Collecting Tip Participate in sports card promotions, surveys and questionnaires to voice your opinions about the hobby - tip from www.cheapseatscards.com
Frequently Asked Question What are autograph/signature cards? Fans and collectors have long coveted getting their sports cards signed by the players depicted on the cards.
In 1990, The Upper Deck Company became the first company to officially get trading cards signed and inserted into packs of cards. This trend continues through to today with most card companies getting in on the act and offering trading cards signed by athletes in packs of cards.
Make sure that the card contains copy on the back that certifies that the card was, in fact, signed by the player on the card.
It's just another way that card companies are bringing collectors closer to their favorite players.
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Glossary Term Insert ratio - These numbers are associated with cards that are not commonly available within the packs of cards. The ratio indicates what the odds are of finding such a card within packs. This is generally communicated on the packaging of a product with a ratio after a specific name, such as “Top Hitters 1:24,” which would indicate that the subset or insert set called Top Hitters is short printed (vs. the rest of the set) and will fall at an approximate ratio of 1 in every 24 packs. Sometimes, just the total number of cards produced for a specific short printed card is announced, as these cards are generally sequentially numbered and no approximate ratios are available at that time.