into collecting 2008 Upper Deck Masterpieces...
Guess Who’s Back, Back Again…
Well, after more than 3 months, I'm finally going to post again. No promises this time about regularity, but I'm hoping that I will be back with some regularity. So where have I been, that has prevented me from posting on my football card blog during the football...
2008 Donruss Threads – Box #2
I wanted to open the second box I bought a few weeks back during the week up to the season kicking off--then I remembered that I would be in Las Vegas leading up to kick-off, since my brother had a draft out here. So I actually opened the whole box the night before...
New Baseball Card (and other stuff) Blog
Hey everyone, I think I've mentioned a few times in the past that my brother and I write for another football blog, which focuses on more of the business side of the sport, the fantasy football world, and even a little bit of sports betting. Well, a few months...
