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I've been a sports card collector since I was five years old and fondly remember many trips my parents used to make to the local store to satisfy my collecting urges. I mostly collected baseball and football cards in my youth along with anything relating to the Green Bay Packers and Milwaukee Brewers. My passion for collecting lead me to start my own sports card shop and eventually I landed at Krause Publications. I've been a baseball and hockey price guide analyst since 1993 and remain an avid collector.

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Upper Deck Artifacts Box Break

• 10 Packs - 4 cards per pack
• Antiquity Artifacts Jersey - Jermaine Dye serial numbered to 199
• Artifacts Apparel - Joel Zumaya serial numbered to 199
• Divisional Artifacts - Ryan Zimmerman serial numbered to 199
• Apparel Autograph - Greg Maddux redemption

Most collectors would have been happy with the Maddux pull since it basically pays for the box. Artifacts offers an impressive autograph lineup featuring Ripken Jr., Roger Clemens, Derek Jeter, Ken Griffey Jr. etc ..., so collectors have a reasonable chance of pulling a star autograph, as our box demonstrated. The base set is small at only 100 cards and features rookie cards of Andrew Miller and Matsuzaka.

Upper Deck has announced the addition of several thousand game used buy-back cards to 2007 Artifacts Baseball. The cards were acquired from  brands like SP Authentic, Pros & Prospects, Ultimate Collection and SP Legendary Cuts to name a few. Collectors can find highly collectible game used buy-back cards from MLB Superstars like Roger Clemens, Ken Griffey Jr., Sammy Sosa, Greg Maddux and more.