Alt Art and Case Hits in Basketball: Hype or Hold?
The Rise of Alt Art in Basketball In Pokémon, alternate art has been a buzzword for years. In basketball cards, the concept translates into case hits and super short prints (SSPs) that carry visual flair and hobby prestige. Think Kaboom, Color Blast, and...
Why Graded Base Cards Are Dead (And What to Buy Instead)
The Rise and Fall of Graded Base For a while, sending every rookie base card to PSA felt like a cheat code. Pull a Zion Williamson Prizm, send it off, get a PSA 10, and suddenly you had a card worth three times raw value. That game ended. Pop reports exploded, prices...
Junk Wax Basketball: What’s Worth Keeping (And What’s Just Binder Filler)
The Junk Wax Era Defined Between 1989 and 1995, basketball cards were everywhere. Gas stations, pharmacies, toy stores—you couldn’t walk ten feet without tripping over a box of SkyBox or Hoops. Collectors call this the junk wax era, when companies printed so much...
The September 2025 Slam Dunk: Top 10 Basketball Cards Crushing eBay Sales
Alright, card enthusiasts, gather ’round. It’s September 2025, the leaves are changing, pumpkin spice is everywhere (yes, even in our card rooms, don’t ask), and the basketball card market is, as always, doing its own thing. We’ve sifted...
Nidoking Holo – Shadowless Base Set 11/102 (LP/NM)
Early print Shadowless Nidoking from the 1999 Base Set. Holo Rare with clean surface and subtle edge wear on back — LP to NM range. Classic Ken Sugimori artwork.
$50.00
