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  1. SymphonicMetal

    What does an "A" grade mean from grading services?

    Yesterday a friend of mine saw a Topps Gretzky rookie graded with an A at a card show. He was wondering what that meant. I think it means Authentic and also think it means the card has been altered (ie trimmed) in some way. Does anyone know exactly what this A grade means? My friend said...
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    A quarter of a century between card shows.

    Well, that is a bit of an understatement It was actually been 26 years between card shows for me since the last one I attended was in Albany NY where I went to get Jim Brown's auto. The show was in Syracuse, and was a decent sized show. However, there were not a lot of customers. There...
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    Gretzky RC....real or fake?

    The owner of our LCS bought a collection that included a 1979-80 Topps Wayne Gretzky RC. I looked it over and it appears to be legit but I know there are many fakes of this particular card. After looking at some 79-80 cards of my own, the stock and texture of the card seems legit but I'm...
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    Changes in Beckett's Baseball monthly

    If anyone has seen the current Beckett's Baseball monthly that just came out a day or two ago, they ae now only listing cards from 2000 to present. With Beckett's Vintage listing values from 1979 and older, this leaves a huge gap from 1980 to 1999 that are no longer being listed, I know the...
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    Basketball values gone wild

    Not to be confused with the old "GIrls Gone Wild" ads. I was in our LCS this evening and the new Basketball Becketts came out. Here are a few stunning price changes since last month's Basketball Beckett 1996-97 Topps Kobe RC went from $500 to $600 1996-97 SP Kobe RC From $40 to $100...
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    Booming sports card market report by local CBS station

    This was an interesting video report by our local Binghamton NY CBS station from last night on the booming sports card market. Pretty interesting. I have no idea about the very pricey new products they are talking about here but I'm going to have to go to this guy's shop when the weather...
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    Vast price differences between Beckett Basketball and Beckett Vintage

    I think I am going to need Claudes take on these values and anyone else who want to weigh in. I was able to get my hands on a February 2021 Beckett's Basketball Guide and a Feb/March 2021 Beckett's Vintage guide this weekend and noticed some shocking differences in listed values for the same...
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    Local TV news report on the surging sports card industry

    This 2 minute report was on last night's local Binghamton, NY news. The LCS owner seems to attribute most of the price rises to boredom during the lock down for the Covid virus. Interesting little report and I'll have to check this guy's shop out when I am down in Binghamton next month...
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    Popularity of baseball cards vs football cards

    I was wondering why you guys think there is such a great difference in popularity of baseball cards and football cards. I understand there is a certain tradition with baseball cards but football seems to be so much more popular than baseball and has been for several decades. Throw in the fact...
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    2020 card issues

    I'm not into newer cards but I am wondering if the Corona virus situation will make this year's cards much more scarce? I cannot imagine card companies are still printing cards since nothing quite says "non essential" more than "sports cards" does. Plus, a lot of manufacturing facilities are...
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    PM reply with quote feature?

    The reply with quote feature on the PMs seems to be missing. When I reply to a message in my Inbox, the text of the previous/incoming message does not appear. And when I look at the PM in my Sent Box it looks like a brand new message. Am i the only one who this is happening to or am i doing...
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    How to selectively delete PMs

    I was wondering if someone could tell me how to selectively delete Pms in my inbox and outbox. I know how to empty those completely but not how to get rid of some PMs while keeping others. My 100 message limit is getting close and I need to keep several of my old PMs for reference on current...
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    Utica, NY card show Sunday Oct 14,

    I am posting info about a card show card show in New Hartford, NY (A suburb of Utica) this Sunday on the slim chance that someone in the upstate NY area may be interested in going. Jay Novacek, former TE of the Dallas Cowboys, is the guest signer. http://hofsportscollectibles.com/ To...
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    Your first card memories

    I was wondering what other Bench members first sports card memories were, be it a particular set or player. Something or someone caught all of our attentions at one point that got us started in this hobby. For me the first recollections of cards were the 1965 Topps and Philadelphia football...
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    Major card theft in Cooperstown

    Here is an interesting news report of a major card theft in Cooperstown. http://www.wbng.com/news/local/Man-steals-50000-worth-of-sports-memorabilia-339483662.html I'd like to know how this guy had access to these valuable cards. Was he a employee at one of the card stores? And if he was...
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    1995-96 Topps Basketball unnumbered card ID???

    I was wondering if anyone here had ever come across any 1995-96 Topps Basketball cards with no number on the back? I have a Shaq card in the 1995-96 Topps basketball style like this. I am wondering if anyone here knows what this card is? I know 1992-93 Skybox had unnumbered cards that...

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