Previously Unknown 1998 Pinnacle Certified Cards Emerge
Some previously unknown 1990s insert cards are uncovered through a former employee of Pinnacle, the trading card company that created them.
View ArticlePanini Granted Hockey Card License
Panini will join Upper Deck as official trading card licensees of the NHL and NHLPA.
View ArticleRich’s Ramblings: Of Old Willow Grove Days
Rich Klein catches up with an old friend who remembers a couple of the hobby's wheeler-dealers who used to frequent the Philly show floor--and more.
View ArticleRamblings: Pinnacle Purchase Recalls Company’s Quick Exit
Rich Klein's purchase of some 20-year-old boxes has him thinking about a turbulent time in the hobby, when Pinnacle Brands went big--and then went home.
View ArticlePanini Brings Pinnacle Brand to Basketball
2013-14 Pinnacle Basketball will mix some retro subsets with the content modern box breakers expect when it arrives in about a month.
View ArticleRamblings: Recalling Pinnacle’s Efforts to Try Something Different
Unusual pack configuration in a new product has Rich Klein recalling the 1990's, when Pinnacle Brands was trying to earn space on crowded store shelves.
View ArticleNotes: Durant Nets Debut Jersey Auction; Murray Gets Beckett Title; Sooz...
Bidding is underway for Kevin Durant's Brooklyn debut jersey; Jeromy Murray is named President of Beckett Collectibles; "Sooz" is joining Goldin Auctions; a pair of TV stories on the hobby; a big boom...
View ArticlePassing of Les Woodcock Recalls One of Hobby’s Most Prolific Baseball Card...
They didn't come with a byline, but probably should have. Remembering former Sports Illustrated correspondent Les Woodcock, who wrote the copy that appeared on thousands of sports cards in the 1980s...
View ArticleDonruss Football Made It’s Debut 25 Years Ago
After a corporate acquisition, the first standard Donruss Football product arrived in 1996. Here's a look back at a simple but star-studded release that also offered a small roster of inserts including...
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