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Market for Super Bowl Tickets & Stubs Shows No Sign of Slowing

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From the half empty LA Coliseum to the $2 million commercial, the big game has come a long way and that goes for the hobby of collecting Super Bowl tickets. We’ve got a quick glance at what you can expect to pay for some of the biggies.

Panini Prizm 2012 Includes Rookie Photo Variations

Panini Prizm 2012 Andrew Luck variations

Panini’s upcoming Prizm Football product will offer 100 rookie cards but 25 will have short-printed photo variations exclusive to hobby boxes.

SA-GE Signs Manti Te’o to Trading Card Deal

SA-GE Manti Te'o card

We don’t know what his recent situation may do–if anything–to his draft position but we do know Mantei Te’o football cards will be in stores soon.

New Website Focuses on Iconic Vintage Football Cards

1957 Topps Bart Starr

Some of the game’s all-time greats and their rookie cards are at the heart of a new website. Vintage Graded Football cards offers price info and more.

1953 Bowman Football Remains a High Grade Challenge

1953 Bowman football wrapper

If you like your cards minty, be prepared to shell out a mint for 1953 Bowman football, perhaps one of the most underrated vintage sets in any sport.

2012 Panini Prizm Football Preview

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It’s still over three months away, but Panini confirms it will develop 2012 Panini Prizm football just after the arrival of the basketball card version, utilizing photos from this year’s games and ditching those all-too-familiar patch cards.

Panini Limited Will Offer Game Worn Proof on Material Phenoms Cards

Roddy White Game Day Materials

Panini says its Limited football product will offer printed proof–at least on one element– that material swatches were part of jerseys worn in recent games.

2012 Topps Prime Football Review

2012 Topps Prime Football box

2012 Topps Prime Football offers 60 cards for around $80 per box. Here’s what Rich Klein pulled from one of them.

Topps Scolds Hobby Shops for Selling Cards from 2012 Kickoff Packs

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Topps used social media to get the word out about hobby shops going against the spirit of its upcoming 2012 Topps Kickoff pack promotion.

Infographic: 1960s Football Cards: Toughest Sets to Find in NM/MT Condition

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Breaking down the numbers to illustrate which sets have the lowest percentage of PSA 8-graded cards.

Infographic: 1950s Football Sets That Yield Fewest NM/MT Cards

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From 1950 Bowman to 1958 Topps, a lot of 1950s football card sets offer condition challenges, but which have proven toughest to land in high grade?

2012 Topps Inception Football Box Break

Troy Polamalu Topps Inception

2012 Topps Inception promises multiple hits in your seven-card pack. Rich Klein breaks down the latest higher end Topps football card product.

What’s Hot: Panini Parlays Previous Performance With Prestige

2012 Panini Prestige Box

It’s been a strong start for 2012 Panini Prestige football according to Mike Fruitman, who has his finger on the pulse of the hobby shop.

2012 Panini Prestige Will Dress Rookies in NFL Uniforms

2012 Panini Prestige box

The first football cards showing this year’s NFL draft class in their NFL uniform colors hits next week with 2012 Panini Prestige.

Quarterbacks Driving Modern Football Card Market

Cam Newton 1/1

Cam Newton and Andy Dalton proved you can become an instant hobby star as a rookie quarterback. Now, new faces try their hand and collectors haven’t been shy about rolling the dice.

What’s Hot in the Shop: Upper Deck Scoring With Football Set

Upper Deck College Football Legends box

A generous sprinkling of autographs featuring some well known players from the past has Upper Deck College Football Legends selling well.

Panini to Devote Insert Set to Tebow

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Panini America will include a Tim Tebow insert card set in its upcoming Prestige product, including some autographs.

2012 Topps Chrome Football: The One They’ll Be Waiting For

2012 Topps Chrome Andrew Luck auto

Autographs in hand, Topps plunges full speed ahead into plans for 2012 Chrome football.

2012 Topps Platinum Football Preview

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About the time the NFL regular season arrives, so will 2012 Bowman Platinum football cards, with rookie autographs and a boatload of parallels. Chris Harris is breaking it all down for us.

Trade You a Blaster Box for Some Smack…

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One of two men convicted of stealing boxes of cards and trading them for drugs will spend time in the pokey.