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The “Ripken” card turns 20

Tim Getsch — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:57:03 +0000

I can’t believe it has been 20 years. Here is a great article about this card from CNBC.

We are currently sold out of the origin card.

Here are a couple of the variations.

If you have either of the other variations or the original card, you should send them in. We can’t keep them in stock.

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Eggnog for the holidays

Tim Getsch — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:02:14 +0000

What do you think this signature says?

Posted in baseball cards, funny

A sign of success

Tim Getsch — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:31:54 +0000

One of the “selfish” reasons why I built this website was so that I could collect Orel Hershiser cards more easily.

Yesterday I acquired this Hershiser card.

As the site continues to grow, I hope more collectors out there can find gems of their favorite players, just like I found here. It doesn’t get much better than a 1/1 signed jersey card of your favorite player.

This one is getting framed and going on the wall in my office.

Posted in baseball cards, personal life

Hey look it’s Ben Affleck and Robin Williams

Tim Getsch — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:38:33 +0000

OK, you kind of have to squint and look from a distance, but Mark noticed that Al Schroll and Don Cardwell bare a striking resemblance to Ben Affleck and Robin Williams in their 1962 Topps cards.

15 cards, 7 sellers, only $5 shipping!

Tim Getsch — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:23:18 +0000

Today Leif from Louisiana placed a record setting order for us. He purchased from 7 different sellers across 4 different states. Because we house all of the cards for sale on our site, we were able to only charge $5 in shipping for the 15 cards ordered.

Try to order 2-3 cards from 7 different sellers on any other website and see how close you can get to $5 shipping. This is just one of the ways we are changing the game and making a more efficient, safer, and easier place to buy and sell sports cards.

Below are examples of a few cards that recently arrived from all across the US and were sold to a man in Louisiana.

bfarbman was the original owner of this 1958 Topps Stan Musial which arrived from Pennsylvania a little over a week ago. It has a book value of $50, and it sold for $45.

wildpionther10 was the original owner of this 1998 Topps Clemente reprint which arrived from Ohio on Friday. wildpionther10 set his asking price on Saturday, and the card sold on Sunday. This card has a book value of $8, and it sold for $5.

DavesCards was the original owner of this 1991 Topps Archives Ted Williams which arrived from Everett, WA on Wednesday. DavesCards is a new member of our top 10 sellers featured on our home page. He set his asking asking price on Saturday, and the card sold on Sunday. It has a book value of $10, and it sold for $7.50.

Making waves at the NSCC with my little brother!

juliagetsch — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:30:59 +0000

At the National Sports Collectors Convention we picked up some cards that are sure to be collector’s items.

Thanks to Upper Deck, we were able to obtain the following:

It’s the CHECKOUTMYCARDS.com team!

In case you’re wondering, John Neumann is my little brother who joined our team for the week. I flew from Seattle to Minneapolis where Johnny lives, picked him up, and together we made the drive to Cleveland! His help was invaluable. If he lived closer we would recruit him!

In fact, while at the convention, he was recruited for and quoted in a Beckett article!

“I just want to collect cards,” said John Neumann. “I don’t care what sport or who the player is. I just want to add relevant cards to my collection, even if the cards are of Barry Bonds.”

As a buyer/seller on our site, you’ll be seeing more of Johnny!

Check out Johnny’s cards for sale

Julia

And you think the iPhone is cool…

Tim Getsch — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:46:27 +0000

15 years ago, this was cool! People used to hold a brick to their face and talk into it.

Photo courtesy of CheckOutMyCards.com

More relevant than eBay, craigslist, and Beckett

Tim Getsch — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:04:48 +0000

I started writing this post thinking that we had reached a milestone by having people use our scans on ebay.

eBay Item number: 120150396189 Cal Ripken – Fleer 1988 Card #570

However, the real milestone is that google has started ranking pages on our site as more relavant than similar matches on eBay, craigslist, and Beckett.com. I think that is pretty good company!

If you take the description of the eBay auction mentioned above, “Cal Ripken – Fleer 1988 Card #570″, and search google for it, you will find that the #1 & #2 hits are now our site. #3 & #4 are eBay, #6 is craigslist, and #9 is Beckett.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Cal+Ripken+-+Fleer+1988+Card+%23570&btnG=Google+Search

This auction happens to be starting at $2.00 for a card you can buy from our site for $0.50.
http://www.checkoutmycards.com/cards/Baseball/1988/Fleer/570/Cal_Ripken

Picked up by SportsCollectorsDaily.com

Tim Getsch — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:53:03 +0000

Wow, the folks over at SportsCollectorsDaily.com really stay on top of the industry. Within 48 hours of our article in the seattlest.com, they had pinged us and posted a nice summary of the article.

Start-Up Sports Card Site Op Knows Tech Side

Portland Card Show This Weekend!

juliagetsch — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:13:10 +0000

Hey, Everyone!

On Friday we are going live with new features that will enable you (the public) to sell your cards on our site!

All day Saturday and Sunday we are going to be at the card show at the Jantzen Beach Super Center Shopping Mall in Portland, OR.

All you Portland people, come see us!

We look forward to meeting you!

The CheckOutMyCards.com Staff