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Sharing Your Passion For Collecting With Your Friends
Growing up in the hobby and now doing it as my profession, I’ve noticed an interesting trend when it comes to collectors. The vast majority have two groups of friends, those who collect and those who don’t. I’ve always found it curious as to why it is that collectors will keep the hobby they love […]
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Can FIFA Make the Right Call for the Next World Cup?
Congratulations to South Africa for putting together a beautiful World Cup. The country is a gem, and it is easy to see why they call it the birthplace of life. Congratulations are also in order for Spain taking home their first World Cup title. They played a gritty final game, and in the end were […]
READ MOREOn Independence Day, Remember Those Serving in Harm’s Way
One of our country’s Founding Fathers, John Adams, believed that today, July 2nd, would be considered this nation’s Independence Day. Adams once wrote to his wife Abigail: “On July 2, 1776 the Association known as United Colonies of America officially became the United States of America.” Adams went on to write, “I am apt to […]
READ MOREU.S. Victory Equals Pure Elation
This morning I found myself jumping, screaming, shaking and hugging a bunch of dudes. Today I felt pure elation. Everyone has already heard about the absolutely terrible call against the United States Soccer Team in their World Cup game against Slovenia. The ref called off the game-winning goal of what would have been America’s greatest […]
READ MOREA Different Kind of Upset Letter
One of the things I actually miss from my days managing the Customer Service group for Upper Deck is the letters I used to receive. I would on occasion receive appreciative letters about something I had helped a customer with which was nice, but more often than not the letters were concerning a problem. What […]
READ MOREBogus Autographs Still a Problem in Sports Memorabilia Industry
Over the past year, Upper Deck has been one of the industry leaders with regard to social media in the sports marketing industry. Through YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, our very own sports Blog and even LinkedIn, we have found a really great way to reach out to our customers to provide information on current and upcoming […]
READ MOREBrag Photo: A Mammoth Mail Day at Upper Deck
The practice of incorporating fossils of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures started last year in 2008-09 NHL Champ’s Hockey, a vintage set that boasted the catch phrase, “Where the ICE meets the ICE AGE…” The cards looked great and were a big hit with collectors with many selling for hundreds of dollars in the secondary […]
READ MOREUpper Deck Soccer: Don’t Miss It!
Every four years the eyes of the world are turned to one single event. It’s an event where countries bring together their best men to battle for the title of champions of the world. For one month all countries are on a level playing field where economy, population, size and type of government don’t matter. […]
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