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Jan 17, 2025 | 
cardlines.com | future Hall |John Bassey |Jesse Haynes
While it has evolved over the last few years, the product we’ll discuss today is undeniably high-end and will price out all but the deepest-pocketed collectors. Yes, 2024 Topps Transcendent Baseball is designed for only the highest-end of high-end product breakers. But what will collectors find inside 2024 Topps Transcendent Baseball? What is the release format? What are the hits? And are these pricy boxes worth a break?
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
cardlines.com | Shaiel Ben-Ephraim |John Bassey
There are significant price increases coming at CGC, although fortunately for card collectors, the most important changes are not for cards. Instead, the most extreme changes are for comics and magazines. That is likely because CGC faces stiffer competition in the card space, particularly from PSA. But things are not that simple. PSA has also announced that it will be entering the comic book space at some point in 2025. Are these price rises related?
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
cardlines.com | future Hall |Shaiel Ben-Ephraim |Craig Klinski |John Bassey
The baseball card collecting calendar has certain milestones. Many revolve around Topps Flagship design, which has an outsized influence on the hobby. That is because the design carries across so many products: Topps Flagship Series 1, 2, and Update, plus Chrome, Sapphire, Gilded, and other sets released throughout the year. Today, Topps announced one of those annual hobby milestones: the public release of the 2025 Topps design. But what exactly happened? What is the 2025 Topps design?
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
cardlines.com | future Hall |Jesse Haynes |John Bassey
As the memory of the baseball season shifts from our short-term to long-term memory and the holidays approach, a number of premium products tend to drop to wrap up the year and provide fodder to place under the tree. One of these products, the 2024 Bowman Chrome Sapphire Baseball, has a premium chromium finish to complement its trademark sparkle. But what will collectors find inside the 2024 Bowman Chrome Sapphire Baseball release? What is the release format? What are the hits?
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
cardlines.com | future Hall |John Bassey |Jesse Haynes |Shaiel Ben-Ephraim
For the last few years, Panini has been offering impeccable products in several sports, but now we have something new: Impeccable Baseball. But what will collectors find inside 2024 Panini Impeccable Baseball? What are the hits? What is the packaging format? And are these high-end cards worth the steep price tag? Shop for 2024 Panini Impeccable Baseball boxes on eBayThe scheduled release date for 2024 Panini Impeccable Baseball was November 13, 2024 (subject to change).
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
cardlines.com | Jesse Haynes |John Bassey |Shaiel Ben-Ephraim
Mosaic Football has been less prominent than its opti-chrome counterparts—Optic, Prizm, and Select—but this year may change that. Here’s our take on what makes the 2024 edition a unique offering for NFL fans and collectors… and why it’s probably the best investment in 2024 NFL cards thus far. Shop for boxes of 2024 Mosaic Football on eBayThe 2024 set is set to release on 11/27/24 and maintains the signature Mosaic style with an upgraded checklist of parallels and inserts.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
cardlines.com | Nicole Cahill |John Bassey |Jesse Haynes |Shaiel Ben-Ephraim
Bowman Draft is one of the best releases for baseball prospect collectors and investors, and the 2024 release will not disappoint. There are a bunch of great players in the 2024 Bowman Draft 1st Bowman checklist, including No. 1 pick Travis Bazzana. If you’re a frequent reader here at Cardlines, you know that baseball prospects are one of the hobby’s most volatile groups to invest in. The risk involved is so high because most of the prospects are teenagers with little to no professional experience.
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Nov 12, 2024 | cardlines.com | Nicole Cahill |John Bassey |Jesse Haynes |Shaiel Ben-Ephraim
Bowman Draft is one of the best releases for baseball prospect collectors and investors, and the 2024 release will not disappoint. There are a bunch of great players in the 2024 Bowman Draft 1st Bowman checklist, including No. 1 pick Travis Bazzana. If you’re a frequent reader here at Cardlines, you know that baseball prospects are one of the hobby’s most volatile groups to invest in. The risk involved is so high because most of the prospects are teenagers with little to no professional experience.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
cardlines.com | Shaiel Ben-Ephraim |John Bassey
Let’s get real here: Allen & Ginter is never the highlight of the baseball card release schedule. It is a fun release for collectors with a specific nostalgic design style and a smattering of oddity cards that don’t necessarily belong in a sports card release. But that’s fine. It’s one of the few corners of the hobby that still has some whimsy. But there are many problems with the 2024 Allen & Ginter Baseball release.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
cardlines.com | future Hall |John Bassey |Shaiel Ben-Ephraim
The sports card hobby has a long and storied history, with many of the iconic vintage cards of the past having a special place in the hobby. The modern hobby is far different than it was 100, 50, or even 30 years ago. The innovation in the hobby over the last few decades has moved at breakneck speed and has produced some collectibles that would have been unimagined in decades past.
