The following is news and stories that Ive seen posted or twittered from the National. More to come….

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Leaf is back check out www.Leaftradingcards.com

ITG is in the Baseball game – Sports Collectors Daily Full Story

Dave and Adams are offering $80 cash for the Topps Strasburg give away card.

The people of Beckett are headed to Indianapolis. Beckett Grading will have representatives in Indianapolis, August 5-8 as Indianapolis host the annual Gen Con Show at the Indiana Convention Center.  Gen Con is the original, longest running gaming convention in the world.  Beckett Grading, along with the Beckett Specialty Publications team, will be at the show all weekend taking submissions for Beckett Grading(No onsite grading) , answer questions about all of their  services, and selling Beckett products.  For more info on dates and times of the show, check out the Gen Con website.

2010 Topps Allen & Ginter Blaster Box Break

$19.99 – 8 Packs – 6 Crads per pack

Pack 1

CC Sabathia – Day in History

Pack 2

Gordon Beckham

Francisco Vasquez De Coronado (MINI)

Hamilton – Day in History

Pack 3

Broxton & Granderson – Day in History

Pack 4

worlds Biggest skyscraper (MINI)

Pack 5

Matt LaPorta (MINI A&G Back)

Pack 6

Peavy & Bruce – Day in History

Condor (MINI)

Pack 7

Ian Stewart (MINI Black)

Pack 8

Damon and Tulowitzki  (Baseball Sketches)

Jason Kubel (MINI A&G Back)

Spinosaurus (MINI)

The following was posted by brechty on the Blowout Cards Message Board. If you see this card please report it.

2009 Bowman Sterling Tommy Hanson Gold Auto #35/50 BGS 9.5 AUTO 10

This card was skillfully stolen out of my checked luggage. I didn’t want to lose it so I hid it in a closed envelope inside the pocket of one of my folded pair of jeans at the bottom of my suitcase. When I got home last night, it was no where to be found. My luggage was checked at the International Airport in Charlotte, NC yesterday morning (Fri 23JUL10). Anyone have a clue if American Airlines will do anything about it? If you happen to see this card anywhere let me know, its currently the only one that is graded BGS.

For a card that is rumored to be #99 or lower, how does 29 (at the time of writing this) 2010 Topps Tribute Relic Auto Redemption cards of Stephen Strasburg all show up on ebay?  It seems that these cards would be harder to pull than what we were all chasing with Allen & Ginter. Stay tune, something is going on here….

2010 Topps allen & Ginter Box Break

24 packs – 8 Cards per pack

N43 – BJ Upton

Pack 1

Jay Bruce Game Used

Pack 2

Gordon Beckham A&G Mini

Johnny Damon AGHS6

Pack 3

Nada

Pack 4

John Milton Mini World Wordsmiths

Pack 5

Nada

Pack 6

Nada

Pack 7

Wisent Poland Mini

Pack 8

Mahlon Duckett A&G Back Mini

Pack 9

Tyler Colvin RC

Mat Latos Game Used

Pack 10

Juan Ponce De Leon Mini

Pack 11

Nada

Pack 12

Adam Jones Bat Card

Pack 13

Summer Sanders A&G Back Mini

Pack 14

Buster Posey RC

Pack 15

Monsters of the Mesozoic Oviraptor

Pack 16

Monsters of the Mesozoic Protoceratops

Carl Crawford AGHS7

Pack 17

Johannes Gutenberg Mini

Pack 18

Bull Spain Mini

Pack 19

Hideki Matsui Black Border Mini

Pack 20

Zeus

Pack 21

Nada

Pack 22

Kelly Kulick Black Border Mini

Pack 23

Nada

Pack 24

Jimmy Rollins AGHS9

Thanatos

Topps announced the latest four cards to their 2010 ETopps set. The cards include Adam Wainwright ($4.50 – 799), Evan Longoria ($5.00 – 999), and RRO cards of Drew Storan ($5.00 – 749) and Pedro Alvarez ($7.00 – 999).

If you missed last weeks ETopps offereing of Stephen Strasburg, there are plenty selling on EBAY already.

2010 Bowman Baseball Retail Box

8 Packs – 10 Cards per pack – $19.99

Pack 1

Derrek Lee

Cole Hammels

Dice K

Alex Gordon/Mike Moustakas  (Bowman Expectations)

Starlin Castro (Topps 100)

Chris Brewer

Dustin Ackley

Adam Wainwright (Gold)

Allan Dykstra (Chrome)

Rolando Gomez (Chrome)

Pack 2

Brandon Webb

Jayson Werth

Kenshin Kawakami

Raul Ibanez

Matt Garza (BT)

Slade Heathcott

Anthony Rizzo

Derek Jeter (Gold)

Pedro Florimon (Chrome)

Trevor May (Chrome)

Pack 3

Jake Peavy

Howard Kendrick

Jason Bay

Rich Harden

Tyson Gillies (Chrome)

Yasmani Grandal (USA-Chrome)

Jason Heyward (Topps 100)

Jaff Decker

Sheng-An Kue

Justin Verlander (Gold)

Pack 4

Shane Victorino

Kanekoa Texeira

Scott Sizemore

Bo Bowman (Chrome)

Melky Mesa (Chrome)

Evan Longoria/Alex Liddi (Bowman expectations)

Jason Werth (BT)

JJ Hoover

Eric Niesen

Adam Jones (Gold)

Pack 5

Brandon Allen

Ryan Dempster

Buster Posey

Alfonso Soriano

Mitch Moreland (Chrome)

Alexander Torres (Chrome)

Ivan DeJesus Jr (Topps 100)

Craig Clark

Pedro Ciriaco

Kazuo Matsui (Gold)

Pack 5

Prince Fielder

Wandy Rodriguez

Francisco Liriano

Jared weaver

Abner Abreu (Chrome)

Zack Gentile (Purple Ref Chrome 830/999)

Mark Teixeira (BT)

Nick Santomauro

Tyler Henley

Joey Votto (Gold)

Pack 6

Nelson Cruz

Alex Gordon

Akinori Iwamura

Evan Longoria

Brian Baisley (Chrome)

Nick Pepitone (USA-Chrome)

Simon Castro (Topps 100)

Randall Delgado

Hak-Ju Lee

Miguel Cabrera (Gold)

Pack 7

Dustin Pedroia

Justin Masterson

Javier Vazquez

Madison Bamgarner

John Lamb (Chrome)

Sebastian Valle (Blue Chrome 122/250)

Joey Votto (BT)

James Beresford

Wilmer Font

Kendry Morales (Gold)

Topps National Chicle Baseball

24 Packs – 8 Cards per pack – Hobby Box

Eddie Mathews Cabinet Card

Drew Stubbs Auto

Juan Francisco Auto Redemption Card

Orlando Hudson #190 National Chicle Back

Scott Feldman  #146 Bazooka Back

Duke Snider #166 National Chicle Back

Will Venable #196 National Chicle Back

Chone Figgins #89 Bazooka Back

Lance Berkman #305 National Chicle Back

Carlos Zambrano #124 National Chicle Back

Jason Bay #44 National Chicle Back

Torii Hunter #101 Bazooka Back

This is a great set if you like the art looking cards. This box was short my game used card, and I know every box cant be a winner but I wasn’t too happy with my auto’s either.

Another short-printed variation has been found in a pack of 2010 Topps Baseball and this time it’s Milton Bradley and Abraham Lincoln teaming up. A New York collector found the card after opening a jumbo pack he bought from Walmart. The variation versions of card No. 306 has “Baseball Abe” and Lincoln’s face on the scoreboard. For more news on the find check out Chris Olds Beckett Blog.

UPDATE – The New York collector Brian Lalonde contacted me about his great find, and to let me know a few more have been popping up on EBAY.  As of Friday, three are listed on EBAY, check them out

2010 Topps Milton Bradley/ Abe     #300405910821

2010 Topps Milton Bradley/ Abe   #260567435473

2010 Topps Milton Bradley/ Abe #270545700682