The 1993-94 Ultra Scoring Kings inserts, an insert that used to be more or less overlooked, have recently risen to the top of many collectors wish lists. This instantly recognizable insert with a flash of lighting in the background features Jordan, Shaq, Barkley, and seven other players from the early 90s. The cards were inserted […]
If you’ve been collecting basketball cards for a while, or just recently started following the basketball card market, you know just how crazy things have been recently. There have been multiple million dollar card sales featuring some of the best players, like Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, and Luka Doncic. However, if you think basketball card […]
If Steve Jobs, the late cofounder of Apple, designed a basketball card, I think it would look a lot like the 1996-97 Flair Showcase Class of Ninety-six rookie cards (although he probably would have chosen a simpler font). Jobs preferred simplicity and minimalism to complexity, and the look of these rookie cards are beautifully simplistic, […]
Back in April I had an incredible opportunity to connect with a long time basketball card collector and owner of a 1 of 1 2005-06 Topps Finest Lebron James SuperFractor card. This collector took the time to answer a number of questions about his one of a kind Lebron card, as well as talk shop […]
I recently threw out a question to the twitter basketball card community trying to learn if there was any consensus for cards of one player that also capture or feature another player. Some of the responses I received were “Shadow cards”, “Ghost cards”, “Cameo cards”, and “Photobomb cards”, but there was no real consensus. The […]
Last week I woke up to an interesting email from a collector informing me that she had a Jordan error card that I hadn’t highlighted in my April post about Jordan error cards. She included a photo, and after a bit of research and posting to the basketball twitter community, I found out she was […]
I’ve been way behind with a few basketball card collector interview posts and some other posts as well as a result of my wife and I relocating from Boston to Austin. It was quite the trip but I’ll spare you all the details of the harrowing 3-day drive in a 17-foot U-haul. Right before the […]
The short answer to this question is there are at least three Michael Jordan error cards. If you want to know what they are, how they happened, and how much they sell for, please check out this post.
If you’ve ever wondered what its like to pull a one of one Lebron James SuperFractor, please check out this interview with one very lucky basketball card collector.
Each new interview brings new insights and new perspectives. I recently had the awesome opportunity to connect with an individual new to the hobby, and learned that a random Southern Oregon garage sale (and an unbelievable card pickup) was what got him hooked. And as the name suggests, he does have some elite cards in […]
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