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Dennis Rodman as Superman

Posted in Newspaperman with tags , , , on January 19, 2012 by Cardboard Icons

2006-07 Topps Full Court

I was clicking around my favorite site on the ‘Net the other day and came across one of the coolest cards I’ve seen in a long time.  I figured it was nice enough to share with all of you.

Check out this 2006-07 Topps Full Court Dennis Rodman Photographer’s Proof card.

I don’t do much in basketball, so this five-year-old card is new to me.

Great job by the photographer capturing Rodman in mid-air, parallel with the court.  Very Cool card.

My Winning Package from Beckett (part 2)

Posted in Newspaperman with tags , , , , , on December 2, 2009 by Cardboard Icons

As you are well aware, Beckett offers contests every Friday in which they give away a ton of collectibles every week. As much as people say they dislike Beckett, there certainly is no shortage of people casting their entries for the cards, no matter the prize. My feelings about Beckett are a little different that most of the prominent bloggers: I don’t hate Beckett (or the employees), and to some degree I find the magazine still useful, albeit not on the level it was a decade or so ago. But that is beside the point.

Two weeks ago I actually one of the Free Stuff Friday contests and the package arrived early this week; it contained a 08-09 Hot Prospects auto 3-color patch /399 of Marreese Speights, and a 09-10 SP Game-Used dual patch card /99 of Ben Wallace and Brian Cardinal. The Wallace is a single color patch, while the Cardinal is a 3-color, worn during his days with the Grizzlies. Anyhow, I am not a basketball collector so I am looking to turn these for the best baseball offer. Interested? Leave an offer in the comments section below.

Big thanks again to Beckett for the items. Keep the contests coming, the collectors love them.

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