JSPARTAN98CARDS: July 2015

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

NSCC15 Off to Chicago......

The most beautiful screen shot you've ever seen!!!!

2015 National Sports Collectors Convention---Blog Updates Wed. Thru Saturday

This is something that I will never take for granted, being blessed to be able to attend the National Convention. Next year I will have to live vicariously through others, if you are unable to attend this year feel free to follow along and live vicariously through me. I will do my best to post breaks, pics, videos from the floor, etc. Feel free to also follow along on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JSPARTAN98SPORTSCARDS?ref=aymt_homepage_panel
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Saturday, July 25, 2015

2015 Topps Allen & Ginter Retail Recap

2015 Topps Allen & Ginter Retail Review and Thoughts......

I'm still trying to figure out who actually reads this little thing we call a blog, but, if you have been here before you know that if I have one go to product that I will save up for all year long it's Allen & Ginters from Topps!

Most years I will save up to break a case, but there is a little thing they call "The National" www.nsccshow.com that typically falls right in line with Ginters release. I broke a case in 2013, but had a three week turnaround before the National in Chicago to rip and flip, in 2014 the release came after Nationals, and this year the release falls exactly 1 week prior--leaving me no room to flip a case. So this year I've decided to put all of my eggs in one basket, and save exclusively for Chicago, but that doesn't mean I can't still divulge just a bit into my favorite product.

I purchased 2 Blasters and I hanger pack (which have better odds than blasters surprisingly enough). I was able to pick these up Tuesday night at a local Target in advance of the Hobby Release, and as I'm sure many of you are aware--timing is huge with a product like this as far as return on investment goes! The product always comes out smoking hot for the first week and a half and tends to die down a bit as far as singles and relics go...collated lots and carefully crafted groups of cards tend to still sell well as collectors are looking to buy lots for set building of various inserts and parallels. Getting down to the nitty gritty and eventually back on track my point is there are things like minis parallels and RCs (ahem Kris Bryant) that start fast out of the gate, but tend to slow down a bit as the market fills up. So yes, after all that I bought mine on a Tuesday and was able to get a little value out of my purchase.

Here is what I pulled---with links to the completed Ebay listings for some of the items: