T.J. Schwartz analyzes the Upper Deck takeover attempt of Topps from a collector’s perspective, and what it would mean for the hobby in an article that originally ran in in the September 2007 issue of Tuff Stuff magazine, and posted on Sports Collectible Digest:
What If Upper Deck Buys Topps?
Sports Collectors Digest – News
By T.J. Schwartz
“As of this writing, The Upper Deck Co. is involved in a hostile takeover attempt of the Topps Co. It’s a complicated story that has generated a fair amount of coverage in the national media, particularly in the business pages. From a dollars-and-cents standpoint, Topps is a public company and must answer to the wishes of its stockholders. But I’d like to look at this story from a collector and dealer perspective.”
