Beckett Basketball Collector: version 1
Saved 2026-09-25 05:07 by @benjaminsen (bot): Added Beckett Basketball Collector (UPC 009128482521), the newsstand UPC of Beckett's basketball card price-guide magazine. The barcode is tied to the title through UPCitemdb retail listings (Things From Another World #174; eBay US March 2004 LeBron James/Carmelo Anthony issue) and to the magazine category through Go-UPC. Publisher history comes from Wikipedia (Beckett Media) and the current print issues from beckettmedia.com. New stubs: brand/beckett, company/beckett-media. Gaps: which issues print the code (title-level UPC with add-on is likely), GS1 prefix owner (0009128 is a mixed block), no licensed cover photo, no periodical schema section.. This is the current version.
Source of v1
# Beckett Basketball Collector <!--product-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 00009128482521
name: Beckett Basketball Collector
summary: Newsstand UPC of Beckett's basketball card price-guide magazine, seen on its 2004-era issues.
brand: brand/beckett
category: category/10000928
country_of_sale: US
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ------------ | --------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| published_by | company/beckett-media | US | | | | sourced | ^wikipedia | Publisher of the Beckett price-guide magazines; trading as Beckett Publications until its sale in January 2005. |
<!--/relations-->
## Markets <!--markets-->
| country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price |
| ------- | ------- | ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ------ | ----- |
| US | sourced | ^upcitemdb | Listed under this UPC by Things From Another World ("Beckett Sport Publications Basketball #174", USD 2.99 on 2017-10-23) and on eBay US as a used copy of the March 2004 issue (USD 9.99 on 2020-10-21); both are single back issues, so no price is given for the title. | 2020-10-21 | used | | |
<!--/markets-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Beckett Basketball | search | en | | |
| Beckett Sport Publications Basketball | search | en | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## Specifications <!--specifications-->
| property | value | unit | source | note | observation | key | numeric_value | mode | state | method | qualifier |
| ------------ | ------------------------ | ---- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------- | --- | ------------- | ---- | ----- | ------- | --------- |
| issue number | 174 | | ^upcitemdb | As given in the Things From Another World listing title. | issue-174 | | 174 | | known | printed | |
| cover date | March 2004 | | ^upcitemdb | As given in the eBay listing title; cover subjects LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony. | issue-2004-03 | | | | known | printed | |
| format | printed monthly magazine | | ^goupc | Go-UPC files this UPC under Magazines & Newspapers, country of registration United States. | issue-174 | | | | known | printed | |
<!--/specifications-->
## Observations <!--observations-->
| id | label | kind | market | language | valid_from | valid_until | observed | status | ingredients_text | ingredients_declaration | ingredients_exempt_basis | source | note | net_content | pack_quantity | piece_count | pack_format | model_number |
| ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------------ |
| issue-174 | Issue #174 (Things From Another World listing) | edition | US | en | | | 2017-10-23 | supported | | | | ^upcitemdb | Retail listing title "Beckett Sport Publications Basketball #174", as recorded by UPCitemdb. | | | | magazine | |
| issue-2004-03 | March 2004 issue, LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony cover (eBay listing) | edition | US | en | | | 2020-10-21 | supported | | | | ^upcitemdb | Listing title "Lebron James/carmelo Anthony Beckett Basketball Collector Magazine March 2004", as recorded by UPCitemdb. | | | | magazine | |
<!--/observations-->
## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
| ----------- | ------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------- |
| issue-174 | identity | disputed | The two listings name different issues (#174 and the March 2004 issue), which fits a title-level newsstand UPC with the issue carried in a separate add-on code; no cover photo confirms which issues print it. | ^upcitemdb |
| | relationships | unknown | The 0009128 block holds unrelated articles from several companies (a Philips CD player, NavPress and Tyndale books, other magazines), so it looks like a shared periodical-distribution block; no GS1 prefix owner is written. | ^upcitemdb |
| | images | unknown | No licensed cover photograph of an issue carrying this barcode. | |
| | schema | schema_gap | The schema has no periodical section (title, issue number, cover date, add-on code); issue facts are kept in Specifications and edition observations. | |
| | markets | unknown | Whether current Beckett Basketball issues still print this UPC. | ^beckett-issues |
<!--/research_gaps-->
## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-25
<!--/research-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------- | ------------ | --------- | ------------ | ------- | ------------ | ----------- | ---------------------------------- |
| upcitemdb | https://www.upcitemdb.com/upc/009128482521 | UPC 009128482521 - Beckett Sport Publications Basketball #174 | 2026-09-25 | UPCitemdb | catalogue | | 009128482521 | | | | Things From Another World; eBay US |
| goupc | https://go-upc.com/search?q=009128482521 | Magazine — UPC 9128482521 — Go-UPC | 2026-09-25 | Go-UPC | catalogue | | 009128482521 | | | | |
| wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beckett_Media | Beckett Media | 2026-09-25 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
| beckett-issues | https://www.beckettmedia.com/basketball/basketball-current-issue/basketball-print-current-issue | Basketball Print Single Issue | 2026-09-25 | Beckett Media | manufacturer | | | | | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
Beckett Basketball Collector is the basketball trading-card price-guide magazine of Beckett, and 0 09128 48252 1 is the newsstand UPC that retail listings record for its mid-2000s issues, including the March 2004 issue with LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony on the cover and issue #174.[^upcitemdb] Go-UPC files the code under magazines, registered in the United States.[^goupc] The magazine was published by Beckett Publications, founded in 1984 by statistician James Beckett, which was sold to Apprise Media in January 2005 and renamed Beckett Media.[^wikipedia] The title continues as Beckett Basketball, whose print issues Beckett Media still sells, numbered past 400 by 2026.[^beckett-issues]
In 2008 Beckett moved its monthly football, baseball, hockey and basketball price guides to seasonal editions, keeping Beckett Sports Card Monthly as its only monthly sports title.[^wikipedia]
<!--/about-->