Showing posts with label topps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label topps. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Fading Finest

Wonder if anyone has noticed this problem? For a few years now, I've noticed that the early Finest Basketball issues have developed a fading problem. When pulled from a pack they look fine (top), but after a few years, you pull it from your box of cards and it looks like the player is "glowing" from the inside-out (bottom). I'm also curious if grading them might prevent this (mostly because I have a couple that I would want to see fade)?

2009-2010 Card Releases

No Topps.
No Upper Deck.

Next season, the only NBA cards will come from Panini. Known more for those sticker collector books (that I now wish I never tried to complete) in the late 80's and early 90's, the Italian company looks like it's going to use next year's exclusive NBA license agreement to get their foot in the door of the United States trading card market. Some good news is that it's rumored to be working with the Donruss company. I wasn't excited about the news, but I like what Donruss had done lately, especially with their football and Americana releases. But what will the market be like with no competition in the basketball market?