I should preface this piece by sharing that I am not a financial planner. I know this because I just went online to check my 401(k) and almost had a category 7 panic attack after seeing what has happened to my retirement; especially over the last week. And what am I throwing my money at […]

If you missed the 2011 National Sports Collectors Convention, you definitely missed out. Last week we highlighted some of the great things Upper Deck had on display at our corporate booth and we also showed a lot of the Michael Jordan autograph content that we were making available to collectors in attendance. We couldn’t show […]

A recent story told how after Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Mickey Mantle; Michael Jordan is the most frequently forged autograph in the sports collectibles industry. We have shared before the perils of trying to get a signature of MJ in person at an event, it can be really tough. For close to two decades, […]

A few weeks ago Upper Deck announced plans for the 2011 National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago. For fans in attendance, today felt a lot like Christmas as many had been chomping at the bit to finally take part in the various promotions taking place this week at the UD booth. For those who stopped […]

There’s nothing Michael Jordan loves more than a challenge. Nothing that gets his competitive juices firing on all cylinders like someone saying he can’t do something. He became one of the greatest basketball players of all-time by repeatedly proving people wrong, especially those who bet against him. Today Michael Jordan is still proving naysayers wrong […]

It’s no secret that I thoroughly enjoy attending the National Sports Collectors Convention. And this year Upper Deck is pulling out all the stops to make it an extremely memorable event for our fans in attendance at the Donald E. Stevens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois from August 3-7, 2011. Upper Deck will have plenty […]

When you are a legendary basketball player, you have a lot of demands for your time. Upper Deck’s Athlete Relations Team has been working to secure a signing session with Dr. J for a little while now to get some outstanding autograph cards completed so we could send them to fans waiting on them. The […]