Don’t tell his fans that he’s just another minor league baseball player.
Tim Tebow‘s first baseball card as a member of the Columbia Fireflies isn’t an easy pull from packs of 2017 Topps Pro Debut baseball cards but it’s a pricey one.
As in $400 — and that’s without an autograph or piece of game-used memorabilia attached. And that’s not a fluke as active auctions are just as strong.
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What’s Buzzing Today: Big breaks from National Treasures and elsewhere from around the collecting world.
The 10th edition of Elite Extra Edition just might be remembered for No. 15.
Panini America‘s season-capping prospecting brand, 2016 Elite Extra Edition, arrives next week with a new configuration and former NFL player turned New York Mets minor-leaguer Tim Tebow on its checklist.
What: 2016 Leaf Trinity baseball cards
Arrives: February
Box basics: Six autographed cards per box (10 boxes per case)
What’s buzz-worthy: Although other companies have them planned, Leaf is the first to visually debut baseball cards of former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow with this release, which will be packed with nothing but on-card autographs.
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From the New York Jets to the New York Mets.
That’s the headline this morning as Tim Tebow has been signed by the Mets to a minor-league deal.
The 29-year-old hasn’t played baseball since high school and hasn’t taken a meaningful snap in the NFL since he was a Jet in 2012.
But, hey, now he’ll be eligible to appear on baseball cards. (The real question is how soon will they arrive?)
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