Icons, an England-based sports memorabilia company, will amplify its already stringent authentication process beginning with its top client: Lionel Messi. In announcing a five-year contract extension Thursday for the global soccer star to continue signing items for the company, Icons is introducing a three-tiered authentication system to re-assure consumers that the autographed Messi merchandise coming…
The 1992-93 Pinnacle Hockey set was issued in U.S. and Canadian bilingual editions; each set consists of 420 cards. While card numbers 1-220 and 271-390 have different front photography in the U.S. and Canadian versions, the subset cards (221-270) depict the same photos. Rookie Cards in the set include Roman Hamrlik, Andrei Kovalenko, and Martin…
Some footballers just cannot be imagined without a long-sleeved jersey. David Beckham from the 1990s into the early 2000s. Fernando Torres further into the latter decade. Eric Cantona before them. A long-sleeve shirt was a staple. Rio Ferdinand once recalled going into an encounter with Thierry Henry, who made the long-sleeve shirt-with-gloves an iconic look….
The Los Angeles Lakers just wanted to secure a memento for rookie Adou Thiero. It came with an argument after the buzzer. Thiero, who made his NBA debut Saturday night, scored his first career points in the Lakers’ 119-95 win over the Milwaukee Bucks at Fiserv Forum. In five minutes of play, Thiero scored four…
Alan Rosen was the Indiana Jones of vintage sports cards. The Paterson, N.J., native earned the nickname “Mr. Mint” for his ability to find old cards boxed and stored in perfect condition. From 1978 until his death in 2017, his obsession with finding mint condition vintage cards turned him into the hobby’s first card millionaire…
This 315-card set was issued in one series. Due to the NHL lockout, series two was not released; therefore, this set does not have a comprehensive player selection. Ten card packs retailed for 99 cents in 36 pack boxes. Sixteen-card jumbo packs also were produced. The design features a nearly full-bleed front, broken only in…
Buying a famed 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card might be a challenge given the price tag for even the most damaged example, but it’s not hard to find. There are thousands of graded examples of that card in existence, even after how many were supposedly thrown away by unwitting parents over the past 70 years….
Select PlayerAlfredsson, DanielAndersson, NiklasArnott, JasonBelfour, EdBerard, BryanBerezin, SergeiBondra, PeterBourque, RayBrodeur, MartinBure, PavelBure, ValeriBurke, SeanCampbell, JimCarey, JimCarter, AnsonChelios, ChrisClark, WendelCoffey, PaulCorson, ShayneDackell, AndreasDamphousse, VincentDaze, EricDube, ChristianEriksson, AndersFedorov, SergeiFichaud, EricFiset, StephaneFleury, TheoFrancis, RonFriesen, JeffFuhr, GrantGilmour, DougGoneau, DanielGraves, AdamGretzky, WayneGrier, MikeGuerin, BillHamrlik, RomanHasek, DominikHextall, RonHirsch, CoreyHoglund, JonasHolmstrom, TomasHrudey, KellyHull, BrettIginla, JaromeJagr, JaromirJanney, CraigJoseph, CurtisJovanovski, EdKamensky, ValeriKariya, PaulKhabibulin, NikolaiKhristich,…
The 1992-93 Upper Deck hockey set contains 640 standard-size cards. The set was released in two series of 440 and 200 cards, respectively. Action photos on the fronts are bordered by the player’s name and team logo at the bottom. Special subsets featured include Team Checklists (1-24), Bloodlines (35-39), ’92 World Juniors (222-236), Russian Stars…
Set Description from Beckett Database The 1994-95 Ultra hockey set consists of two series of 200 and 150 cards, for a total of 350 standard-size cards. The suggested retail price for 12-card packs was $1.99, and $2.69 for 15-card packs. Every pack included one insert card, and one “Hot Pack” consisting exclusively of insert cards…