2014 Topps Supreme Football Box Break Recap and Review

Collectors should be familiar with Topps Supreme Football by now. This 1 pack - 4 card - 1 hit wonder provides a nice middle road for collectors looking to take a chance on pulling a big hit but wanting a price point that is closer to a hobby box of standard cards. 2014 Topps Supreme delivers this with good design but the trade off is sticker autos for veteran players, but the rookie class is on-card.

2014 Topps Supreme Football fits into our Premium Cards category.  This Hobby Exclusive comes with 1 pack per box, 4 cards per pack, with 1 autographed card. 

Here are the cards we pulled from our box.

1982 Topps Cal Ripken Jr Rookie Card is our Throw Back Thursday Vintage TBT Card for March 12, 2015

It’s time for another installment of Throw Back Thursday Vintage TBT Cards. The player on our card for today, March 12, 2015, is Cal Ripken Jr.

This is his Topps rookie card. I pulled this from packs back in 1982  Herd to believe that was over 30 years ago. Let’s take a look at this card.

Zen Cards of the Day for March 10

Here are the Zen Cards of the Day. Let this theme take you to another place. Relax your ‘Monkey Mind” with these anchor words. Repeat over and over again.

2015 Topps Heritage Baseball Action Image Photo Variation Complete Visual Checklist

2015 Topps Heritage Baseball Action Image Variation cards are easy to spot but only if you’ve seen the base version of that card. It helps to find the code on the back of the card. This year that code ends with 262 unlike the base cards which end with 253.

But rather than just hunting for tiny codes on the back, we’ve made it simple for you to spot these cards by making a complete visual checklist of these Action Image Photo Variations.

As an example for comparison, above you will find the base card and Action Image Photo variation for card #1, Buster Posey. Below you will find all the Action Image Photo Variations alone, without base cards. If you think you have an SP Action Image Variation but you don’t it find here, it’s just a nice looking base card.

And we've made it even easier to get any of these cards, without having to hunt through packs. Click on any of the player's names below and that will take you to all available versions of that card currently listed on eBay. Many of them are Buy It Now options so you could have that card delivered to your door.

Here is our 2015 Topps Heritage Baseball Action Image Variation Complete Visual Checklist.

2015 Topps Heritage Baseball Cards Complete Checklist

Here is our 2015 Topps Heritage Baseball Cards Complete Checklist. We have designed this for your ease of use and ability to find exactly the information you need without having to go through the entire list is your don’t want.  That also makes it very mobile device friendly. It was made to help you look up what ever you need on your phone everywhere you go.

How to spot 2015 Topps Heritage Baseball Error Cards

With 2015 Topps Heritage Baseball releasing next week, collectors will be opening packs trying to find the error cards that mimic and parallel the errors made in the 1966 Topps Baseball release. Because these new Heritage error cards are unannounced, the hardest part, most of the time, is spotting them.

I was the first to spot one of these cards back in 2011. I did a post about it called Mysterious ARod 2011 Topps Heritage Card Surfaces on eBay. At the time the card was on its way to being sold for a little more than $10. That auction ended early. When it was understood to be an error mimic card it sold for more than $300.

So rather than wait until after the release of 2015 Topps Heritage Baseball, we have decided to provide for you a guide with a checklist of cards that could contain errors.  We've divided them into four categories, Hight Alert for cards that are almost guaranteed to have error variations, Possible Errors for cards that look like good candidates for error SSP cards, Longshots for cards that have an outside chance of being included as an SP and Conditional Longshots for cards that could have an error variation but depend on certain elements being present.

All of this is based on what we know about the original error cards from 1966, what we know about the 2015 Topps Heritage Checklist and how previous releases of Heritage have handled errors. Until these cards are discovered and confirmed, check these card numbers very carefully.

1966 Topps Baseball Error Cards Visual Checklist

It’s Free Dress Friday here on All About Cards. That means anything goes. So put on your casual clothes and let’s look at the lighter side of Trading Cards.

In the past two weeks when we introduced you to “Actual” Error Cards. Not player cards that contain errors but cards that contain player’s errors. We received some great feedback on that post, but it might be time to look at some real error cards. Yes, the ones that contain card errors.  

With 2015 Topps Heritage Baseball releasing next week, collectors will be looking at cards in the style of 1966 Topps Baseball. One really fun aspect of Heritage from year to year is discovering the unannounced error cards. These cards are SSPs and mimic the error cards from the year Heritage is honoring. Because these cards are unannounced, collectors slowly find these cards as packs are opened. 

The hardest part, most of the time, is spotting them. Many people race to get their cards up on eBay to try to take advantage of higher sales prices for being first to market. With Heritage this can be a costly error as some cards sell for the price of their normal base card counterparts.

I was the first to spot one of these cards back in 2011. I did a post about it called Mysterious ARod 2011 Topps Heritage Card Surfaces on eBay. At the time the card was on its way to being sold for a little more than $10. That auction was eventually ended early. When it was understood to be an error mimic card it sold for more than $300.

So for Free Dress Friday we will focus on the original errors from 1966. Later today I’ll give you my predictions for which cards will be error cards in 2015 Topps Heritage Baseball. (I got over 80% of them last time.) All of this will be followed up with a Complete Checklist for 2015 Topps Heritage Baseball this weekend and Complete Visual Checklists for the Throwback Uniform, Action Image, Color Swap and Error Mimic variations shortly after next week’s release.

Now let’s look at the original errors from 1966 Topps Baseball.

2015 Topps Series 1 Photo Variation Complete Visual Checklist

2015 Topps Series One Baseball Photo Variation cards are easier to spot than Sparkle Variations but only if you’ve seen the base version. Like Sparkles, it helps to find the code on the back of the card. This year that code ends with 901. In previous years it wasn’t tough to recognize a photo variation because they usually had a theme like pie in the face or foul ball. This year spotting a card takes a little more effort because there are a variety of themes including celebration, farewell, gatorade, pitchers that hit and bubble gum to name a few.

We did a complete visual checklist for 2015 Series 1 Baseball Sparkles yesterday. Today we give you this complete visual checklist for the 25 different Series One Photo Variations.

We will show you the base card and Photo variation for card #1, Derek Jeter, just as a comparison, but after that all you will see are Photo Variations. If you think you have an SP Photo Variation but you don’t it find here, it’s just a nice looking base card.

Here is our 2015 Topps Series 1 Photo Variation Complete Visual Checklist

Ted Kluszewski is on our Throw Back Thursday Vintage TBT Card for February 26, 2015

It’s time for another installment of Throw Back Thursday Vintage TBT Cards. The player on our card for today,  February 26, 2015, is Ted Kluszewski.

This is not his rookie card. You have to go back to 1949 Leaf for that. But this card was around well before my time so it works for me. This is as far as I can throwback Kluszewski from my PC.

2015 Topps Series 1 Sparkle Variation Complete Visual Checklist

For Topps Series One Baseball cards since the inclusion of Sparkle Variations in 2011, collectors have had a hard time spotting these sparkles? We admit, they are tough to recognize and at first we didn’t spot a card we pulled from a hobby pack this year’s 2015 Topps Series 1 Baseball. So how can you tell if you have a true sparkle? The only thing that helped us find it was to check the code on the back of the Sparkle card. This year that code ends with 903.

Upon further inspection we also noticed that 21 out of the 50 Sparkle SP variations include a shift in sides of the Topps logo, which we detailed in an earlier post.  We have done complete visual checklists in the past, showing you the key places to look on the card to find the Sparkles. 

We’ve decide to do another Complete Visual checklist for 2015 Series 1 Baseball Sparkles as they seem to be a bit smaller, perhaps tiny compared to other years, and seem harder to spot. We will also be doing one for the 25 Photo Variations later this week.

An asterisk has been put at the end of the player name on the checklist if that card is one of the 21 that have a Topps logo that shifts. This checklist is complete so if you think  you see a Sparkle on a card that you don’t find here, it’s just a natural light photographic reflection and not an actual sparkle.

Here is our 2015 Topps Series 1 Sparkle Variation Complete Visual Checklist

2015 Topps Series One Baseball Sparkle Cards and The Curious Case of the Shifting Logos

Earlier today we asked you to play a childhood game of “one of these things” with four 2015 Topps Series 1 Baseball Trading Cards. We showed you these Ryan Braun cards and asked you “which one is different.”

We had full faith in you collectors and you did not disappoint. The vast majority of you nailed it, that the card on the lower left is different. But the interesting part of this exercise was what you told us makes the card different.  Allow me to explain.

The Importance of Photo Selection and Cropping in Baseball Cards

It’s Free Dress Friday here on All About Cards. That means anything goes. So put on your casual clothes and let’s look at the lighter side of Trading Cards.

Last week when we introduced you to “Actual” Error Cards. Not player cards that contain errors but cards that contain player’s errors. 

We received some great feedback on that post. Someone “in the know” who has ties to one of the trading card companies liked the idea but thought the league would never go for it. I found that funny because that was my exact thought as I was creating those cards. Then I found this card.

Maris, Mantle, Killebrew and Gentile are on our Throw Back Thursday Vintage TBT Card for February 19, 2015

Floating heads. When you hear that, what’s the first thing that comes to mind, besides certain movies. If you thought of '60s Baseball cards you are ready for our Throw Back Thursday Vintage TBT Card.

Wallet Card Wednesday the Adventures of Wallet Card at Dodger FanFest

Some of you may remember we are participating in a year long challenge/game called Wallet Card. We adjusted the rules to give it some more meaning and we've instituted an official day to catch up which we call Wallet Card Wednesday. For this installment we are doing a bit of a throw back.

The Zen Cards of the Day for February 17 Provide Peace In A Hair Raising Experience

Here are the Zen Cards of the Day. Let this theme take you to another place. Use these anchor words to find serenity now. Repeat over and over again.

1952 Topps Look ’N See Trading Cards are the focus of Mint Monday

It's Monday, normally a day to return to the grind. But for many of you, today is a day off because of Presidents’ Day, which makes this the perfect start to the week. It’s also the perfect time to look for perfect cards. It's what we call Mint Monday.

Topps Star Wars Masterwork Checklist Trading Cards

Here is the entire checklist with all the info you will need on the contents of a box of 2014 - 2015 Topps Star Wars Masterwork Trading Cards.

Star Wars Masterwork is the most premium Star Wars trading card set ever created. Collectors will find on-card autographs from 40 of the actors to appear in the Star Wars movies including Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, James Earl Jones, Billy Dee Williams and the actors behind the the characters of C-3PO (Anthony Daniels), R2-D2 (Kenny Baker), and Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) just to name a few. There are also authentic pieces of the bunker from Return of the Jedi embedded in cards, original one of a kind artist's sketch cards and a 105 card base and insert card set printed on heavyweight premium card stock.

Star Wars Masterwork and Topps Series One Baseball Cards In Our Saturday Sales Recap

It’s the first day of the weekend so it’s time for our Saturday Sales Recap. We’ve been tracking eBay sales for the past week, a really good indicator of true street value prices. As 2015 Topps Series One Baseball cards sales are moving briskly on everything thing from sets to singles, prices have leveled off.

What has hit like an explosion is the release of 2015 Topps Star Wars Masterwork cards. Configured much like Topps Museum, these high end cards arrived in master boxes with for mini boxes, but what was inside has sent card collectors and Star Wars fans abuzz.

Let’s take a look at some of the best sellers for Star Wars Masterworks and 2015 Topps Series One Baseball.

Actual Error Cards From The Past To 2015 Topps Series One Baseball

It’s Free Dress Friday here on All About Cards. That means anything goes, like last week when we introduced you to Puppy Bowl Trading Cards. So put on your casual clothes and let’s look at the lighter side of Sports Cards.

Collectors love to chase rare cards. Nowadays that can be low numbered serial cards, short printed cards or a host of other cardboard oddities. But the one rarity that collectors have chased that has withstood the test of time is the error card. This is when the manufacturer misses something and that mistake finds it’s way into packs. Sometimes these errors are eventually corrected. Sometimes they are just accepted and left that way.

Here are some examples.

Throw Back Thursday Vintage TBT Card for February 12, 2015 Is Stan Musial

Here is our Throw Back Thursday Vintage TBT Card for February 5, 2015, Stan Musial.

Not his rookie card. You have to go back to 1948 Bowman for that. But this card was around well before my time so it works for me. This is as far as I can throwback Musial from my PC.