Poopy Pants
Bench Warmer
If you are a collector, you might have heard of the book "Card Sharks." It focused on the shady business practices of Upper Deck, including printing additional copies to cash in on the popularity of some sets. For example, in the early 90's, Upper Deck came out with a french version of Upper Deck Hockey. It didn't sell very well, so the following year they produced just 620 cases of the french cards in comparison to 162 thousand cases of the american cards. The print run made cases of the french cards climb to $10k on the secondary market, so Upper Deck printed an additional 930 cases and have associates sell them for profit. They pocketed millions by doing this, and the prices of the original cards dropped dramatically.
Anyways, the author of Card Sharks recommended this book, which is supposed to be an updated (written in 2007) version of it focusing on redemptions, fakes, auctions, and PSA. I'll give a full review of it once I finish it.
Anyways, the author of Card Sharks recommended this book, which is supposed to be an updated (written in 2007) version of it focusing on redemptions, fakes, auctions, and PSA. I'll give a full review of it once I finish it.