My name is Grant Parker and I am here to given you the low down on sports card wax. I promise to veer off topic regularly as well to keep things interesting. More →
My Adam Wainwright Themed Box Breaks
Adam Wainwright is really tearing things up this year. He’s put together another huge season, already accumulating a staggering 18 wins with more opportunities still to come. If you follow baseball even casually you know that the young flamethrower is one of the top pitchers in all of baseball. Considering the fact that he is [...]
Read more →Football is in the Air
Football starts tonight! Saints versus Vikings going to be a good game that’s for sure. Hanging with the guys tonight to watch the game. What could be better beer, chili and football? Oh so nice that Mr. Favre came out of retirement just so that we could have a true rematch from last season. But [...]
Read more →The Razor Baseball Card Bubble
Not only did I buy countless boxes of 2008 Razor Signature Series, I even threw down about $500 buying Razor Metal singles, which were available for purchase exclusively by the single on eBay.
Read more →Law and Disorder
I know this is a sports card blog but from time to time I’m going to veer off in a different direction. I apologize in advance and promise to keep these rants to a minimum. With that said here I go.
Read more →2010 Topps Chrome Football – A Chromie’s Dream Come True?
The first details from 2010 Topps Chrome Football are out and this early October release looks sweet.
Read more →I’m Done With SportsBuy
I had high hopes for SportsBuy / Naxcom, I really did. When I first heard about them 3 years ago I was convinced that by now they would have eclipsed ebay as the marketplace of choice for buying and selling sports cards. Boy was I wrong.
Read more →Box No-Break
I am really confused by this new phenomenon where collectors pay for sports card boxes and ask other people to break them for them on video. This just seems so stupid to me. Isn’t breaking the box the most fun part of the whole experience?
Read more →My Farewell To Upper Deck Baseball
With Upper Deck’s future as a company in jeopardy and its exclusion from the baseball card industry all but guaranteed, 2010 Upper Deck Series 1 Baseball could very well be the last baseball card product ever produced by the once mighty manufacturer. This could very easily end up contributing to the collectibility of it, but [...]
Read more →How NOT To Break Upper Deck Exquisite
Unless you are just now getting into (or coming back to) the sports card collecting hobby, you’ve almost certainly heard of Upper Deck Exquisite. This super premium powerhouse is the Rolls Royce of sports card products, routinely selling for $400-$700 per box. Most any collector would be thrilled to break a box of Exquisite – [...]
Read more →2009 Topps Platinum Football
Its products like 2009 Topps Platinum Football that make me a really pissed off at the NFL for discontinuing Topps’ football card license. But I first heard about Topps platinum I wasn’t exactly impressed as a looked a bit too much like Topps finest. While that may be true to some degree all in all [...]
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