Collecting Upper Deck Jim Rice Baseball Cards is a Labor of Love for this Couple
Bryce Schimanski is one of Jim Rice’s biggest fans and early in his relationship with his girlfriend Suzanne realized this. She got him a 2004 SP Legendary Cuts 1-of-1 Jim Rice jersey card from Upper Deck as a gift one year. There are a variety of 1-of-1 jersey cards in that set for each particular [...]Categories: Upperdeck Tags: Baseball, Cards, Collecting, Couple, Deck, Labor, Love, Rice, This, Upper
Goodwin Champions Provides Collectors with Incredible Baseball Prospect Cards
Collectors have always appreciated the diversity found in the Goodwin Champions trading card set, but one element that has been under appreciated is the quality baseball prospect autographs found in the set every year. Going back to 2011, there have been some excellent young players who are becoming stars on the diamond today! Best yet, [...]Categories: Upperdeck Tags: Baseball, Cards, Champions, Collectors, Goodwin, INCREDIBLE, Prospect, Provides
Prince William, Kate Middleton will appear in baseball card set
By Chris Olds | Editor
The Queen will now include some royalty.
Topps unveiled its plans for a new baseball card set styled in the fashion of an 1887 release some time ago, but on Friday the longest-running manufacturer of baseball cards announced a little something extra in packs of the forthcoming 2011 Gypsy Queen baseball cards.
Prince William and Kate Middleton — two members of Britain’s Royal Family — will appear on a card.
Building on the product’s “jewels” theme — which includes bonus cards of various gypsys (yeah, we’re mystified, too) — a “Royal Jewels” card can also be found in packs.
No word on a card of Enrico Palazzo, though.
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