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Collect.com Auctions Sale Open For Bidding NOW
Collect.com Auctions is currently accepting bids for its Catalog Auction No. 5, going on now thru Aug. 12. We currently offer 0% percent commission for graded cards and 5% for prewar cards. The auction is our best auction to date, with many of the top-tier items showcased in the past few weeks now available to you. We will also be promoting many of the lots at the National Collectors Convention in Baltimore for maximum exposure.

  Call 888-463-3063 or visit www.collect.com/auctions for more information. 

New Tuff Stuff Box Break Videos Featured on Bustin' Wax
It's been a while since we debuted any box break videos for you but our recently reconstructed film studio is now up and running and so are our upgraded Tuff Stuff Bustin' Wax Box Break videos. With analysis from hobby veterans Joe Clemens (Tuff Stuff's Senior Pricing Editor) and Tom Bartsch (Publisher of SCD), this round of videos features box breaks of seven recently released sets including: Bustin' Wax videos of 2010 Topps Tribute Baseball and Press Pass Showcase Racing are now available for viewing.

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Auction Industry Needs To Remember The Past
Are you familiar with Spanish philosopher George Santayana's famous line: "Those who cannot learn from history are condemned to repeat it"? Well, don't feel bad because it appears most involved in the sports memorabilia business never heard of it either. I wasn't really a collector until I took over the editorial reigns of Tuff Stuff's Sports Collectors Monthly about five years ago and since then my collecting habits would be modest at best. So unlike others who have been in the industry for decades, I don't know all of the history that has shaped the hobby into what it is today. But one thing I have learned about the sports card industry during my time here is that too much of a good thing is almost always a bad thing.
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