Busting Boxes: 2007 SP Authentic

The box of SP Authentic that I picked up on eBay about a week and a half ago arrived yesterday, after what seemed like forever (but was actually a perfectly reasonable shipping time). This was the first box of SP Authentic I’ve ever bought for any...

More Beckett Grief!

OK, to be fair, the grief this time is more directed towards Upper Deck–another common source of grief in the hobby, from what I can tell.  But The Card Blog brings to our attention a recent Beckett Box Break of 2007 Exquisite Football, where Beckett opens two...

Beckett Year End Survey

Beckett has put out their year end survey for the 2007 Football Card season.  You can read about it, and get to the voting form here. Anyone who’s been here frequently knows that I like to poke a little fun at Beckett from time to time–ok, not so much fun...

Card of the Week: Countdown to the Draft…

OK, so I didn’t get the post ready before I left.  Nor did I type it up while I was on vacation.  For that I apologize, but I think the timing will work out for the better–Monday will make more sense than Friday for these posts anyway, once the season...

Card of the Week: 2007 Bowman Chrome Refractor

This card is for last week, since real life has suddenly started interfering with football card life even more lately (for instance, I started this post about 24 hours ago now).  But the good news is, I actually get to take a vacation this week, and I think I will...

Bowman Chrome Refractors

**UPDATE**The 2007 Bowman Chrome Refractor need list is up.  In an effort to jump start my refractor set of 2007 Bowman Chrome Football, I’ve bid on a few auctions of refractor lots over the last week or so, and my first one arrived yesterday.  As it...