Douglas Cox
Which Pittsburgh Kid will be Named Upper Deck’s 2012 NHL Draft Runner?
Nothing gives staff here at Upper Deck more of a thrill than to engage younger collectors and help make trading cards come to life for them by providing them with an experience like no other. That is the case we have with Upper Deck’s 2012 NHL Draft Runner promotion where once again Upper Deck helps […]
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Brag Photo: Upper Deck’s College Mascot Patch Card Complete Set
The new College Mascot patch cards found in 2012 Upper Deck Football have been white hot in the secondary market and more than a few collectors have made the decision to put this set together. We put together a set and grabbed the guys who built the product to talk about what components made it […]
READ MOREWinnipeg Jets Fans Love Superstars Sports Collectibles
I’ve known Al Franklin, the owner of Superstars Sports Collectibles, for quite awhile now and he is one of the best store owners I have ever met. I feel this way primarily because he works very hard to provide his customers with a store that is very well maintained and an experience they will not […]
READ MORESpecial Agent Phil Coulson’s Vintage Captain America Trading Cards
I recently saw Marvel’s The Avengers and the acclaim it is getting is well deserved in my opinion. It was great watching The Avengers “assemble” and without a doubt one of the main reasons they did so was because of Special Agent Phil Coulson’s vintage Captain America trading cards. That’s right, had it not been […]
READ MORESend Your Birthday Wishes to Jeff Skinner and Score!
Today is Jeff Skinner’s birthday and we have enjoyed a great relationship with him thus far in his young career. Whether it was working with him at the NHL All-Star Game in North Carolina or helping him learn how to handle the dreaded man-crush fan, we have really had a lot of fun with the […]
READ MORELeBron James is Proving to Be a MVP On and Off the Court
After LeBron James made “The Decision,” most basketball fans immediately resented him. Maybe that is putting it mildly. The LeBron haters swiftly came out of the woodwork and have been pumping a steady stream of angry rants against the NBA star since he moved south to play in Miami. It didn’t help when the Cleveland […]
READ MOREDo Moms Collect Upper Deck Trading Cards? You Better Believe It!
With Mother’s Day coming up this weekend we asked our Facebook fans if there were any mothers out there who like collecting Upper Deck cards and we were surprised to receive so many responses. Having a mom that collects has got to be a dream come true for their kids and such is the case […]
READ MOREDo Wrestlers Deserve a Place in Multi-Sport Trading Card Sets?
I grew up as a closet wrestling fan spending my Saturday mornings watching Hulk Hogan, Sgt. Slaughter, Nikolai Volkoff, the Iron Shiek, George “The Animal” Steele, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper and so many others squaring off in the ring. For me back then, it seemed like the fate of the world hung in […]
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