Are you interested in acquiring some serious vintage football trading cards? Ok, how about some 1948 Bowmans? Those are some serious vintage football cards of the NFL! I recently saw a card I would have liked to have. It was a 1948 Bowman of Steve Van Buren of the Philadelphia Eagles! Yeah, THE Steve Van Buren! It was black and white, and featured Steve with a football tucked under his arm. He was wearing his number 15 jersey. This was the good part. It was in near-mint to mint condition, and looked awesome! This was the bad part (for me anyway), this valuable football card sells for just under $1800.

Oh well, it’s probably worth it. So, if you come across this rare football card for less than $1500 in near mint condition, snatch it up, because you are getting one heck of a deal. Ok, what about a 1948 Leaf? That’s vintage football cards for you! What about the 1948 Leaf card #63, Roy ‘rebel’ Steiner? I saw one once. It featured Roy Steiner of the Green Bay Packers in his number 23 Jersey. Roy’s face was black and white but his jersey was red and his backround was yellow! This card was rated an excellent card (5) and was going for just under $100.

Vintage Football cards are definitely fun to collect! For one, they have some of the greatest players from eras of football we love. For another, they are some of the most classic cards you can get a hold of. You are definitely not wasting your money on rare, classic cards such as these.

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Among the new Upper Deck First Edition Football card series of 2008, there are several rookie cards. Remember, the rookie cards of today are tomorrow’s most valuable trading cards! So, remember to get ahold of all these valuable NFL rookie cards BEFORE they cost $70, $80, or even $100! I mean, a complete set of 2008 football rookie cards could be worth a LOT 20, 30, or even 40 years from now. I mean, you could be looking at a nice investment if you watch your options and play your “cards” right!

It is hard to believe, but did you know NFL rookie cards usually end up being a players most valuable cards? More often than not, the rookie card of a player will be worth more than any other card of that football player, especially if the card is in mint condition.

For this reason, it is a VERY good idea to protect your investment with card protectors, and make sure to keep your rookie cards in a safe place. It is also a good idea to acquire all of the rookie cards you can of current players, so that years down the road you will have them when they are actually worth a lot of money! I mean, better to acquire them now, right? It is cheaper! Yes, there is a lot of work to do when you have a lot of cards, you have to store them and maintain them. But, you will do this with the rest of your cards anyway!

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Have you bought any of the 2008 First edition Upper Deck football cards yet? You know, the ones that come in what I think is a 12 card package for like $1? I have seen some of these cards, and I must admit that I thought they look rather good. The cards mostly feature very nice, full color action shots of the players. The bottom on the cards is like a grey and white color, and in this grey and white space is where you find the players name, position, and team.  Of course, the right side of the card has white lettering vertically along the edge that says “First Edition”. And, they have the Upper Deck Trademark symbol in the tip left corner.

Turn the cards over, and you will find a very simple layout. It includes a grey and white backround and usually a color picture of the player. Along the top of the card is the players name, height, weight, birth date, and birthplace.  In the top left corner is the card number for this particular series.  There is also a symbol of the Major League Team they play for. Read down the card, and you will find the statistics for pretty much the players entire career. There is also a small written excerpt, kind of like a “bonus facts” section, written about the featured player.

Overall, I think they have done a good job on the First Edition series for 2008. They look clean, nice, and uncluttered to me. Good job Upper Deck!

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Are you starting a football card collection? Are you lost as to how to go about getting the best and most enviable collection? Well, you have come to the right place, just read on as I am going to give you tips on how to get a good collection of football cards from old and vintage to new and modern.

The first step towards collecting cards is to buy a price guide that will tell you the guide price of each card. Price of a card is determined by aspects like desirability of player, condition of the card, its availability or scarcity, and its professional grading. Of course, the final price factor is what you determine the value of any given card to be. A price guide is just a guide to help you understand the factors for any given football card.

Desirability of a player is determined by his career statistics and, in a game like football, quarterbacks are the preferred cards among most collectors, with players like Peyton Manning, Donovan McNabb ruling the roost for current players. Pity the offensive linesmen whose sports cards languish behind most others.

This information needs to be strengthened with some research on the trends of each football card by asking people and monitoring value trends of cards. This would help you get a valuable collection of cards and not be saddled with worthless cards. Before buying cards, it is important to have adequate card storage equipment like albums, storage boxes, or individual holders in plastic or display cases. This will help you keep your valuable cards safely and also let you access them easily.

Starting a football card collection can be done by buying a beginners pack available at all hobby stores or on Ebay. Buying low priced cards or cards of college football players is advisable for beginnersas it does not put a hole in your pocket. Finally, a subscription to any card collectors magazine would go a long way in assisting you in your hobby, by informing you about the latest trends and must have cards list.

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Are you an avid football card collector? Do you despair not being able to get the card you need to complete your collection? Today, buying and selling player cards has become very easy and can be accomplished very easily from within the four walls of your home. Using your personal computer, you can find football cards being sold and auctioned on the Internet, with card prices and values for all to see. Now, the most important question is, what exactly are the Internet resources and how do you find them?

You can choose to buy from either the sports card manufacturers themselves, online retail stores by small and large card dealers, or online auction sites. They all sell cards. Leading football card manufacturers like Topps, Upper Deck, Playoff etc have their own company websites that both promote as well as sell football collectibles like player cards. Prices are listed right on the websites so you know the value of each player card or football sets. Use the checklists right on the site to find what you need.

Apart from visiting the websites of the sports card manufacturers, football card collectors can buy from various dealers who have retail stores, like House of Cards, DCS Sports Cards, Football Card Shop, etc. These are online outlets that sell the best variety of football cards.

Auctioning of Football cards is another way of trading player cards. Online auction sites like Ebay and uBid are the leading card auction sites. While Ebay is a place where you can get individual cards from football card dealers or directly from collectors, uBid auctions cards directly from the large dealer retailers. If you are looking for a set of cards on auction, then uBid could be your best bet.

Lastly, price guides like Tuffstuff or Beckett along with offering comparative price lists,  also sell complete sets of player cards, manufactured by the leading companies. This could be a good resource where you can both compare prices as well as buy cards

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This past Sunday, Donald D. Peck, the retired President of Fleer pass away.

At the helm of Fleer, Mr. Peck challenged Topps and their monopoly on the sports card industry. The challenge went all the way to the Supreme Court in 1982 where Fleer was rejected in their challenge to publish baseball card packs. However, he found a way around the ruling and Fleer flourished providing sports cards to fan collections.

More information about the life of Donald D. Peck.

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Are you starting a football card collection? Are you lost as to how to go about getting the best and most enviable collection of sports cards? Well, you have come to the right place, just read on as I am going to give you tips on how to get a good collection of football cards.

The first step towards collecting football cards is to buy a price guide. Although prices are usually inflacted, that will tell you what cards are out there and the general range of prices. Price of a card is determined by aspects like desirability of player, condition of the card, its availability or scarcity, and its grade or condition.

Desirability of a player is determined by his career, statistics, and, in a game like football, his impact to his team and the game. Quarterbacks are the preferred cards among collectors, with players like Brett Favre and Donovan McNabb ruling the roost. However, other players, like receiver Jerry Rice are popular given his offensive style and stats.

This information needs to be strengthened with some research on the trends of each football card by asking people and monitoring value trends of cards. This would help you get a valuable collection of cards and not be saddled with worthless cards. Before buying cards, it is important to have adequate card storage equipment like albums, storage boxes, or individual holders in plastic or display cases. This will help you keep your valuable cards safely and also let you access them easily.

Starting a football card collection can be done by buying beginners packs available at all sports card stores. Buying low priced cards or cards of college football players is advisable as it does not put a hole in your pocket and can give you the required experience if you plan to start professional football card collection in the near future. Finally, use the Internet. There is a wealth of information that would go a long way in assisting you in your hobby, by informing and keeping you updated on the latest trends and must have football card collection lists.

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Once you have entered in the football player name and, optionally, the year of the football card you are searching for, FootballCardChase.com will provide search results for you. Some of the results will have prices and values, others will just display the vintage football card you are looking for.

The left column of the search results page is a list of football card dealers and sports card retailers. The right side of the page is where the search results are displayed.

To see results of old football cards from any particular dealer or retailer, simply click on the name. The football player search that you requested will be retrieved from the dealer’s website. If there are not matching player cards, click on the next dealer. If there is a match, the football card will be shown in the right column. Usually a sports card price or value will be displayed, but not always.

If you find a player card you are interested in, just click on it. You will be taken to the dealer site to purchase the football card or make an inquiry for more information.

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With the launch of FootballCardChase.com, finding vintage football cards is as easy as typing into a search engine. FootballCardChase is a search engine for sports player cards, from the old to the new.

Using the FootballCardChase.com search engine is simple. The first step to finding that rare or modern football card is to know the name of the football player you are searching for. Once you know the name, just type it into the first field, the player field, on FootballCardChase. The sports card search engine accepts first names, last names or the combined first and last name of the football player.

Entering the year of the football player card is optional. To look for a player card from a specific year, just type in the four numbers of the year, such as 1984 or 1969. Do not type in two digits for the year as they will not work. Remember, the year of the football card is optional.

That’s all the information you need to conduct a search for any football card, whether it is rare, vintage, old or new. Just click the search button to see results of football cards from all over the Internet.

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The initial launch of FootballCardChase.com is about to end as we finish our Beta phase. Values and prices are displaying for player card searches. Football Card dealers and online sports card retailers are now being showing up in the search results.

We have successfully tested searching for football cards from the past 50 years or more. And, modern cards are showing up nicely with most coming from Ebay.

As we close our beta, we still have a few outstanding items to fix. However, those are administrative in nature and do not impact your ability to search for football player cards.

Articles have been tested as well. We will begin blog posts and update that center around football card collecting shortly

We are always looking for your suggestions and advise about how to improve the search for football cards online. Please use the contact page to send us your thoughts. Thanks for visiting footballcardchase.com.

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