Card Football and Madden 10: a great pair for Christmas

Card Football and EA’s NFL Madden 10 are offered as a special bundle on Amazon.com. Check out the bottom-left corner:

Gem Mint George Mikan RC Eclipses $218K

By Tracy Hackler

… SCP Auctions officials revealed today that they purchased the card for the record-shattering sum of $218,550 — the most ever paid for a basketball card — on behalf of an anonymous client…

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The Blind Side’s box office success sparks interest in Michael Oher cards

By Chris Olds

While its $34.1 million opening weekend was lost in the shadow of the new Twilight movie, The Blind Side – a film based on the real-life struggles of a current NFL rookie — is holding on to the No. 2 spot at the box office again this week.

And that has helped spark interest in Michael Oher’s football cards.

Oher, a first-round pick by Baltimore in this year’s draft who has started every game for the Ravens, was a star offensive lineman for the Ole Miss Rebels. But, before that, he was a homeless child in Memphis, Tenn., who was taken in by a family. His story inspired a book by Moneyball author Michael Lewis and the film, which stars Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw…

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BGS 10 Pristine Michael Jordan Rookie Card sells for $200,000

By Chris Olds

A BGS 10 Pristine copy of Michael Jordan’s 1986-87 Fleer Rookie Card has sold for $200,000 in a privately brokered deal.

The card, one of only two BGS 10s in existence, was purchased by Georgia native Sean Storms, an investor who focuses on elite cards such as these. His plans for the card? To pair it with its other BGS 10 buddy and tuck them away in his private collection…

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Simply, the best baseball memorabilia collection ever

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Perfect Michael Jordan Rookie Card sells for $82,000

By Chris Olds

A BGS 10 Pristine copy of Michael Jordan’s 1986-87 Fleer Rookie Card sold on eBay for $82,000 on Thursday evening just weeks before His Airness is enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

The 10-day auction closed at 5:58 p.m. Pacific after 87 bids…

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Dream Come True: Tavares Gets Ready For His Rookie Card

TSN.CA STAFF

Growing up in Sweden, Victor Hedman was a big fan of countryman Peter Forsberg. How big, you might ask? Big enough that the young Tampa Bay Lightning defenceman says he owns 201 different hockey cards featuring Forsberg’s image.

Soon enough, Hedman can start collecting cards with his own face on them, if he wants.

Ask any up-and-coming NHL’er about his biggest moments in hockey, and chances are that being drafted and putting on his team jersey for the first time would be near the top of the list. But let’s not kid ourselves – there isn’t a hockey-playing youngster out there who hasn’t at least given a passing fantasy thought to having his own hockey card. And for a select few, it’s about to happen.

On Wednesday, the first step to that fantasy becoming reality took place in Mississauga, Ontario, where 14 of the NHL’s top picks and prospects participated in a photo shoot for Upper Deck trading cards. The company plans on using the images in their upcoming sets for the 2009-10 season…

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NHLIB: The Future of Hockey Cards?

One writer thinks so…

By Simon Breedon
eHow Contributing Writer

Hockey cards have had a rich history over the past 100 years, and since the lockout in 2004, a new-found value has been placed on collector items such as cigarette pack cards, the legendary cards like the Wayne Gretzky rookie and even the new era of Hockey game cards with the Ice Breaker brand. Collectors might find there is a goldmine in that old shoe box in the attic.

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Significance
Collecting hockey cards has played a significant part in helping fans familiarize themselves with the sport. The backs of the cards contain a lot of information, from scoring statistics to which players are the best golfers. In the early years, hockey cards were not seen as collectors items, so one could have a Bobby Orr or Wayne Gretzky, card mixed in with the lesser known players…

The Future of Hockey Cards
The future of hockey cards can be seen in the new NHL Ice Breaker card board game. These games are centered on the basic premise of a 52-game deck but with a hockey card collector theme.

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About.com – 2008 World Boardgaming Championships

Here’s a snip of Erik Arneson’s trip to the 2008 World Boardgaming Championships.

The 2008 World Boardgaming Championships concluded yesterday, ending a weeklong event attended by about 1,500 gamers and featuring more than 100 tournaments. I’ve never been a big tournament player, and this year I only entered one: Football Strategy, a game most recently published in 1980 by Avalon Hill. In Football Strategy, the player on defense selects his formation (one of 10 possibilities) using a deck of cards, and then the offensive player announces his play selection (one of 20). The defender reveals his card and the players consult a chart to see what the outcome is. I played four games, finishing with a 2-2 record. All four games were dramatic, determined by a touchdown or less (20-14, 17-23, 13-8, 10-17). I’d rather play Pizza Box Football or Card Football, but I’m glad I had the chance to try Football Strategy…