Most of you know that I’m a fanatical collector. Well, six months ago I decided I would begin saving up money for a case of 2012 National Treasures. One day, after I had saved up (almost) enough for a single box ($500,) I decided I just couldn’t take the cumbersome collecting process anymore. I was…

 
Stay tuned to this post for more updates—we will be posting the weekly schedules as they become available. Click here to visit the official Panini auction site and click here to see what Panini had to say about this very special set. We will  be updating the list below with selling prices of all…

The collecting community needs YOUR help! Topps Art Director, Jeff Zachowski recently tweeted a mockup of Leon Sandcastle in the 2013 Inception Football set, per Chris Olds’ request. Football-card aficionados went nuts, tweeting and retweeting the epic design for all to see. Sure, having Leon Sandcastle featured in a set is something we’ve already seen,…

If you are on Twitter and you collect football cards, I recommend you begin following Jeff Zachowski immediately. He is the Art Director for Topps and the past few days he has been releasing drool-inducing preview pics of some of the hobby’s favorite products, like Inception and Chrome. I’ll leave you with the juicy images…

About ten minutes after the very first Super Bowl commercial aired, Busting Packs tweeted Leon Sandcastle’s first GU RC on Twitter. It was re-tweeted hundreds of times to tens of thousands of football fans, thanks in large part to @NFLRT who took my image and re-tweeted it themselves to their 30k followers.
I JUST GOT…

Last year’s draft was full of big name players…Andrew Luck, RGIII, and Trent Richardson, just to name a few. What it was missing, though, was excitement surrounding where those players would go. It was a given that Luck would go #1 to Indianapolis and that Robert Griffin III would go #2 to Washington. Most people…

Yesterday I posted an article featuring random tid-bits of information about some pretty high-end cards. As usual, a few folks commented on the Facebook page telling me what I already know: that those super expensive cards are out of most collectors’ price ranges. In response, I offer you the following list of incredible “Deals to…

Beginning today, BustingPacks will do a weekly “Did You Know” article featuring a list of interesting facts, auctions, and randomness from our hobby. Today’s list features a lot of high-end stuff from Luck and Morris, with a few other tidbits of info thrown in for fun. If you come up with any interesting facts, post…