Razor Entertainment Group (colloquially as Razor), founded in 2005, was a private company that produced trading cards and collectible

Collectible

A collectable or collectible is any object regarded as being of value or interest to a collector . There are numerous types of collectables and terms to denote those types. An antique is a collectable that is old...

s. Based in Dallas, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, it was best known as a producer of baseball card

Baseball card

A baseball card is a type of trading card relating to baseball, usually printed on some type of paper stock or card stock. A card will usually feature one or more baseball players or other baseball-related sports figures...

s and other lithographic products.

Company history

The company was founded in 2005 by Brian Gray in Dallas, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

.

On July 9, 2008 Razor signed the number one 2008 MLB draft pick

2008 Major League Baseball Draft

The 2008 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft continued Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft of high school and college baseball players, and was held on June 5 and 6, 2008.-First round selections:* Did not sign...

, Tim Beckham

Tim Beckham

Timothy Lamar Beckham is a minor league shortstop for the Class AA Montgomery Biscuits of the Southern League. He was the first overall selection of the 2008 MLB Draft, and signed with the Rays on June 19, receiving a signing bonus of $6.15 million...

 to an exclusive deal.

In 2010, Gray acquired the rights to the Leaf brand name. Razor was immediately shuttered, and Gray re-launched "Leaf Trading Cards." Leaf continues to produce many of the same kinds of trading card products Razor had made.

Cut Signature

• 2009 Cut Signature Historical Heroes Edition
• 2009 Cut Signature Sports Icons
• 2008 Cut Signature Oval Office Edition - Self proclaimed "the most expensive pack of all time", at an average $2,500 retail-value, it contained 1 card per pack and 1 pack per box. The product came in wooden collector's box numbered to 99 and every card is a 1/1 card encapsulated in a Beckett holder.
• 2008 Razor Cut Signature Edition
• 2008 Razor Cut Signature Edition

See also

• Leaf Trading Cards
  Leaf Trading Cards
  Leaf Trading Cards, founded in 2010, is a private company that produces trading cards and sports collectibles. Based in Dallas, Texas, it was best known as a producer of sports cards and other lithographic products.-Company history:...
  
  
• Donruss
  Donruss
  Donruss, currently known as Panini America and owned by Panini Group, manufactures sports cards. The company started in the 1950s, producing confectionery, evolved into Donruss and started producing trading cards. During the 1960s and 1970s Donruss produced entertainment-themed trading cards...
  
  
• Fleer
  Fleer
  The Fleer Corporation, founded by Frank H. Fleer in 1885, was the first company to successfully manufacture bubblegum; it remained a family-owned enterprise until it was taken private in 1989....
  
  
• Topps
  Topps
  The Topps Company, Inc., manufactures chewing gum, candy and collectibles. Based in New York, New York, Topps is best known as a leading producer of baseball cards, football cards, basketball cards, hockey cards and other sports and non-sports themed trading cards.-Company history:Topps itself was...
  
  
• Topps baseball card products
• Upper Deck
  Upper deck
  Upper deck may refer to :* The Upper Deck Company, an American trading card business* The upper deck is the highest level internal deck on a ship, i.e. just below the superstructure and open deck....
  
  
• Beckett Media
  Beckett Media
  Beckett Media is a privately held company. Founded in 1984 by James Beckett as Beckett Publications, the company focuses on the collectible industries, especially in the area of sports collectibles.-History:...
  
  

External links

• Razor official website (dead link)
• Leaf Trading Cards official website

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