Nolan Ashcroft
Everything published on warriors.cards carries this byline. Nolan Ashcroft is a pen name — the editorial desk behind the site, not one person's government name.
Why this site exists
warriors.cards covers Golden State Warriors cards — the players worth collecting, the sets they appear in, and what is actually available to buy right now. Team collecting is its own discipline: you are tracking a roster that turns over, legends whose cards were printed in eras with completely different rules, and rookies whose first cards land across four or five products in the same year. This site keeps that straight in one place.
The perspective is a working collector's, not a press office's. What the byline stands behind is checkable: every price shown is a live marketplace number, and every set fact is sourced rather than guessed.
How a page gets published
Five rules, applied to everything here:
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No made-up prices — ever
You will not find a "book value", a price estimate, or a projected return typed into an article here. Card values move weekly, and a number written once is stale by the next weekend. Where the market matters, the page shows live marketplace listings with real current bids instead.
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Availability is checked daily, not written once
Every product listed is re-checked against its live retailer listing every morning. Sold out gets labelled sold out rather than quietly left up, and dead listings are swapped or dropped automatically.
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Card logistics over hype
Which set a card actually falls in, prospect auto vs. official rookie, parallel and refractor ladders, print windows — the details that are annoying to track down and stay true for years. That is the spine of the site; buying advice sits on top of it.
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Money is disclosed on every page
This site earns through affiliate links (Amazon Associates and the eBay Partner Network) and display ads. Nobody pays for a ranking, a review, or a spot on a list, and no brand sees a page before it publishes.
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Corrections get made, not buried
If something here is wrong — a set name, a rookie-year claim, a broken listing — send it in and it gets fixed, with the page date updated so you can tell.
Recently under this byline
9 published pages carry it.
- Best Basketball Card Boxes for Warriors Collectors
If you want the fun of ripping wax, here's how basketball card boxes work for Golden State Warriors collectors — and why targeted single-buying on eBay usually beats a sealed box for team collecting.
- Collecting Golden State Warriors Cards: Where to Start, What Holds Value, and Spotting Fakes
A practical beginner-to-intermediate guide to collecting Golden State Warriors basketball cards — where to start, which players hold value, how grading works, and how to avoid fakes and reprints.
- Best Golden State Warriors Cards to Collect
A collector's shortlist of the Golden State Warriors cards worth owning — the current stars and all-time legends whose cardboard holds value, with live eBay listings for each.
- Warriors Cards by Era: Philadelphia, San Francisco & Golden State
One franchise, three team names. A collector's reference to Golden State Warriors cards by era — Philadelphia Warriors (1946-1962), San Francisco Warriors (1962-1971), and Golden State (1971-present) — including which name is printed on the card and how to search for each.
- Draymond Green Rookie Cards: A Collector's Guide
A complete guide to Draymond Green's 2012-13 rookie cards — the base rookies, the inaugural-year Prizm, the numbered variants and autographs, the grading that matters, and why a second-round pick's rookies are undervalued — with live eBay listings for each tier.
- Klay Thompson Rookie Cards: A Collector's Guide
A complete guide to Klay Thompson's 2011-12 rookie cards — the base rookies, the chromium and numbered variants, the autographs, the grading that matters, and the Prizm myth — with live eBay listings for each tier.
- Stephen Curry Rookie Cards: A Collector's Guide
Everything a collector needs to know about Stephen Curry's 2009-10 rookie cards — the base rookies, the premium autographs, the grading that matters, and the Prizm myth — with live eBay listings for each tier.
- Warriors Legends: Curry, Thompson, Chamberlain
The Golden State Warriors' greatest names — Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson of the modern dynasty, plus franchise legends Wilt Chamberlain and Rick Barry. Live eBay listings for rookies, vintage, and autos.
- Warriors Rookie Cards to Watch
The young Golden State Warriors whose rookie cards collectors are watching right now — with live eBay listings for rookies, parallels, and autographs.
Get in touch
Corrections, something misclassified, or a listing that has gone dead: send it over. More on how the site is run and funded on the about page.