The Autograph Card has released The Floorboard Signature Card in response to dwindling resources.

For several months Upper Deck has been on a quest to find two Canadian hobby shops that hockey card collectors could call heaven on earth. Upper Deck worked closely with its two Canadian wholesale distributors – Grosnor and Universal – to create a campaign encouraging hobby shops in Canada to host more events, create fun programs for kids, run cool promotions and effectively merchandise Upper Deck products. Two top shops would be named Upper Deck’s “Hockey Card Heaven” winners and receive NHL player appearances in their store.

Almost fittingly, on Sunday, Feb. 28, the final day of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, the Canadian men’s hockey team outlasted Team USA in the gold-medal game, 3-2. It was a hard-fought victory for the Canadians, who had lost to the Americans just one week earlier, 5-3 in preliminary play. Like the three weeks’ worth of competition that preceded it, the men’s title game – decided by Sidney Crosby’s goal 7:40 into overtime – demonstrated the best of what the Olympic spirit is all about.

USA Hockey announced today it has entered into an exclusive multi-year agreement with the MeiGray Group to authenticate and market game-worn jerseys from events played by U.S. teams in international competition. For the first time ever, authenticated game-worn U.S. jerseys from the men's and women's Olympic teams, men's and women's world championships teams, and teams that have competed in the World Junior Championship, will be available to fans across the globe.

Panini America, a subsidiary of The Panini Group, the leading global publisher of sports and entertainment collectables announced multi-year partnerships with the Dallas Mavericks (www.mavs.com) and the Miami Heat (www.heat.com) of the National Basketball Association.

Ryan Wolfson, an NFL trading card collector from Dallas, Texas turned one lucky pack of NFL player trading cards into one fantastic grand prize.  Wolfson and his friends and family will “spend the day” with Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Patrick Crayton on March 20.

When Notre Dame and Green Bay Packer gridiron great Paul Hornung’s circa 1954-1955 Fighting Irish football jersey comes up for auction on April 23 as part of Heritage Auction Galleries’ Signature® Sports Memorabilia Auction, it will represent the culmination of collector John Shaw’s simple hunch that turned into one of the football finds of a lifetime, one that is estimated to bring between $30,000-$50,000.

The lawsuit that pitted MLB against trading card maker Upper Deck was settled March 3 prior to its scheduled April court date. The suit, in which Major League Baseball Properties alleged Upper Deck had broken trademark infringement laws concerning three unlicensed baseball card products released early this year, ends with UD allowed to continue sales of the three Upper Deck baseball card products, 2009 Signatures Stars, 2009 Ultimate Collection and 2010 Series 1 Baseball, but will be prohibited from producing any other brands moving forward. In addition UD 

USA Baseball and the Topps Company, the leading creator and marketer of sports cards, today announced an exclusive multi-year licensing deal to make Topps the Official Baseball Card of USA Baseball. Topps will have exclusivity on USA Baseball trademarks, logos and other intellectual property, for use on cards featuring USA Baseball players.

The boxes of baseball cards you so carefully collected are invaluable for the memories they evoke. But do they have any real value?

Many collectors hope their hobbies will one day bring them a fortune. And with the recent sales of Batman and Superman comic books for about $1 million each, the fantasy of a big windfall may have crossed your mind.

Here's what anyone with a collection, or looking to start one, should know.